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?
