As much as I love color.....and I DO love me some color.....sometimes the eyes just want to rest. No stimulation. No vitamin "vibrance". Just resssstttttt (read while exhaling!). This dress was given to me by a sweet woman I work with and as soon as I put it on, I felt at home. Amidst all the vintage, the color, the tailoring, along comes a simple black dress and all of a sudden: Comfort is Chic!
I have a schizophrenic closet. There's vintage. There's over the top. There's color. There's minimalist. There's some of everything! I finally gave up trying to define a certain style that I have. I say this over and over, ad nauseum, but the common thread I look for when putting something together is elegance with a touch of drama or whimsy. My mother's liquid silver necklace did the trick for drama! Notice the absence of a lot of arm candy? For me, I decide which piece of jewelry will speak for the crowd....ya know what I mean? Again, this necklace talks loudly enough. Another armload of silver or big honkin' earrings and the fabulousness of the piece gets lost in the noise.
Hope you all have a FABULOUS weekend!!! Big hugs to all of you!
I love this. It's simple, but still elegant and pretty.
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Very elegant indeed, Serene. The silver necklace is a treasure - so pretty against your dress and your dark hair.
ReplyDeleteyea i feel the same way...!! Esp when i find myself wearing brights almost every day... its nice to go back to the basic black/white/grey.. :)
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Perfection Serene, I am drooling over the shoes, they compliment the dress beautifully, giving the whole outfit a cool, summery look. You are gorgeous :)) xoxo
ReplyDeleteOOOH Serene you are so pretty...your style is SOOOO Serene and that's the best style to have! :)
ReplyDeleteYou know after nearly a year of blogging I'm no closer to defining my style either. Yeah for resisting labels. I'm really admiring the espadrilles! And they were a real bargain.
ReplyDelete"I have a schizophrenic closet. There's vintage. There's over the top. There's color. There's minimalist. There's some of everything!"
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So glad someone else said that - very elegant outfit and espardrilles for $1 - bargaintastic!
I love these shoes with the dress!! It is simple/chic!! For me to control my hysteria, I came up with the five guidelines..i do not look at them as labels...but guidelines..to help me know where I am going and to make fewer mistakes...it keeps my style focused. Maybe the word LABEL has a bad connotation...but I needed to know what I was going to try and communicate with my style... You look awesome in this!!
ReplyDeleteIt's great to have an easy, breazy beautiful fun-to-wear dress! I love how you paired it with that necklace!
ReplyDeleteI love the simplicity of that dress, and I think it works especially well to set off the special jewelry.
ReplyDeleteAnd your closet may have a bit of everything, but you definitely have a cohesive, individual style. The choices you make, and how you style them, make the outfits "you."
I like the espadrilles. Very nautical.
ReplyDeleteAs far as labels, they either fit, or they don't.