Just a quick outfit post from last week....looking at this now I think I'm dressed like an Easter Egg. Anyways, I love the bright spring/summer colors in this dress, the fun chevron design and the smooth fabric. It's such an easy dress to wear and doesn't need much styling. Last time I featured it on this blog I wore it like this. On this particular day, I decided to pair it with the necklace and earrings I purchased at the MoMA Staff Sale. I still can't believe I found a bunny necklace and earrings! And to think I wasn't even going to check out the sale. Meant To Be. I think adding these accessories to this dress may be why I now keeping thinking about Easter but I do think they go nicely with the whole outfit. It puts me in a happy mood, one of the great things about crafting personal style. Dress - Steps, South Street Seaport Leggings (old) - Kensie Boots (old) - Town Shoes
True story: I was desperate to go toSpace Campfor a number of years during my childhood. In Grade 3, when asked what I wanted to be as a grownup, I said an astronaut and artist; in Grade 4, I added writer to that list. One summer I almost had my parents convinced to send me to Space Camp, but my grandparents intervened and I ended up going to Circle Square Ranch with my cousins instead. At least there were horses there….
When Space Camp debuted in movie theaters, my campaign to ‘train like an astronaut’ picked up steam….and it’s also when my crush on Joaquin Phoenix (known as ‘Leaf’ Phoenix at that time) began. Is it a coincidence that Star Wars premiered in the year I was born? I don’t think so (fyi, I still can’t turn off the original trilogy should any of them happen to be on when I flip on the TV).
When I was around 6, I attempted to build my cat Ginger a time machine in the kid’s clubhouse in my grandparent’s yard. Ginger was getting up there in years and I thought that perhaps some time travel would help him regain a few more years. I had read Time Cat over and over again, as well as watched The Cat From Outer Space and The Three 3 Lives of Thomasinawith such regularity that eventually the VHS tapes busted.
For many years, the ceiling of my bedroom was covered in glow-in-the-dark stars, planets and comets, my wall had maps of the solar system and there were a few astronomy and stargazing books on my bookshelf. I lived for camping out in my backyard with some binoculars to stare up at our solar system.
I may still be a little space obsessed. It wasn’t too long ago on a family visit to Walt Disney World in Florida that I lined up to ride Mission: SPACE at EPCOT repeatedly. I’ll watch almost any space theme movie as long as it’s not completely cheesy. I may even still secretly dream of going to Space Camp.
This is all to say that I didn’t really think twice about purchasing a dress that looked like a page from one of my old solar system books. A drop waist, virtually wrinkle free dress covered in celestial images, and it happened to be on sale…..what’s not to love?
Photos taken at MoMA (11 W 53) and Healthy Corner Juice Bar (637 9th Avenue - Try the Hell’s Kitchen juice blend if you go!
This dress is super comfortable (and FUN!) to wear and doesn’t get all full of static or wrinkles as the day progresses which makes it perfect for running errands (or chilling at the AMNH Planetarium). I also think it works as an all season dress depending on what layers and accessories you add, plus it’s a good base for experimenting with pops of color, neutrals and/or metallics. Brings a whole new meaning to dressing like you’re from a different planet….
Sometimes the outfits I like most are those that happen almost by accident. I love this styling because it contains so many pieces from here and there and is in fact representative of a whole outfit under $60 (boots and hat not included). I definitely felt really cheerful wearing this while gallery hopping in Chelsea....how can you not feel cheerful when you have a tulip skirt and a macaroon t-shirt with mini puffed sleeves on!
