A Color that Gleams

This bright sun kissed coral color might be one of my favorite colors. I pretty much love every color but if there's a store full of colorful clothing I seem to be naturally drawn to this hue.  Pair that color with a twirly skirt, sheer fabric and delicate flowers and I get a little weak at the knees. Technically this is supposed to be a spring/summer dress but I love it too much to restrict it to only two seasons. I think the brown tights with floral embroidery and coppery shoes give just the touch of autumnal styling needed to carry this dress in October (maybe even November...).  Do you have a favorite dress you hate packing away for the summer? How do you style it to get a few more wears in past the season it was intended for?

Outfit Details:

Dress: Ted Baker Pennyy Floral Embellished Dress (no longer on Ted Baker site but still available in some sizes here)

Sweater: Ted Baker Ettia Lace Detail Cardigan 

Shoes (old): Sofft 'Fatina' Mary Jane Pump (purchased during Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale)

Urban Landscapes

Typically, I tend to wear dresses with a twirl factor. You know when you were a kid and put on a dress that would fly out around you if you spun around….I still think that’s a good “test" for a dress.  Dresses that flutter and float are fun to wear…even if you no longer twirl around (in public, anyways…).  This shift dress is somewhat of a change of pace for me. I’ve had it for a long time and only occasionally pull it out to wear but I really love its graphic city print and for a form fitting dress it’s pretty comfortable to wear.  My only quibble of this side zip (hooray!) dress is that the button at the nape of the neck is square and the loop for it is tiny….it’s always a bit of struggle doing that up. One day I might change out the black square button for a red heart one.

Anyways, this felt like the perfect thing to wear on day 1 of  the heat advisory in NYC with its cooling cotton fabric, crisp colors and urban edge.   At work, I paired it with a fair of flats featuring zippered rosettes and a soft striped cardigan (it was too hot outside today to even consider putting the cardi on for a photo). The bow on the cropped back is my favorite part of this cardigan;  I like that it softens up the hard lines of the dress and the jagged zipper rosettes on the flats.

P.S. Sorry for the slightly grainy indoor shot.

Outfit Details:

Shift Dress (old) - Great Heights Shift Dress by We Love Vera, Anthropologie (doesn’t show up on Anthropologie’s website anymore but you can sometimes find it on ebay or etsy in one or two sizes, and there’s a review of it here) 

Flats (old) - Halogen (purchased at Nordstrom) (similar here)

Cardigan - Knotted Stripes Cardigan, Anthropologie

Purse necklace - My mom’s

Gold belt - Thrifted

Jeweled heart earrings - My nana’s