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11 December 2006

new year's dress

I was going to share the exciting news that i found a really great dres for new year's eve by going to the top shop website and posting a picture of it, but my dress is so exclusive (read: on sale or last season) that it is not on the website any longer. however, they did have a picture of a skirt in the same color with the same print.



Behold:





the dress itself is knee length with a high waist and a scoop neck with straps about an inch wide. i have also purchased sparklygold tights and some gold beaded yarn to knit a necklace from (knitty's Knecklace pattern in case you were wondering) jeremy thinks i ought to wear a red or orange belt or hair accessory but i don't know if he's right about that, but then i'm kind of crap with mixing 'unlikely' colors so i may give it a go. and by unlikely i mean anything that is not really really obvious. i write stories, i don't paint pictures!

i am pleased with the dress though, it isn't at all what i was expecting to buy and is at the same time very similar to my usual style while being just different enough to make me feel fancy(the cut, sort of 1960's ish is a very common look for me but the color is not my norm at all) i thought i'd be buying something strapless but nothing available looked like it would support the curves i am currently blessed with. this was a good compromise.

i don't usually give much of a care about my new year's fashions but this year feels a bit different to me. i have a spectacularly crappy new year's to make up for after last year (spent watching taxi driver and running to the toilet often thanks to the salmonella). i don't need this to be the best night ever, but a really nice night that doesn't involve food poisoning, crippling anxiety and plenty of good music and dancing doesn't seem like it ought to be too much to ask for. and the first step to acheiving that is having a really nice dress.

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posted by carolyn says @ 10:41 am  

9 Comments:

  • At 11 December 2006 at 12:48, Blogger Alannah said…

    Pretty!!! That color is so you.

    Some friends and I decided New Year's Eve sucks so often that this year we're just staying in, cooking, drinking, hot tubbing, dancing..whatever we feel like. It helps to have friends with hot tubs.

     

  • At 11 December 2006 at 13:11, Blogger carolyn says said…

    Thank you!

    We're going to a friend's parents' b&b in the country (like 2 hours away from london, not really the country, but there are woods) with a bunch of friends, there will be dancing and the bar will never close. i guess we're all just going to split the bar tab equally so it should be pretty good, then on new year's day we're going to watch movies all day long, sort of like a big slumber party with nicer clothes and more likker.

    but tell me, what are your thoughts on red or orange accessories, is jeremy a fashion geius or spaz?

     

  • At 11 December 2006 at 13:29, Blogger Alannah said…

    I adore the combination of pale blue and a nice dark red, with blue-ish undertones. Orange could work...it would have to be a special kind of orange...and just as an accent.

    Your NYE sounds perfect. Especially the slumber party part. My friend Audrey used to have an annual New Year's Day Hangover Brunch and everyone would come over in their pajamas and lie around all day, lazily eating and drinking bloody marys and watching bad tv.

     

  • At 11 December 2006 at 14:07, Blogger carolyn says said…

    i'll hav to hunt through my yarn stash and see if i have anything that might work.

    i wonder if we'll have bloody mary's (or should it be maries, or just marys, this has always confused me) on our recovery day, maybe i should make a suggestion.

     

  • At 11 December 2006 at 16:31, Blogger 5 of 9er said…

    Yeah... if you set the bar too high... if your expectations for how great New Years Eve will be... then it usually is a disappointment. But starting out with a fantastic dress is always a good sign it should be great!

     

  • At 11 December 2006 at 17:08, Blogger carolyn says said…

    yeah, i am trying to keep expectations low in order to avoid disappointment, luckily it will be hard to out-suck last year

     

  • At 11 December 2006 at 20:43, Blogger The [Cherry] Ride said…

    I'm hoping to wear my panda outfit for New Year's. (Don't ask too many questions about that though. just accept.)

     

  • At 11 December 2006 at 22:52, Blogger Alannah said…

    A panda suit sounds warm and black and white go with everything.

     

  • At 12 December 2006 at 09:13, Blogger carolyn says said…

    jeremy will probably be wearing his gorilla costume at some point during the evening. while i am a bit envious of how easy his wardrobe choices are compared to mine i still find this the tiniest bit troubling. obviously a panda costume would be totally different

     

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