wear it more

by Karen Blanchard
30 November 2009
Dress: Vintage. Boots: Emma Cook. Fur jacket: Vintage/Thrift. Bag: Thrift (DIY studded). Black shawl: Thrift. Snake ring: East village boutique. Nail polish: Dollar by Rococo.
The jacket ended up being removed since it was so damn warm today in New York. Isn’t it December soon? What’s up with the mild weather?
I don’t wear this dress often enough and really need to. I got it at a vintage shop in the Lower East Side (same place that I got the coin necklace posted here). It’s actually a swingy A-line-ish shape but I prefer it worn belted.
The stud belt is too big to be worn at the waist so I did a twist knot thingy to make it stay. I need to find a stud belt that’s meant for the waist to wear over loads of dresses. Speaking of dresses, I just noticed that asos.com has a ton of gorge ones right now here and I’m staring at a few of them for abnormally long lengths of time I think :-/
Category: DIY studding, thrift

54 comments

  2. Tayler says:

    Love the dress, its gorgeous <3

    bighairandbikinis.blogspot.com

  3. Posh says:

    LOVÉÉÉ this, amazing look! <3

  4. miss a. says:

    I love vintage tops and dresses like the one you wore, but I hate hate hate that they’re all made of polyester. The most useless fabric ever created.

  5. Dylana says:

    Stunning dress! The color is gorgeous on you!

    colormenana.blogspot.com

  6. elina says:

    Beautiful photos :))

  7. R says:

    pretty!

  8. Goodle. says:

    The drapery of this dress is fantastic! Love the colour too 🙂

    Goodle x

  9. gemma says:

    very romantic/edgy!!

    i love your hair straight!!

    fadetoblackny.blogspot.com

  10. Anonymous says:

    great post, amazing dress, my wish-list only grows bigger as i watch ur blog! 🙂 it’s friggin 5.40 am in london but i know u make posts around this time, obsessed ha ha ha

    inx

  11. Suzanne says:

    love the color of the dress 🙂

  12. Lainey says:

    That blue vintage dress is absolutely gorgeous. I love the powder blue color of it, and the sleeves. What a find!

  13. caylee says:

    that color of blue looks gorgeous on you, and i love it paired with all black.
    your boyfriend is turning into quite the photographer…these are so good!

    and i wish some of that mild, warmer weather would come my way…it was down to 33 here today! brrrrrr.

  15. Ola says:

    The dress is really lovely and you indeed look fabolous!

  16. Dominika says:

    just great! your shoes are amazing! <3

  17. Mila says:

    can you ever do wrong?????????
    I looooooooooove this outfit!!!
    i hate you 🙂

  18. Ariana says:

    wow,what a cute dress..the color and the fabric is a dream,really.I like how you gave it a rock mood with your belt and the fierce booties;)

    thecrushofmine.blogspot.com

  20. PUNKIE says:

    beautiful! like everything! the shoes are pretty fantastic, I love this version more then the wedged one’s!

  22. Anonymous says:

    :O I love that dress! It fits you perfectly and, yes, you should wear it more often! 🙂 //Maddy

  23. Francheska says:

    that shade of blue looks magical on you! You seriously have THE best style in the blogosphere.. possible best style I´v generally seen actually …

    also your hair loookkss amazing… did you come out of the hairdressers then??? 🙂 x

  24. Sybil says:

    was it fox and fawn?

  26. K says:

    lovely dress. not too much going on at once here. you look adorable.

  30. Taylor Sterling says:

    I love the color of the dress on you! SO pretty! I love the entire outfit really though!

  32. Annabel says:

    Just gorgeous. I think this too big belt make it look interesting.
    You really have a great sense for shoes and mix of different kinds of clothes.

    You studded the bag by yourself, didnt you? So maybe you could tell me where those studs are from?

  33. Grace says:

    Very inventive way to make that belt work. And your ring! My god, do I want it.

    Love Grace.

  34. emsu says:

    WOW! that bag!<3

  35. Martha says:

    Great outfit
    loving the back and the fur jacket especially <3

  36. All Women Stalker says:

    That dress has the most amazing shade of blue. Love it.

    -meream

  39. Anonymous says:

    oh, Karen, I forgot to ask, what about that competition that you took part in recently? Where we were asked to vote? I haven’t seen the results, any luck?

    inx

  41. Karen says:

    Anon 1 – I cannot believe your up at the crack of dawn for my post updates? OMG!!!

    Francheska – holy shit. I already answered on your blog. What a thing to say…. seriously. ps. the hair was done day before. Close enough ; )

    Sybil – No it wasn’t.

    Anon 2 – I got an email from them saying that I didn’t win : ( I was apparently really close to the winner but didn’t get enough votes to push me over the top.

    Thanks everyone for the comments. I so love this dress and will definitely wear it more often!

    K. x

  42. Vivi Violette says:

    Your coat looks like it really protects you from the cooold winter !
    In Tokyo it’s so cold that I should buy a coat as warm as yours !

    (sorry if my english is not correct… =/ )

  43. Zanah says:

    Lol I love reading your posts!! You’re so English like my bf!!! Sweet 😉 Mon Mode Blog

  44. yellow.jellow says:

    the dress is gorgeous!!!!! i’m so in love with it!!!!! =D

  45. haute.teapot says:

    love that color on you. 🙂

  46. Karen says:

    Zanah – ha! well you know what us Brits are like then ; )

    Vivi Violette – You have no idea though how bad I want to visit Tokyo!! You guys have THE BEST street fashion. Your English is perfect : )

    Thanks yellowjellow – love the name! and Haute Teapot.

  47. Connie says:

    I love the dress, the colour, the neckline detail and everything else. You look great!

    The Heartbreak

  48. MissMI6 says:

    Oh wow,I LOVE the colour of this dress and the cut and everything, it’s gorgeous, and I love how you styled it here with the studding and the boots omg omg omg want want want!
    xxx

  50. Lauren says:

    Have you ever been to Circa Now on 6th street? I’ve lived here my whole life and it’s one of my favorite places to get vintage dresses/blouses/bags. Small selection but everything is incredible. Just thought I’d mention it in case you’ve never been!

    roarrevisited.blogspot.com

  51. Karen says:

    Thx Lauren. i’ll take a look soon.

    Thx guys for the comments. I should do a post showing how it looks unbelted just to see the difference!

  52. Anna says:

    Love your blog , and your style .
    Especially this Outfit !
    x

  53. Megan Meenan says:

    wow this outfit is probably one of my most favourites !! i love the shade of blue the dress is and how it goes amazingly with the black. love the boots and the frindge bag !! great combo all together .

    http://myheadandwardrobe.blogspot.com/

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