It's grown since I took this photo a few months ago, of course.
Although I'm not the kind of girl to turn down an adorable frock from Target, and I delight in the cute little dresses I've found at Forever 21 and the like, my heart belongs to the one-of-a-kind vintage pieces I've gathered over the past decade from estate sales and thrift stores.
There is something so wonderful about coming upon a breathtaking pattern or an interesting cut amongst racks and racks of otherwise crap. When I slip a dress on at an estate sale, and look at myself in the closet mirror that the owner of said dress once admired her own reflection in, and it fits perfectly! and look at that cute belt that comes with it! and I have the perfect shoes/purse/brooch to go with it!...well I just get giddy.
My first dress for this series is just such a dress. Bought at an estate sale in the Valley, along with other such treasures as:
- this awesome perfume case with glass tubes full of scents that you break in order to use (WTF??!):
- this darling little jewelry box that plays a lovely song when you wind it in the back with a key, and also the gloves above with cute little pearl buttons.
The dress is pretty simple, really. Just a basic cotton dress with a matching belt, but there's something I love about a simple daytime dress. Sure, the frilly cocktail gown has its perks, but when you have a comfy dress in your closet, you're less likely to thrown on the same old jeans again, and what makes you feel prettier - a cute little cotton dress, or a pair of jeans and some ratty shirt? So on Saturday, with plans to do some shopping with Alie for our upcoming drink video shoot, I dressed myself up in this - my newest favorite dress, and asked Alie if she wouldn't mind snapping a few photos of me while we shopped at Galco (omg if you haven't been, you MUST go). Well, that's not entirely true. She was four hours late (4!!!), you see, so I sorta demanded that she take said photos and she really had no choice but to comply. Georgia Is Your Friend - forcing people to indulge her in her self obsession since 1980!
Anyway, here's the dress. I can't wait till next month! Let me know if you decide to post your own dress photos!
Smitten by the isles upon isles of randomly awesome beers.
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This cute. I am too curious - why do so many U.S.A. girls in blogging pictures posing with eyes to look up and to the side angle? Is it to acting like the Bettie Davis? All the girls on the tumblers seem do this. I did this on one picture and my boyfriend say looks crazy. Love, Helena.
That's a great question/observation, Helena! I'm embarrassed to be part of this trend, but we do it to look cute and "twee". We think it makes us look like we're constantly daydreaming about cupcakes and unicorn farts or whatever, and that our lives are whimsical and fun.
And with that, I promise to never do it in another photograph again!
xo
Shouldn't it be 'aisles upon aisles'?
how do you hear about estate sales in Los Angeles?
Beth:
www.estatesales.net
Just type in your city and find a good one! Or you can go on Craigslist and type "estate sale" in the "Garage Sale" page, but you gotta have a good eye to find an actual estate sale amongst all the crappy garage sales and just plain weird listings.
Good luck!
I went to Target the other day and they really have the cutest dresses right now. I stocked up for the summer.
unicorn farts?! Awesome. Great purchases--pretty jealous :)
oh me oh my i DIG that dress eek!
i found your blog through Kyla's blog. I did the illustrations for her E book, 4 little Pots :)
i really like your blog and majorly dig your style! i think i'll have to visit your blog more often and bring a good glass of wine along for the journey.
<3 moorea
I love the dress... and the randomly awesome selection of beers! I can't wait to see the rest of your selections. thanks!
Ahh that dress is adorable! This dress makes me think of sailors. So glad to find others joining in on the fun! I'm playing too!
Love your blog!
Hi there!
6 months 6 dresses girl over here too! I love your dress; I can't wait to feature my next month dress cause it's simialr, but not. I am a big fan of strips.
Also, can't wait to check out Galco, thanks for the link.
xo, Jenn
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