Outfit of the Day: Polka Dot Dress

I found this dress while picking something up for the Cat to wear for picture day.  I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it at Forever 21.  Some of their dresses can be hard to wear (at least for a teacher!) because they are so damn short.

I guess that maybe isn't a problem for everyone, but it is a problem for me.  This dress, however, is a great length for work, and can be easily dressed up with a belt and sandals.  

It is also really easy to transition the dress into fall.  I can add other layers, like a cardigan or sweater, but for now, a simple cropped jean jacket and a great pair of boots works.  When the weather gets colder, I can add tights in addition to the boots.

All Photos by Kyungmoo Ryu
(big thanks to you for the pics, sir!)

dress: Forever 21
belt: H&M
shoes: Dillard's
jean jacket: Chelsea & Violet, Dillard's
boots: o.l.d. (!!!)
purse: vintage
jewelry: vintage/thrifted
sunglasses: Tory Burch

~Lori

Vindicated

Yesterday, over on Refinery 29, they ran a piece on updating the maxi dress, which has become a wardrobe staple for a lot of ladies out there.  Including me.  I love donning a maxi dress when I don't feel like putting a whole lot of thought into my outfit, and my go to staple to throw on over it is a cropped jean jacket.  And now that they are suggesting this over on Refinery 29, I have to say that I feel vindicated.  I don't know why, but I've always been like that- if I have been wearing something or doing something for awhile and then see it in a magazine later on, or on a blog, or on t.v., I feel vindicated.  I want to tell people, "Hey, I know my stuff sometimes, cause I've been doing it like that for months now."  Or, "Collar necklaces are in?  I've had my vintage gold collar/choker necklace for months, because when I saw it, it reminded me of Wonder Woman and I needed it so that I could channel Wonder Woman in my everyday wardrobe."  I'm sure everybody does this- jumps on a trend bandwagon before it actually becomes a trend.  And I know I shouldn't care if it becomes a trend, because that isn't what fashion is about, and I should be just so far above it that I simply do not care what the masses think, blah blah blah, but why lie?  I like it when I am on trend.  Or ahead of the trend.  I like that better, because then I can puff up my chest and think man, I am good.   And I can act like I know what I'm doing, but really, half the time it seems to be coincidental.  I see something that I like, and I snatch it up, and then there it is, in a magazine the next month, or months later.  

How often does that happen to you?  Do you love it, or do you find it annoying?

~Lori