The Easter Dress

What I Wore: Easter Sunday

Love Moschino floral dress
Dress, Love Moschino; shoes, LAUREN Ralph Lauren

My posts usually run 2 weeks behind, but I love this dress so much I just had to share. Right. Away. Totally normal blogger behaviour, guys.

So, the dress. Best Winners find in a long, long time – possibly ever. That is a Love Moschino dress, and I will tell you how much I paid for it at the end (because I cannot resist a cliffhanger). It has a lovely floral print, and a forgiving cut, and a very revealing neckline that nevertheless does not look, um, inappropriate. (I’m wearing a tank top underneath to help with that.) And all that adds up to pretty darn near “perfect” in my books. It is 100% polyester, which … lets look at the bright side. It is machine-washable (yay!). It is “made in Italy” polyester, which surely is less polyester-ly than the regular stuff. (I kid. Maybe?) It is not the rough, staticky kind of polyester, so it has a nice hand-feel. Also, it’s lined. It’s, like, practically not even polyester. Hurrah!

Love Moschino dress
Stupid wind messing up my blogger pose … grr!

Of course, it snowed the entire week leading up to Easter, so I had to throw on a cardigan. But it’s still cute! I actually restrained myself for once, and went easy with the accessories; I just added some gumdrop-like earrings:

J, Crew Factory aqua drop earrings
Earrings, J. Crew Factory

Oh, I almost forgot. The dress cost $60, marked down from $200 (original retail $400). That’s always nice, isn’t it?

Paisley + Plum

What I Wore: Grocery Shopping

J. Crew pink paisley shirt; NYDJ pants; Tumbled Reva
Shirt, J. Crew Factory; vest, Old Navy; pants, NYDJ (via consignment); shoes, Tory Burch (via Kijiji)

Kids, this is what happens when you sleep on wet hair. Just don’t.

Moving on to the outfit, this is formula dressing at its best better than average. Pick a shirt – any shirt – from my closet, throw the vest on top, don’t forget pants, and done. It’s practical, it’s comfy, I could wear some version of this every day. Oh, my glamorous life. The missing exclamation mark is intentional, in case you’re wondering.

I don’t really have much more to add, so I’ll pull the ole blogger manoeuvre and wrap up the post with a question: what’s your easy outfit formula?

(And, hey, if you want to reciprocate, feel free to leave me your question(s) in the comments.)

And The Hits Just Keep Coming

What I Wore: Weekend Adventures

Rachel Roy sari print dress
Dress, RACHEL Rachel Roy (via consignment); cardigan, J. Crew Factory; boots, Nine West; bag, MbMJ (via eBay)

Rachel Roy just gets me, man. That’s all I can say. I love this dress nearly as much as my holy grail one, and it loves me right back. Hips and all. It’s a summer dress, so I’m doing it an injustice by smothering it with a cardigan, but summer is just too far away, dammit. Patience is a virtue and all, but who has time for that? Anyway, the dress has beautiful, sari-inspired detailing, which I’ll have to show you next time. For now, here is another angle so you can see the side ruching detail.

Rachel Roy sari print dress
Oooh, ruching!

Oh, and the best part? It cost $18.