Category: Favourite things


Aug
2014

The Sprinkles Dress

categories: Favourite things, Love at first sight, style
Katherine Barclay floral abstract print shirt dress
Dress, Katherine Barclay; belt & earrings, J. Crew Factory; shoes, Zara

Warning: this will be a photo-heavy post. I just love this dress so damn much. (Humour me, it’s mah birthday.)

Katherine Barclay floral abstract print shirt dress
All. The. Colours

Can we start by stating the obvious? Impulse buy. Total impulse buy. You might remember I refrained from buying a cute, yellow shirt dress from Gap last month, on account of the (admittedly problematic) shirt dress I already have in my closet. You know the one – the granny dress. Turns out, resisting one cute shirt dress is my limit. So, this one came home with me.

Katherine Barclay floral abstract print shirt dress
Impulse buy for the win
Katherine Barclay floral abstract print shirt dress
Yep, I’m pleased with myself

You guys know I’m addicted to colour, and this dress has colour … in spades. The tag called this a “floral print”, but to me it looks like sprinkles, especially up close. (Or maybe a colourful scaly lizard? Um, sprinkles it is.) Appropriately, I think, I wore it to my son’s 3rd birthday party.

Katherine Barclay floral abstract print shirt dress
See, sprinkles!

Like all my other technicolor dresses, this one is a cinch to accessorize. I can pretty much close my eyes, walk into my closet, pull out the first thing I grab, and bam. Outfit. Now that is my kind of dressing. (I wore it on its own for the inaugural outfit because, obviously, it needs to be seen in all its glory. Bam!)

Katherine Barclay floral abstract print shirt dress
Action shot!

Jul
2014

Date Night

categories: Dress-up, Favourite things, style
Rachel Roy sari dress
Dress, RACHEL Rachel Roy (via consignment); shoes, Ivanka Trump; clutch, Rebecca Minkoff; earrings, J. Crew Factory

By now, y’all are probably really tired of hearing me proclaim my love for Rachel Roy dresses, so … I won’t do it. You’ve seen this dress before (here and here), and it is still as awesome as ever. Now, at least, you can see it in its full glory. I don’t think I’ve spent $18 on anything more glorious.

Rachel Roy sari dress
ooh, ruching … and hi, there, bra!

Please excuse the extreme squinting, it was a sunneeeeee day. Evening, actually. We gussied up the whole fam and headed off for a dinner date with some of our favouritest people, the kids’ godparents. Delicious Famoso’s pizzas were had by all … including the 10-month old with two toofs. Big fan of the thin crust, errr, crusts, apparently. Gastronomic proclivities run in the family.

Rachel Roy sari dress
with extra squint

May
2014

On Repeat

categories: Favourite things, style

What I Wore: Week Day Adventures

J. CRew butterfly sweater; Adriano Goldschmied Stevie cords
Pants, Adriano Goldschmied (via Kijiji); sweater, J. Crew (via eBay); shoes, J. Crew (via consignment); bag, MbMJ (via eBay)

I liked last week’s outfit so much, I repeated it. Well, near enough. As with most things, practice makes perfect better. I’m loving this pale blue colour at the moment (and I added a bit more of it to my closet thanks to that Old Navy blouse), and it looks so good with tan. (Camel. Whatever.) And, of course, I can never get enough pops of red.

Speaking of things you’ve seen a million bunch of times, here is that Boden dress again:

Boden leaf print dress
Dress, Boden (via eBay); jacket, Tommy Hilfiger Factory; bag, MbMJ (via eBay); shoes, Old Navy

But, I promise, it is the last time. This year, anyway. I have officially moved it, along with all my winter clothes, into the basement closet, which … means that we’re about to get a dump of snow in May. Count on it. Sorry, E-town peeps!