This dress is one of my new favorite pieces; I love the color scheme and the jumper style. It's made from actual upholstery fabric, so the dress weighs a ton, but I'm rather attracted to things that remind me of vintage couches and curtains. The jumper style of the dress ended up working perfectly with my favorite sheer button-up and my vintage cardigan was the perfect layer. Without even intending to I ended up wearing a very school uniform-like outfit...if school uniforms commonly involved brocade.
Outfit details:
vintage sweater
Rodarte for Opening Ceremony
*pictures by Erin
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it's a dream... truly! reminds me of a dress I own very similar to it! http://www.pollybland.com/2011/05/we-are-not-two-we-are-one.html
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This is a lovely dress and the color is perfect for you!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That dress is beautiful. And I love the colors!
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Your dress is truly beautiful, love the back too!
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Lovely outfit...Your dress reminds me Alexander Mcqueen colection for fall/winter 2010!!!I like your dress.
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Omg this is super cute! I wish I had this outfit!!
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's schoolish/collegiate at all, even if the varsity/college sweater has that sort of style.
ReplyDeleteI daresay, you kind of remind me of something slightly 1800s (sans sweater). It's really gorgeous. I feel like you need some sort of oxford, a cap with some sort of feather on it, and speech with a charming accent.
You could also wear the dress backwards with a bikini or bandeau or tube top under it if you wanted to venture into more daring waters. I know that's not you, but the cut of the back straps do seem as if they could be worn on the front with a different top underneath.
I LOVE THE DRESS. You are so darn charming right now.
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amazing, perfect look! such an awesome dress!
ReplyDelete@Mae, haha you can't see in these pictures but it's pretty daring. I'm wearing a totally sheer blouse & no bra, so if the front straps slipped at all I was totally exposed (they didn't, thank goodness), but people still got an eyeful of side boob from me on this day. Erin even reblogged a pic someone else took & said "omg rebecca's boobies!" Backwards would require a bra and be more demure than this way. But I definitely chose pics where you couldn't see my cleavage intentionally. :)
ReplyDeleteaw wow, you look stunning. The skirt has suck a beautiful pattern...
ReplyDeleteThose colors are lovely
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this is a gorgeous look, I love the dress fabric, the layers, the colors... they look amazing with your hair! which btw looks so good now that you've cut it!
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ReplyDeleteamazing pattern & colours! I am also a big fan of any print that looks like it would be at home in a victorian living room. or on a wallpaper. :)
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Super cute. And, I just noticed your new haircut...you look fab as always!
ReplyDeleteSo incredibly beautiful. I love the back of the dress as well!
ReplyDeleteI love this! The jumper dress has such a neat print. I can't get over gold, so I love the gold swirling through the print. The cardigan is adorable too. Such a perfect look.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful... I love brocade, love jumper styles, and love burgundy. The perfect dress! (except that the perfect dress doesn't exist)
ReplyDeleteI love the way you can see your tattoos through the blouse. Very demure and sexy at the same time.
ReplyDeleteThat jumper is to die for!
p.s. I called one of my posts An Education recently, too. As we move into fall I definitely have Jenny Mellor on the brain.
I think this is one of my favorite looks of yours. That dress is such a unique design and that print! And the sheer blouse! and the cardigan! looooooveeeeee
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Really love how it looks with the cardigan, and the back is really cute, I like the way the straps cross.
ReplyDeleteI also have a dress made from upholstery fabric, it's not brocade but this kind of fabric has great texture it's hard to resist.
That dress is stunning!
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I love the back of that dress!!
ReplyDeleteyou are so sweet!!!!
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