Dress: thrifted vintage
Necklace: belonged to my grandmother
Bag: thrifted
Shoes: Urban Outfitters
I’ve been shy about wearing this vintage dress that I found at Quality Thrift because of its brightness, but I finally decided to be LOUD in orange, yellow, green and red picnic plaid. I know I’ve seen Peggy Olson wear a dress or dresses like this on Mad Men in more demure tones. I like to think this is the California version of her drop-waist picnic plaid dress(es), with its citrus colors.
I don’t think my grandma would approve of my wearing her pearls with this dress. My mom’s mom was a black and white, Chanel-inspired kind of lady. So I felt a little wrong adding them to this outfit even though, really, this dress just HAD to be worn with a strand of pearls and this is the only strand I have.
What a lovely dress!
ReplyDeleteIt is a fantastic dress! Don't be shy with the colors, they love you. Your skin tone looks great with these fiery hues.
ReplyDeleteI love it! The purse looks great with it! And I think Grandma would love the overall style...which is tres chic!
ReplyDeleteUhm, this dress is AMAZING. The colors, the shape, the pattern. Just looks so beautiful on you.
ReplyDeletexoxo mama wolf.
you look adorable!
ReplyDeleteeeps!! i love this dress - you wear it perfectly! and the pearls are the perfect accessory! Xx
ReplyDeleteI had problems commenting previously due to some strange reason, but I'm glad the issue has been resolved! This dress is so gorgeous! I love the cut. The vibrant colours complement you very well too. ;)
ReplyDeleteTHIS DRESS IS PERFECTION.
ReplyDeleteBtw, my mom is sorting through LITERALLY a garbage bag FULL of costume jewelry from my grandma- would you like any pieces? I thought of you, I haven't seen anything, but even after everyone gets a sentimental piece there will be too much for all of us. Maybe you can do something fun with it!
@Regina, I couldn't comment here for 2-3 days either! I think it was a weird Blogger bug.
Thanks for all the nice comments about the dress, everyone! I remember liking it a lot when I first tried it on, but then I kept putting off wearing it.
ReplyDelete@lostsailors: If you would otherwise give a lot of the pieces away, sure, I will take something. Thank you for offering! I've been interested in working more jewelry into my outfits.
awww, I'm so glad you wore it! That is a Peggy dress. I LOVE the colours and the shape of the dress. It looks perfect on you!
ReplyDelete@29 Skirts: My mom is supposed to send me some pictures, we'll see if she can work out how to do it with her new iPhone! If not, I'm going home in a week so I'll just look for you. You'll have to let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like!
ReplyDeleteI love that dress! The pattern is adorable.
ReplyDeleteHeather, you always seem to find the coolest thrifted outfits!! I love this. The colors are great and look beautiful on you!
ReplyDeleteI just realized you were wearing those suede-ish Urban Outfitter heels I love! They are so flattering!!!
ReplyDeleteI really really love your vintage dress. The colors are so retro and cool and it fits you perfectly. I think the strand of pearls looks great with it!
ReplyDeleteWowww that dress is amazing! It fits you so well, the drop waist and the seams are so flattering! And I love the colours, so nifty ;)
ReplyDeleteM xo
ah! you THRIFTED this dress? geeze where do you live? uhmazing.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I absolutely LOVE this dress- the colors, the pattern, and the cut. It's very flattering on you too. Good find. And it looks cute with those heels.
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