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| Anthropologie Southward Stop Shirtdress |
I don't know what it is about this dress that inspires such passionate ...ambivalence? I know 80% of why I succumbed to a posting on the EA board is that this dress is so desired, and it was the right price and in my size range. I had managed to avoid a few such postings, but the dress was still in my wishlist, and I still sought out new bloggers trying it out....gah! I was pretty certain while waiting for it to arrive that I might just turn around and sell it again...but then it came in the mail on Friday and well...
It's really not my style- I couldn't say why not exactly. I love cute little woodsy scenes in that ugly wallpaper aesthetic kinda way, I love shirtdresses, I like the seventies-ishness of it and yet...I hate the cap sleeves, I'm not in love with the chevron pleats for some reason, the colour is just a little too bland...and yet...I love the contrast with the bright twig jackie cardigan, and I like pairing it with a little polka dot to bring out the piping, and it's got that drawing style of imagery I love and yet...oh, it's so bland...and (grrrrr) cutesy...
Hmmm..okay, okay, I'm...sold! I do have nothing quite like it, and it totally draws me to throw in intense colours and patterns to bring out the delicate tracery of the design. Oh yeah, and the man came home and thought it was adorable (such a curse, 'cuteness,' but I guess he's allowed of all people), so there we go. egad, I'm such a putz.
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| Jackie cardigan- J Crew, vintage belt, rust Hue tights (got a boxload for Christmas...!), Water Row boots- Indigo, vintage silk scarf |
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| Vermillion cardigan- Bedo |
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| Not sure about the scarf, really, but definitely needs colour! floral cardigan- Joe Fresh, belt- Gap |
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| I still hate the cap sleeves- I have them folded in here... |
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| Lisa at Respect the Shoes will be doing a photo series with pets, so Ghibli got in on the action...figured it was appropriate to the critter theme of the dress. |
