Candy canes on a tree, or Dress #1

 

  

 Dress: Donna Ricco, 2007;

Sweater: Mossimo, Target, fall 2009;

Brown wedges: Zigi Soho, Off-Broadway, spring 2009;

Black bag: NYC street vendor, summer 2008;

Green bangle: vintage, Finder's Keepers, 2010.

How I've worn the sweater (how haven't I worn it?): here, here.

How I've worn the shoes: here.

So today's the first day of The Dress Project, and I ultimately reached for a dress that I haven't worn in almost a year. Admittedly, it's meant to be a spring/summer dress, but its print was so cheerful that I wanted to debut it on the blog. The weather outside is really weird today -- it's 55-ish degrees, but after last night's thunderstorm, it's been pretty dreary. I took the higher temperatures as a sign that my tights are seeing their last days soon. I've had the dress for a couple of years now and it's worked as a multipurpose dress. I wore it on my 21st birthday, to a spring wedding and once a week during my NYC internship (with a sweater and belt for the office).

I spent some time with Jeremiah at Barnes & Noble today and we ended up taking my outfit photos there because of the icky weather. I felt stealth taking the photos in the aisles -- we didn't want anyone to know we were taking photos, so whenever someone walked by, we pretended to be looking at a book or something. 

A funny thing happened near the magazine rack. I was putting away a magazine I perused when I walked by two men sitting on a bench. I could tell they were eying my outfit and I heard one of them mutter not-so-subtly, "Yeah, like candy canes on a tree over here!" very pointedly in my direction. I don't know if it was meant as a compliment or not, but I'll take it as so. 

I like peppermint anyways.

One down, 44 to go.

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