Victory! (rolls) A Limited Edition Dress!

I scored this ah-may-zing dress from a shopmycloset on instagram. $15!! It's a limited edition Heartbreaker Fashion (now Heart of Haute) dress. I can't believe my luck, finding this like-new dress in my size for such a sweet deal.  This was also my first attempt at victory rolls.  I had some time today to attempt a new hairstyle, and Amelia of Junebugs and Georgia Peaches had posted a tutorial not too long ago, so I figured I'd give it a whirl.  She's not kidding, her tutorial is definitely the easy to follow!  It's definitely one of the more daring hairstyles I've tried, and while I like it, I'll definitely have to get used to it! I think it's my bangs that are making me hesitant, but with the wedding coming up, I'm scared to trim them. 

dress: heart of haute (thrifted, similar)

belt: from another dress

flower: vintage box 1947

shoes: swedish hasbeens via amazon

pearls: gift

Flamingo-craze

Clearly, this is the week of my bait Dennise blue shoes. While it's purely coincidental, it's funny how that happens almost every week, having one of the items make an appearance almost each day.

top: collectif via modcloth

skirt: modcloth

belt: from another dress

shoes: bait footwear

flower: vintage box 1947

 I was almost tempted to purchase some pink shoes for this shirt... and for my flamingo dress... but I'm really liking this shirt with these blue shoes. I'm not sure how often I'd wear pink shoes, aside from with my flamingo outfits, so really, finding options already in my closet seems like the logical way to go. Pairing both outfits with orchids in my hair seems to be as pink as I can go anyhow.

When I was in New Orleans last fall, I found a string of lights with plastic flamingos over the bulbs... I debated buying them just because they were so kitch, but opted for the gingerbread houses instead for Christmas. I'm not regretting not buying them. I'm still facing my original problem: where I'd actually hang them... but they would be SO perfect with my flamingo outfits! Is it wrong that I'm tempted to buy plastic lawn flamingos?? 

Nautical Rope & PolkaDots...

In keeping with my Bernie Dexter remix week, here's another of my dresses.  This was a little treat for myself, as it was on sale (originally styled here).  I normally wear this with a cardigan over it, being Miss Modest that I am. 

dress: bernie dexter

shoes: bait footwear

scarf: thrifted

pearl earrings: aldoshoes

lipstick: besame carmine

I said it in my original post of this dress, and I'm saying it again now, the top of this dress is so flattering.  I'm really hoping to add more of this style to my closet in different colours and patterns (because it's not like a girl can have too many dresses!).

Sundaes & PolkaDots...

I've discovered the trick for taking blog pictures in the winter: taking an abundance of them on weekends, while you're home in the daylight.  For that reason, last weeks photos all had similar hairstyles.  That's repeated in this week's, and will probably be the case until the days start getting longer again.  

dress: bernie dexter via modcloth (similar)

cardigan: local shop (pseudio)

brooches: gift from melissa (via etsy)

shoes: chelsea crew via modcloth

bandana: etsy

lipstick: besame red hot red

I've decided that this week's posts will be a remix of my Bernie Dexter dresses.  They're some of my favourite dresses in my closets, from the fun patterns, to the flattering cuts, to the full circle skirts that are just so fun to layer with petticoats! 

This was my first Bernie Dexter purchase.  It was a splurge, at full price (!!!), but I'm so happy I splurged when I did.  I've worn it on several date nights, including my birthday (original outfit posts 1 & 2).  I love how fun and flirty I feel in it.  I also love how the top of the dress is a solid red fabric, instead of the full sundae print version.  Red is one of my favourite colours to wear, and I feel that if I had gotten the full sundae print version, I'd be more apt to pair it with creams, yellows or browns, which while they'd be fun and pretty, I just feel like the red urges me to add more reds to it.