Square-back high-neck wool sheath by Akris
$896, in-store at Saks Fifth Avenue
Showing posts with label Best dresses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best dresses. Show all posts
10 February 2008
If I had a sugar daddy...
27 January 2008
16 January 2008
A rainbow of (affordable) pretty, pretty dresses
Check back later today for my reader-requested follow-up to Monday's array of beautiful but not so budget friendly dresses.
In this one, I promise, nothing over $250.
Since I didn't feature a metallic dress in the previous post, I won't do so in this afternoon's, however...a golden Karen Zambos Vintage Couture beauty I've had my eye on since the day of its inclusion in Bop's "new arrivals" last August just had a final markdown overnight from $341 to $102.30.
That's a pretty good deal...
15 January 2008
For those of you who were admiring her yesterday...
...Ms. Reese's adorable, betuliped housewife-style dress can be acquired (with free two-day shipping) at Revolve for 20%-off the original $308 price-tag using the following promotional code:
revolvepeople07*
I know for many of you (myself included), the threshold for purchasing a new dress you don't need right away hovers around the $250 mark, and because of that, I was eager to share with you the opportunity to add this very versatile and very uniquely-cut dress to your collection for just under that at $246.40.
Happy shopping!
*kudos to HRL for the heads-up!
**note: the 20%-off code applies to any non-sale item at Revolve
Happy shopping!
*kudos to HRL for the heads-up!
**note: the 20%-off code applies to any non-sale item at Revolve
14 January 2008
A rainbow of pretty, pretty dresses
As promised, a post with nothing but pretty, pretty dresses at which to look, over which to sigh and in which to imagine yourself upon meeting your ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend.
You know, the one who thinks Cameron Diaz is funny and unwittingly makes grammatically incorrect statements like, "between the three of us" and "better than me".
The same one who probably wouldn't dream of walking into her office 45 minutes late just so she could watch Katie Holmes' interview with Regis and Kelly live instead of after work.
Yeah, her.
Enjoy.
Textured bodice strapless dress by CelineYou know, the one who thinks Cameron Diaz is funny and unwittingly makes grammatically incorrect statements like, "between the three of us" and "better than me".
The same one who probably wouldn't dream of walking into her office 45 minutes late just so she could watch Katie Holmes' interview with Regis and Kelly live instead of after work.
Yeah, her.
Enjoy.
(price upon request, in-store)
Full skirt dress by Narciso Rodriguez*($1,975 at bergdorfgoodman.com)
Cobalt day dress by Jason Wu*(price upon request, in store)
Tulip stripe belted dress by Tracy Reese($310 at nordstrom.com)
Wool dress with ruffle back by Lanvin*(£600 at brownsfashion.com)
11 January 2008
04 January 2008
If I had a sugar daddy who had a sugar daddy...
Rosette embroidered dress by Burberry Prorsum
$4,295 at net-a-porter.com
Retro Me, please!
With a new start to a new year always comes a casual quiet after the party-dress storm.
For some, this quiet may come as a relief, even a celebration, but for others, especially those (pointing at self) who live and die by aperitif dinners and opportunities to perfect their Hilary Duff smoky, bronze eye, the sudden paucity of formal occasions is as painful as a roundhouse kick to the babymaker.
Unless you swing with the social elite whose black and white ties never take a break, I'm guessing the party-inclined among you are sharing my open-bar withdrawal and preparing yourselves to suffer until that first bouquet is thrown to kick off (deep breath) Wedding Season '08.
I see two solutions to make it through the next four months.
You could either organize your own events, dressy Saturday drinks or a pretentious, dress-code-specified birthday celebration, for example.
Or, you could force yourself to get excited about something other than party-going.
Introducing Retro Me, a Polish designer's cool new line of relatively affordable dresses, sweaters and jackets, all of which are available exclusively at Stars and Infinite Darkness.
As you'll see below, there is a very 'throwback' feeling to these threads, which, combined with their prim, ladylike silhouettes and classic, muted colors, makes for a fun, sexy way to feel like you're playing a grown-up version of the childhood game of dress-up.
If I hadn't imposed the scissors-to-Visa disciplinary action after last weekend's unexpected one-two Rodriguez-Marni punch, you better believe I'd be struttin' it to CCR in that 'Sweet Rosalie' stunner.
Enjoy.
