Ladylike in lace

I may be biased, but I believe this dress to be one of the most perfect articles of clothing I own. It’s really hard to see in the photos, but all those differently textured lace pieces are sewn together with glimmery gold thread, so it almost appears to glow when wearing it. Tie the whole look up with a satin bow, and voila! The perfect dress. It is also completely season-less thanks to the ivory shade and longer sleeve length, so it can be worn in the fall/winter months with a jacket or the summer/spring months on cooler evenings. The finished look is incredibly feminine and lady-like, although when I wore this last winter, my mom kept barking at me to keep my legs crossed, so not too sure how well I pulled off the whole ‘lady-like’ illusion. It’s still a great dress though…

A funny story about these pictures. Given that we use a telephoto lens, Nate usually has to be quite far away from me when taking photos. Like, several yards away usually, so it’s not always immediately obvious that we are together. This has caused some interesting reactions from passerby, as Nate usually seems to be some creepy voyeur in the bushes somewhere, and I appear to be either really narcissistic doing pose downs by myself or completely insane depending upon your perception.

On the day these photos were taken, Nate and I stopped in front of the park (or so we thought) pictured here to take photos, and a couple walking their dog stopped and were watching us. I instantly started sweating and wanted to curl up into a ball as I hate being photographed in the first place (I know, interesting for someone that wants to write a fashion blog) and now random strangers are watching me. So, after a few minutes, this couple and their giant dog walks up to me and says, “Pretty dress! Do you know you’re standing in our backyard?” Ugh, it was embarrassing. I stuttered something about ‘nice landscaping’ and ‘fashion blog’ and then they told me to pull the weeds while I was there, to which I laughed awkwardly and then SPRINTED to the car. I hope you’re laughing at this, because I am still cringing.

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Outfit: Tahari Dress // BCBG Shoes // Louis Vuitton Purse (similar here) // Michael Kors Watch

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