Tutus

Style.com very recently put together a slideshow of fashion that was inspired by ballet and Degas. Some of those looks were really costumey, definitely like costumes I've worn before, others were more wearable which is good. That's one of the things I immediately look for in clothes, how I could wear it. Most of the clothes themselves I probably wouldn't be able to wear alone unless I had some place to go to at night, but I imagine that if you paired some things with simple tees or sweaters, to detract from some of the glitz, you could maybe wear it during the day. I'm really tempted to try and recreate some of these looks with my sewing machine but I'm afraid my skills aren't yet up to par.

Anyway, here are my favorite looks.

Ralph Lauren.

Luisa Beccaria. (not that wearable, love it anyway)

Luella. Goth much? (love it)

MaxAzria. (Don't know about the top part but love how skirt ripples.)

MaxAzria again. (so wearable)

Collette Dinnigan. (black cardigan + feather skirt?)

That Yellow Dress

While I've never been one to follow trends conscientiously I've lately found myself in swing with a few of them. Namely dresses. Namely long maxi dresses. I recently got a dress off of eBay because of this. It's a yellow 70s dress that I got because it reminded me of a beautiful yellow pleated dress I saw on one or two of the blogs I frequent but can't find any more. It was so lovely. The closest I can get to it are these dresses, that while lovely in their own right, don't have that same sort of fragility that one had.

Diane von Furstenberg via Nordstrom

Rachel Pally. Shopbop.

Free People.

But I'm also just loving long dresses in general. Like maxi, full length. Good maxi dresses are hard to find at the moment unless you're looking in vintage stores and such. That's why I feel like mine was such a find. I'll post pictures when I get it in the mail.