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Wardrobe Love

Six Months, Six Dresses: June

by Megan on July 2, 2010

I never wear dresses. Really. That’s exactly why I decided to take part in Kyla’s Six Months, Six Dresses challenge. I never got around to posting photos of myself in my May dress, but I’m going ahead and posting June’s dress.

Yesterday evening, I was home by myself, so I decided to try a little photoshoot. I’ve never used my self timer before, so it was interesting, to say the least. I have some practice ahead of me.

I love that the dress is a summer color, and even though it’s short, it works because I’m only 5’1″.

Though it’s blurry, I adore this photo.

Dress: Ruche
Shoes: Bakers (My wedding shoes, actually)
Necklace: Etsy (It has a custom engraving that says “If a dream could last forever, I would hold you here. M + J” for mine and Husband’s song.)

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Wardrobe Love: Help Wanted

by Megan on May 14, 2010

For the next six months, a la Kyla Roma, I’m going to attempt to buy six new dresses. The only dresses currently in my closet are my wedding dress and my high school prom dress. I need to spruce up my wardrobe a bit, so this will be good for me*.

Next month, Husband and I are going on a trip to Asheville, North Carolina for our second wedding anniversary. (I will go into more details as it gets closer.) I’ve been on a search for a dress to take with us in case we go anywhere that is semi-nice, but I wanted something that I could wear again this summer. As I browsed American Eagle’s website (which is where I buy most of my clothes lately, though I’m thinking of going with something more mature, such as Anne Taylor Loft, in the near future), I found a dress that fits my criteria. (I usually don’t like their dresses, so I wasn’t planning on having any luck.) Of course, I fell in love with one dress.

Since the dress is a solid, grey color, I thought a colored shoes would go well with it. Since the only heels I own are black and white (yes, I only own two pairs of heels, and one pair is from my wedding day), I’m going to have to purchase a pair. My budget is low (trying for around $50 or less), and I’ve been told yellow or red would go well with the dress. Any suggestions? I was thinking of something like these Nine West heels, but I’m not sure if the yellow is too bright. 

Mostly, I just want to make it dressy enough for a somewhat nice dinner. I’m open to any suggestions for heels (or even flats!) and/or jewelry!

*Don’t worry. I will be posting a picture of myself in the dress, hopefully!

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Dress Me Up!

by Megan on May 18, 2009

I have a dilemma, and I need your help. My one year wedding anniversary is coming up (June 17), and Husband and I have possible plans of going out to a nice dinner at Hennen’s in Downtown Chattanooga.. However, I have nothing nice to wear. It’s not an extremely fancy place, but I’d still like to wear a nice dress. Husband isn’t any help–he’s only seen me in two dresses (and one was my wedding dress), so he has no idea. Honestly, I’m not much of a help to myself since I rarely ever wear dresses.

I’m going to throw a few ideas out there, and then maybe you can help. I don’t want anything too expensive. (Hopefully less than $50, honestly.) I’ll still need to purchase shoes as well because all of my heels are gone–except the white pair I wore to my wedding. Since I’m extremely petite (5’1″ and ~105 lbs … and I’m small-chested), I can’t wear anything too long; Husband doesn’t like anything too short either, though. So, I’m thinking just above the knee, perhaps? Also, I’m extremely fair-skinned, so I don’t look great in yellow. (Is this too picky?)

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Husband and I actually agreed to liking this dress, and since it’s only $28.50 at Macy’s. It’s not in my size, though, and I’m not sure where the nearest Macy’s is–if we even have one nearby!

Forever 21 has a dress that I love (for only $24.80!), but I’m not sure if the color would wash me out too much. (Like I said, fair-skinned.)

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I’m also trying to stay far away from big prints, but I’m open to ideas. Let me know what you think!

(Maybe Apricot could help out on this one?)

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Shh, don’t tell my husband!

by Megan on March 4, 2009

Last week–or the week before, I can’t remember–Josh and I went on a date, and I decided to stop by the mall to search for a new pair of jeans. I usually shop at American Eagle, but I get discouraged fairly easy when it comes to shopping. At only 5’1″ with a petite frame, it’s hard to find the perfect-fitting jeans. After about twenty minutes in AE, I gave up. There was one pair of jeans, though, that I loved and they were on clearance. I tried on the regular (which usually fits okay), and they fit everywhere but the length. So! I decided to splurge a little and buy myself a new outfit via AE.com, and they had the jeans in my size!

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AE Midnight Flare Jean. $49.50. $29.95.

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AE Burnout Henley T. $24.50. $19.95.

Of course, I had to buy a couple of tanks, too–I like to layer. 

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AE Mesh Trim Tank in Peach Pink. $17.50.

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Aerie Rib Lace Tank in White. $19.50. $14.95.

I just hope the jeans fit! :)

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