Dress: Donna Ricco, 2007;
Sweater: Mossimo, Target, fall 2009;
Brown wedges: Zigi Soho, Off-Broadway, spring 2009;
Black bag: NYC street vendor, summer 2008;
Green bangle: vintage, Finder's Keepers, 2010.
How I've worn the shoes: here.
So today's the first day of The Dress Project, and I ultimately reached for a dress that I haven't worn in almost a year. Admittedly, it's meant to be a spring/summer dress, but its print was so cheerful that I wanted to debut it on the blog. The weather outside is really weird today -- it's 55-ish degrees, but after last night's thunderstorm, it's been pretty dreary. I took the higher temperatures as a sign that my tights are seeing their last days soon. I've had the dress for a couple of years now and it's worked as a multipurpose dress. I wore it on my 21st birthday, to a spring wedding and once a week during my NYC internship (with a sweater and belt for the office).
I spent some time with Jeremiah at Barnes & Noble today and we ended up taking my outfit photos there because of the icky weather. I felt stealth taking the photos in the aisles -- we didn't want anyone to know we were taking photos, so whenever someone walked by, we pretended to be looking at a book or something.
A funny thing happened near the magazine rack. I was putting away a magazine I perused when I walked by two men sitting on a bench. I could tell they were eying my outfit and I heard one of them mutter not-so-subtly, "Yeah, like candy canes on a tree over here!" very pointedly in my direction. I don't know if it was meant as a compliment or not, but I'll take it as so.
I like peppermint anyways.
One down, 44 to go.
