Oh, barf.
I was recently combing the internet for acceptable bridesmaid dresses, and ended up on Anthropologie, a weirdly reliable site for buying super-discounted Rachel Comey shoes. I immediately noticed this dress (top two images) for exactly what it was: a blatantly simplified copy of Stella McCartney’s incandescent 2011 resort collection (bottom two images), of which I have waxed poetic on many occasions, including here. Yet this copy is so embarrassing, so derivative, so lame.
Tagged anthropologie, dresses, knockoff, shopping, stella mccartney
Everybody has been sending me so much rad maid-of-honor advice, but ugh, it’s still so hard to shop for solid-colored dresses! Everything is either too clinical or too casual, it all feels so boring. I keep getting distracted by stuff like this and this and this.
[images via Frances May, Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Creatures of Comfort, Steven Alan, Dona Monroe, Net-a-Porter, Dace]
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Tagged bridesmaid, dresses, maid of honor, online shopping, wedding
Beautiful afternoon yesterday spent exploring the Laurelhurst area of Portland. A late lunch at Laurelhurst Market, which had a really alluring meat counter on the butcher side that I will be investigating in the near future. Two sandwiches to share: roasted turkey/cheddar/arugula/mustard/red onion/bacon on sourdough and pork shoulder/pickled vegetables/mustard/onion on a kaiser roll. We agreed that the turkey was far superior. The soup was outrageous: leek/carrot/sunchoke, with bits of fatty pork belly like confetti, suspended in gaffa. I plan on recreating it in the next week.
Also finally went to Rad Summer for seriously high-waisted forest green cutoff shorts, a floral romper, and a used Bobb Trimble record, whom I adore. They have hundreds of perfect thrifted summer dresses. I’ll be going there regularly.
THEN, Una. I want to own all of Una. What a beautifully curated and thoughtful shop. I tried on so much stuff but I was definitely in love with this silk-rasta Mociun dress, even though I forgot to clasp the waist fastening, oops. The Khadi & Co. handwoven indigo dyed tops are the epitome of understated luxury. My photo doesn’t do it justice — the indigo color is very saturated and organic. The cut and fit of the dress was quite easygoing…definitely a piece to wear every day in the summer.
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Posted in fashion, food, shopping, summer
Tagged dresses, khadi & co, laurelhurst, laurelhurst market, laurelhurst shopping, lunch, mociun, portland, rad summer, sandwiches, soup, sunchokes, una, una portland
Amaaaaaazing news. My replacement camera cable finally arrived in the mail. Thanks, CellularFactory! It was even cheaper than eBay.
After spending a few wonderful hours at Powell’s books, I made my first trip to Frances May which is just a few blocks away. Why did I wait so long! Amazing shop and such a sweet sales staff but best of all they the most comprehensive Rachel Comey shoe collection I’ve ever seen in person. I finally tried on the Rachel Comey horticulturalist’s mac I’ve admired online, and unsurprisingly, it is totally ridiculous in real life. It runs true to size, I think (I tried on a large and it was way too big; they only had an XS and a L – I wish they had S and a M for me to try on) and feels utilitarian but looks super chic. But who can justify $500 on a coat when summer is almost upon us?
Then I tried on a million Comey and Steven Alan dresses and wistfully thought about what it would be like to win the lottery. Siiiigh.
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Tagged coats, dresses, dressing room portraits, frances may, horticulturalist's mac, portland shopping, RACHEL COMEY, steven alan, wishlist