Closet Confection: At Water's Edge

When: Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Where: Hangin’ out on the riverfront

What: Dress ($30 Paper Doll via Sassy City Chicks Fashion Bash), necklace (Forever21), shoes ($40 Nine West via Shoe Woo)

Yesterday was a deliciously lazy Sunday.  Slept in late.  Stayed home for brunch. Watched Murder She Wrote reruns on Netflix for the rest of the afternoon. Aaaahhhh…

Luckily, I did muster enough energy to get dressed and head out for some quick photos.  And not to soon either, because it rained cats and dogs for the rest of the evening.

This dress was another purchase that I picked up at the Sassy City Chicks Fashion Bash, and I love it.  The cotton is super soft, and it just has an easy, breezy fit that still manages to make me feel chic and polished.  

The shoes were also a great find.  You can’t really tell from the photos, but they’re clogs, which are a pretty hot item this season.  I’ll have to admit that I was turned off by the idea of wearing clogs when I first heard about the trend.  I think I had something more like these in mind:

A definite fashion no-no pour moi.

But as I investigated, I discovered that the style was more diverse and that there actually is such a thing as a cute clog that doesn’t make you look like you just stepped out of the movie, Heidi.

So when I stepped into Shoe Woo (an experience unto itself which I will recap later this week) and saw these lovelies:

I knew that I had to make them mine.

Have you ever surprised yourself and bought into a fashion trend after initially blowing it off?