Beach Belle

I was so excited when I first bought Beach Belle.

It was summery, it was fresh, it was bold, it was supercute. What could possibly go wrong with a dress such as this?

Filthy Martini

When I bought Filthy Martini, it was a huge shapeless dress with long sleeves and cuffs. Now it looks like this:

It's a pretty good argument for getting things tailored when you need to. Filthy Martini cost $12 in (probably?) 2002, it probably cost about $30 to get it tailored, and I've worn it about a billion times since then (one hundred million times a year), so the amortization on that works out to $0.000000042 per wear. Definitely worth it.

Mosaic

I don't remember exactly where I picked up Mosaic, but a tiny part of my brain wants to say Buenos Aires (which is a Mecca for vintage, but I'll get more into that later). Honestly, I am a little undecided on wrap dresses; I think this is the only piece in my wardrobe that really qualifies. The idea is fabulous: it never doesn't fit, and if you have a small waist, it's a great way to emphasize that. (If you don't have a small waist, you also look stunning in a wrap dress, because you look stunning in everything, darling.) If any readers have a Diane von Furstenberg hanging around that needs a home, I will definitely conduct further research on wraps and report back.