February 22, 2010

this collision came mid bloom

my graduation is still months away but because I love planning things I started to plan what to wear. I want to make sure I'm not without a dress and without shoes a week before the occasion because it wouldn't be the first time that has happened.
first of all, for this occasion I do not intend to wear black. no matter how comfortable the color makes me feel I feel like because it's a spring party and a once-in-a-lifetime-thing it's time for me to wear something colorful. orange (a bright, slightly burnt shade) was the color I had in mind until I found this Whyred dress:

mylofront.jpg picture by grkidmyloback.jpg picture by grkid

I thought the dress was maybe a bit too baggy and formless, maybe not exactly the dress for graduation. anyway, I thought I'd previously seen the dress somewhere so I dug into my inspiration files which is where I found this image:

whyredoutfits.jpg picture by grkid

I think combined with the right shoes, a chunky bracelet/ring and the right shade of lipstick this might be the dress I want to wear. what do you think??

7 comments:

  1. i like it - it looks just the right amount of slouchy on the model! I champion wearing colour to graduation.
    I don't graduate uni for another year and a bit, but every year I see hundreds of people in, like, work clothes? black pencil skirts and white blouses, type of thing. I'm planning on wearing a bright red vintage dress, which is stunning, and I don't know where else I'd wear it!


    Great blog btw, stumbled across it whilst looking for a pic of Little My from the Moomins for my blog...

    jenn.x

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  2. jenn, I'm only graduating high school, not uni actually! so I'm not familiar with the clothing people wear for their uni graduation, I just know that here in Finland people dress up pretty fancily for their high school graduation. your red vintage dress sounds pretty great !

    and haha, glad you found your way in, little my is my absolute favourite!

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  3. my grad-dress was so discordant but still I fancied it! it was this grey and super puffy from henrik vibskov! yeh I felt like a solitaire michelin man...

    and by the way, it arrived 3 days before, haha!

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  4. Ria, a puffy grey Henrik Vibskov doesn't sound too discordant to me? ;-) haha I've never really fancied online shopping so I guess that's why I want to get this over with long before the occasion!

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  5. Rules are made to be broken! You'll be the best looking grad student. I'm in love with the colour, and the baggy fit just makes it cooler! I say go for it!

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  6. haha thanks for your opinion Maria! I think I'll have to buy the dress because I can't stop thinking about it....

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  7. Genial dispatch and this fill someone in on helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you for your information.

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