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Closet Confection: Going in Circles

When: Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Where: Work + MAD (Museum of Art & Design)

What: Dress ($20 Banana Republic thrifted via Beacon’s Closet), necklace ($8.50 eBay), shoes ($45 Banana Republic)

Aaaargh! I’m just about ready to give up on silk skirts and dresses for work. Iron as I may, they always seem to get wrinkled as soon as I sit down. I actually wore this outfit back in May and photographed it for the blog but never posted the photos for this very reason. I decided to try it again, but the results were about the same. Oh well, I think it adds character. I mean you can really tell that I’ve been working hard all day at my desk, not just standing around looking cool and aloof…

At least that’s what I kept telling myself everytime I caught a glimpse of my outfit in the mirror.

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Closet Confection: The Amazing Technicolor Dream Dress

When: Monday, July 5th, 2010

Where: Runnin’ around the city and enjoying my last day of vacation before starting my new job

What: Dress ($40 vintage via eBay), belt (H&M), shoes ($20 Gap), handbag ($40 Michael Kors thrifted at Beacon’s Closet)

It had been almost a year and a half since my last real vacation, so I decided to go out with a bang!

This dress was waiting in the mail for me when I returned home from my trip, and I couldn’t wait to wear it. I had previously placed myself on eBay restriction after purchasing one too many frocks, but I immediately caved when I saw this dress. There was no auction, just a Buy It Now price of $80 and a link to Make an Offer. I decided “what the heck” and made an offer 50% below the listed price, and the rest is history.

I felt so darn cool in this dress and even cooler wearing my thrifted designer handbag. It was a little beat up when I bought it, but I touched it up myself using a TARRAGO Dye Kit as featured in my recent DIY post. I think it came out rather fetchingly if I do say so myself.

It’s outfits like this that make me curse my crappy camera’s slow shutter speed because the twirl factor on this dress is amazing. I’m starting to think that I should do another (longer) shopping hiatus and save up for one of those fancy schmancy DSLR cameras.

If I do decide to take the plunge, does anyone out there have any recommendations, keeping in mind that:

I don’t want to spend a ton of money
My resident photographer and I are novices

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Closet Confection: Lady of the Courtyard

When: Monday, June 14th, 2010

Where: Work

What: Dress ($10 vintage via Hester Street Fair), belt ($13 J.Crew clearance sale), shoes ($40 diBa via Filene’s Basement)

I felt very ladylike when I stepped into the office yesterday wearing my “new” vintage dress. I was originally planning to raise the hem, but then I remembered that I don’t know how to sew. Also, paying my dry cleaner $20 to do the job for me seemed to dampen the thrill of getting a $10 dress in the first place. So instead, I opted to just pair it with some sky high heels. Speaking of sky high heels….

Don’t these remind you of something?

Lemme give you a hint:

Yep! My shoes are almost an exact replica of Yves St. Laurent’s Tribute platform pump (minus, of course, the fine Italian leather and magical elves that come out to play and solve all your life’s problems because you paid $800 for these shoes).

I wasn’t intentionally trying to buy a knock-off when I purchased these last year. But I’m now proud to realize that I got the look for less. A whole heck of a lot less.

If you’re wondering what’s up with my belt, I had to improvise because it was a bit too long to wear so high on my waist. Because it went so perfectly with this dress (and because I was running late and didn’t have time to figure out an alternative), I decided to make due and just wrap it around itself a few times. I actually think it looks kinda cute this way.

It’s amazing what a little pluck and determination can do. What last minute tricks have you come up with to make an outfit or an article of clothing work for you?

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