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Thursday, March 11, 2010

What I'm Sproutin': Sorbet Noir

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Vintage dress: easystreetvintage @ Etsy, cardigan: American Apparel, scarf: Muji, belt: J. Crew outlet, vintage necklace and tights: night market, shoes: Aldo, purse: Hayden Harnett for Target, earrings: Target

Today the sun came out and the temperature went up a bit (it was 8 to 10 degrees Celsius yesterday in Taipei), so I decided to celebrate by breaking out my rainbow dress.

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I dressed to match Mr. Dragonfly behind me.

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I also wore a pair of giant white filigree earrings, but the hooks started bothering me after a few minutes. I have to swap them out for sterling silver ones. I've been getting more sensitive to nickel and other base metals since hitting my mid-twenties. Does anyone else have this problem?

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My dress is handmade, from the 1980s (I think) and has HUGE puffy sleeves. Here is a picture from the seller:

I thought I might be able to get away with them, but I think I'll have to cut them off or otherwise alter them into ordinary short sleeves or maybe flutter sleeves (though that might also be too much). I was also thinking I should shorten the dress (by removing the bottom horizontal rows, shortening the main skirt and then reattaching the self-trim), but I actually like this length with heels. I often do this with dresses in my "to alter" pile. Instead of working on them, I drag them out, shake out the wrinkles and just wear it as is. Sometimes laziness works out!

9 comments:

  1. Rainbow dress! I love this length as it is and I love the bright colors! What a wonderful outfit Catherine :)
    xo Jenny

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  2. Oh the ever growing alteration pile... I like your dress at both lengths! What a fun vintage pattern. I think 80's for sure!
    Marie @ Lemondrop ViNtAge

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  3. Love this dress! The colours are so candy-cute! I like the way you styled it with the cardigan and scarf, it tones it down a little while still making the dress the feature.

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  4. This dress reminds me so much of my favourite childhood snack, rainbow kueh <333

    I love the piled-on colours and I think that the switch to horizontal stripes on the top works well. The bottom is a little jarring but I kinda like the surprise of it, and it does hold my attention for the switch back to horizontal at the end :P

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  5. such a pretty striped dress, Catherine. funny, i only noticed the dragonfly after you mentioned it and was smiled to see you both match so well!

    to hem or not... that's a hard one because it looks really pretty as it is. but, i've also noticed more and more that shorter dresses are in vogue.

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  6. love your rainbow dress! the colours are wonderful :)

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  7. that dress is so pretty! i love the soft girly colors. it actually reminds me of a dress i had when i was little- it was pastel rainbow striped, and i wanted to wear it every single day, so my mom ended up finding a 2nd one so she could at least wash it. i wish i could find my own in an adult size! your wooden heart necklace is a great find too. ~joelle

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  8. Love the colors of the rainbow <3

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  9. This dress is great. I can't seem to tear myself away from rainbow dresses. Thanks for the etsy tip.

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