Thursday, September 01, 2011

Ugly Beauty

Maggie, of Dimestore Diamond, inspired me to treat this sleeveless dress as a jumper and layer a shirt underneath.

I was reaching for a sheer, aqua* blouse to wear under the splotched dress, when I spotted a dress-turned-into-a-shirt patterned in shades of turquoise, olive, and brown. I placed the two printed items side by side and thought “it just might be ugly enough to work.”


Dress and bag, Mossimo. Shirt, INC (hacked from a swapped dress). Belt, H&M. Shoes, J Crew. Bracelets, vintage, World Market, and Fort. Earrings, Monica D. Ring, vintage.



*Maggie also inspired my past pairings of blue-green with this dress. She owns it in solid olive and has accessorized it with a turquoise belt.

5 comments:

C Lo said...

I think this is one of my favorite pattern mixes of yours. It's SOOOO unexpected and it really really works.

Anonymous said...

I really enjoy reading your blog. Your style is courageous and daring. I love love the shoes!

-Bridgette

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The Tote Trove said...

So fun!

C said...

OK, you are getting back to yourself.... way to weird for me but I can appreciate that it is sort of like a watercolor or even a stack of magazine pages, wet and with the different patterns fading into each other...

Carolyn said...

I like this outfit a lot! I really think the shoes and bracelets tie together the pattern mixing nicely.