For some, this quiet may come as a relief, even a celebration, but for others, especially those (pointing at self) who live and die by aperitif dinners and opportunities to perfect their Hilary Duff smoky, bronze eye, the sudden paucity of formal occasions is as painful as a roundhouse kick to the babymaker.
Unless you swing with the social elite whose black and white ties never take a break, I'm guessing the party-inclined among you are sharing my open-bar withdrawal and preparing yourselves to suffer until that first bouquet is thrown to kick off (deep breath) Wedding Season '08.
I see two solutions to make it through the next four months.
You could either organize your own events, dressy Saturday drinks or a pretentious, dress-code-specified birthday celebration, for example.
Or, you could force yourself to get excited about something other than party-going.
Introducing Retro Me, a Polish designer's cool new line of relatively affordable dresses, sweaters and jackets, all of which are available exclusively at Stars and Infinite Darkness.
As you'll see below, there is a very 'throwback' feeling to these threads, which, combined with their prim, ladylike silhouettes and classic, muted colors, makes for a fun, sexy way to feel like you're playing a grown-up version of the childhood game of dress-up.
If I hadn't imposed the scissors-to-Visa disciplinary action after last weekend's unexpected one-two Rodriguez-Marni punch, you better believe I'd be struttin' it to CCR in that 'Sweet Rosalie' stunner.
Enjoy.
'Bring me Wine & Roses' dress
($170 at starsandinfinitedarkness.com)
'Sweet Rosalie' dress*($180 at starsandinfinitedarkness.com)
'Lucy in the Starlit Sky' dress($170 at starsandinfinitedarkness.com)
I realize this is their third mention on ASJiNE, but you have to admit, if there was ever a perfect pump to pair with these Retro Me dresses -especially the first two- it'd be these '40s-inspired 'Alma' t-straps by Modern Vintage, not those god-awful patent pooties that poor model had to wear.
*for a more universally flattering fit, I recommend raising the hem on this dress to at least at the knee, if not above
25 December 2007
16 December 2007
Goddess dress by 3.1 Phillip Lim11 December 2007
The not-so-generic generic 'Best Dressed' list
I love celebrities.
I love their $200 blow-outs, their Tuesday at 2pm shoe-shopping excursions, their four-figure handbags slung over their bony forearms, their pretty but not too pretty "normal" girlfriend entourages and their inability to get through red carpet interviews without using one or more of the words, "fabulous," "amazing" and "surreal."
I also love their vanity and the extreme lengths to which they'll go to try and prove they aren't completely self-indulgent lords and ladies of self-entitlement who get paid waaay more than the rest of us for waaay less work.
Faults, detriments, superficialities and undeserved egos aside, I have nothing but insatiable love for these people and their oft entertaining, oft self-destructive antics.
Point is, for someone like myself who is more likely to check a celebrity blog than her e-mail or anything remotely hard news-related if given 15 seconds on the Internet, even I dread this time of year when it seems every magazine I pick up and flip through is a nothing new, cut-and-paste version of issues January through November -- issues which I lockboxed-to-memory 30, 60, 90 days prior. Now, I'm not diminishing how labor intensive paring down 100,000+ pictures to the "best 10 _____" or the "top 5 _____" is, in fact, after having gone through a miniature version of this process myself this past Sunday, I'll for sure read InStyle, Elle and Harper's Bazaar this month with an even greater respect for fashion editors and their tireless teams of underpaid interns than I have in previous years.
Where is this going? Well, let's just say I initially intended to piece together multiple 'best of' collections, one each for casual dresses, dressy dresses, casual daywear, dressy daywear, shoes, haircuts and eye makeup, but instead, I decided to put your limited tolerance for redundancy first and kept the rehashing to one and one post alone -- the 10 best celebrity 'looks' of 2007.
Enjoy. And please, as always, feel free to lace your disagreement with totally unrelated personal attacks.
Kate Bosworth in Chloé
(featured 24 April 2007)
Sienna Miller in Vidler & Nixon(featured 16 November 2007)
Jennifer Connelly in Giambattista Valli(featured 16 November 2007)
Dita von Teese in Christian Dior(featured 23 January 2007)
Mary Kate Olsen in Elizabeth and James
Mary Kate Olsen in Elizabeth and James(featured 6 June 2007)
Natalie Portman in Lanvin
Natalie Portman in Lanvin(featured 25 May 2007)
Kerry Washington in Prada
Kerry Washington in Prada(featured 28 February 2007)
Kate Walsh in Marie Marie/J Brand
Kate Walsh in Marie Marie/J Brand
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