My
Thakoon Addition maxi dress arrived today. It is from the fall collection, and it has exceeded my expectations.
The material is a fantastic, gauzy-linen-wool and it floats around the body making you feel pretty. It also is an amazing mix of tribal-esque prints (something that Thakoon excels at, making him one of my very favourite designers), and all sorts of interesting detail....quasi-ruffles and flaps and whatnot. That is, of course, the technical fashion term for it....flaps.
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| flaps. |
And the back is a
racer back! I love me a racer back!
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| zoom. |
This is a forever piece that I can wear in every season with just a change of a layer. Today I just returned from tennis, so my underlayer is a very classy (and very grimy) weather-inappropriate athletic tank bra. I know. Gross, right? I was just so excited to try on the dress that I didn't bother to layer properly. But this dress looks amazing with sandals in summer, or can easily be the foundation for something spectacular in the colder months.
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| Nine west boots (last season) |
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| Addidas Stella McCartney Jacket |
What is also super great about a maxi dress is that the garment itself is easily able to balance out some serious statement jewellery, so you can really pile it on...something I rarely do as I am essentially lazy when it comes to styling, avoiding anything that is too fussy. I also decided to go with the no-makeup red lip look. Again, laziness. One product as opposed to fifteen.
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| Red Jasper ring from an art fair (Indonesian?), various and sundry silver bracelets from my collection. |
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| L'oreal Fatal Red lipstick, silver earrings (old) |
So there it is. The Thakoon Addition maxi dress. Better than expected, fun, and as it turns out, nearly impossible to get a clean photograph of that doesn't have a giant bearded collie head in it. You guys would die laughing of you saw how many shots I had to take to finally get one without a beardie head in it. The iPhoto "crop" function key got quite a workout today.
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| Air kisses as to not leave red lipstick marks on Fergus and his giant beardie head. |
Love that maxi dress - such a pretty print!
ReplyDeleteAnnie
The Other Side of Gray
Love your style and your Looks are so fantastic!
ReplyDeleteYou have to try yourself on Lookly:
http://www.huliganjetta.com/lookly.html
That dress looks amazing on you! I love that it has flaps but they aren't bulky flaps. You look gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteFab: the writing, the style, the commitment to the blog and, not to forget, the dog. Your no-make up red lip is tops
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for the kind words. Kisses!
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