I quote Lady Bird Johnson in tonight’s post title. The reason I use this quote is that when I took these pictures, I had hope they would turn out well. Frankly, they never turn out as well as I hope, but tonight’s were (mostly) quite bad. So I did what any self respecting blogger would do … I cut off my head in most of them. Oh, um, yes, and I also use this quote because my coat has flowers all over it. Let’s take a look, shall we?
This is a coat by Moschino that I’ve had for a very long time and just now got around to wearing. It was one of those items I had to have and after I got it, I forgot about it. Sometimes I think it’s all about the hunt, never the kill.
Underneath I wear a Target dress, a Peter Som belt, a Roberto Coin necklace (which I do wear a lot), and Alexander McQueen shoes (also an item in very heavy rotation).
And now for some detail shots …
The coat is a medium-weight cotton boucle covered in silk flower appliques in red, pale taupe, and white. Truly, one of my all time favorite color combinations.
The dress is an inexpensive little rag I picked up at Target a couple of months ago. I wasn’t sure I was going to wear it … ever. You see, a week or two after I bought it, I saw a girl wearing it and it really, really looked … well, not good on her. Maybe she just wore the wrong size or accessories or … something. Still, I had to think about it for a while. I decide to wear it, after all, and belt it with a Peter Som belt.
And finally, I really liked this picture, but I had the dorkiest expression on my face, so I performed a little cropping surgery …
That’s all for now. See you soon. — Carole
Your white dress is perfection, I love love love it.
Comment by daisychain — August 7, 2009 @ 6:26 am |
Thanks so much.
Comment by SASY — August 10, 2009 @ 8:44 pm
the dress looks great! obviously the girl just needed a little styling help from you
Comment by goldenmeans — August 7, 2009 @ 7:12 am |
You are the CUTEST girl ever, GM.
Comment by SASY — August 10, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
OOoooh AND I can understand your “Fetish Love” for your Alexander McQueen pumps, it really like this mix of sulfurous RED and timeless “Girly” shape . . . BUT why cuting out your hea
à Bientôt, Antoine
Comment by Antoine — August 7, 2009 @ 11:00 am |
ps: . . . why cutting out your head AND your so flowering smile (“incredulity”) ???!!!!
re-ps: Eeeeeuuhhhh (“very shy”) Frankly Sorry for this little “skid of keyboard” Dear Carole . . .
Comment by Antoine — August 7, 2009 @ 11:01 am |
You are a dear, Antoine. I cropped so many because I had more bad than good in this batch.
Comment by SASY — August 10, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
Hey I know that you stop by my blog sometimes and I just wanted to let you know that the url has changed from adayinthelifeofafashionstudent.blogspot.com to a new name and url at
http://paperandfeathers.blogspot.com/. Also I love the AMQ shoes very Wizard of Oz
Comment by Sophia — August 8, 2009 @ 9:59 am |
Thanks for letting me know.
Comment by SASY — August 10, 2009 @ 8:38 pm
That jacket is gorgeous and you make Target clothes desirable. Stylish woman, you!
Comment by Stacey — August 12, 2009 @ 6:59 pm |
Stacey, You are a doll! Thank you for your sweet words.
Comment by SASY — August 14, 2009 @ 9:34 pm
cute outfit! actually a lot of your outfits are! i never thought of using 2 skinny belts! great idea!
Comment by ashley — August 15, 2009 @ 4:23 am |