Monday, January 16, 2012

* Lost in Translation *



floral LAmade dress with black jacket and boots


What I'm Wearing
* LAmade floral "Morgan" dress... courtesy of LAmade and so pretty and versatile. Even though the colors are dark, I'm looking forward to wearing this in the spring and summer months.
* Vintage Bill Kaiserman jacket... my favorite, but slowly dying jacket.
* Vintage belt.
* American Apparel black tights.
* Dolce Vita boots... it's funny, I haven't worn these boots in a few years but have pulled them out twice in the last few months. Seen here with my red roses dress. I wasn't fully sold on them for this look but nothing else was working better.
* Vintage chain necklace I literally just tied in two knots and let hang.
* Cuffs were sent to me by Julie but I can never remember where they are from. I wore them over the cuffs of the dress.
* Vintage earrings were my grandma's

* I didn't really do my hair... it was just sort of wet and messy.


Lately it seems I've been getting dressed more for evening events, which is really making outfit posts quite tricky as I don't have my camera's night settings down just yet. And maybe they'll never be good? We don't love the flash so many of the shots come out blurry and though I like the deep colors I get, many details are lost in translation. I'm not gonna lie, it kind of infuriates me, which I think is obvious by the face I'm making in the first photo. Annoyed. I can't wait for longer days. This getting dark by 5:30 is really counterproductive ;)

This was Saturday night... for a friend's birthday dinner... a friend who got sick and cancelled said birthday dinner after I was already ready. I should have known better though, just by the fact that I was ready on time that something was amiss ;) I tend to run late.


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How did we love the Golden Globes last night? I definitely thought Ricky was tame in comparison to last year but I love him nonetheless. Charlize Theron, Kate Beckinsale and maybe even Michelle Williams were my favorites of the night. Oh and Laura Dern's beaded green deep V was spectacular! I know everyone raves over Angelina but I didn't love her dress... and sadly, I thought her tattoos were a bit distracting and took away from her beauty... which is weird for me to even say because I have 7 tattoos and am a fan of body art. Overall though, everyone looked really fabulous last night. I can't recall one dress or "look" that I gasped at in a bad way. Oh wait, that's not true... what was going on with the SIDE of Natalie Portman's dress? So unfortunate... and I guess I was not a fan of all the floor length yellow dresses either. All I kept thinking was B.A.N.A.N.A.S.


floral print dress  with belt

knotted chain necklace- hair

wrist cuffs

my ring-wedding rings-engagement ring

dress with flower print-lamade-black tights and boots

accessories-earrings -rings-jewelry

my ring-floral dress

vintage belt

floral dress with black

* Sorry for the all the wedding & engagement ring shots... I washed them after months of not, and they were so sparkly I couldn't resist!


Happy Monday!





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34 comments:

Neris / Fashion Fractions said...

the dress is amazing and i love how you styled it! looking gorgeous as always :)

Happy Monday!

xxx,

Fashion Fractions

Coralie said...

Love your necklace and your belt :)

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Gawgus things... said...

Love this dress! The pansy pattern is gorge. Tell me about these dark evenings - yuck, yuck and triple yuck!

Emma xx

christian said...

Really like the bracelet!
xo

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Sheree said...

Love your dress! I agree with you about Ricky and I loved Claire Danes dress just not her hair and makeup and the girl with the dragon tattoo's dress (what ever her name is and Jessica Alba and Reese Witherspoon looked GORGEOUS!

MerciBlahBlah said...

Loving the sleeves of your dress coming out under the pushed up sleeves of the blazer. I love that look. Also love me a lil Ricky Gervais. I thought he and Madonna (SCURRY) were going to come to fisticuffs when she came out. Tee heee...and I have to say the yellow dresses were my FAVORITES. Loved almost all of them. I do agree with you though, that no one really WOW'd me this year. Did my own lil recap of the dresses on mbb if ya wanna pop over and take a look-see.

merci!
Shannan

Devon said...

I know how you feel about the sparkly ring. I just recently cleaned mine, too, and WOAH BOY does it make a difference. I got tons of compliments :)

Gorgeous dress! I love the night shots

Devon
GlamCake

House of Avandan said...

The dress is beautiful!

A jewelry blog.
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Megan Muller said...

That dress is great! It looks so comfy. I wish my hair looked like that naturally! And the rings; with a set like that, I'd show them off too!

Meg
@MissMegasaurus
www.glamoroushustle.com

MrsLord said...

Loving this outfit! Sorry to hear your friend is sick but at least you got a really awesome outfit post out of it :)

xo
Justyn
thoughtsbyapetitebrunette.com

Anonymous said...

Can you please do a post someday about what types of exercise/dieting you do to stay so thin?

Bog-Bog said...

The dress is beautiful, i love the print!

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BmoreLoveLeigh said...

At least the days are getting longer from here on out. I feel your pain though! Need more daylight!

The best tip I ever got from someone is how to clean rings at home. I keep a spare toothbrush just for this, and a little Dawn dish soap - scrub scrub scrub the diamond and it sparkles like crazy!

Maggie Wise said...

I have always admired your rings from afar in your posts so was thrilled to actually see them up close. Can't tell with the lighting tho...is your engagement ring a champagne diamond?

They are absolutely stunning...as befitting a beauty like yourself.

Love, love, love your blog! Thanks so much for sharing.

Maggie

violet said...

For camera night settings:

1. put the camera on a fixed support, i imagine you don't walk around with a tripod:P, so maybe you can put the camera on a car, fence pillar, something. Use a remote control.
Manual settings: exposure compensation +1 or 2, smallest f you can get and longer shutter speed.
2. increase your ISO to 800-100 and use auto settings and maybe set white balance to fit the light. Usually night lights make the photos look yellower. Sure, u can get that out in Photoshop.
You'll get it right, I'm sure.

Erica said...

I love the boots with that dress! Too bad you didn't get to wear it for the party :(

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Megan, The Frugalista Diaries said...

I love this entire look, boots especially!

FourJedis said...

LAMade kicks out such versatile pieces. I love them. Your rings look fabulous... flaunt it! I just cleaned mine last week (thanks, Pinterest, for the cleaning tip) and they are so shiny and like new.

Andrea Clare said...

I don't mind the ring shots at all! I love looking at your gorgeous set!! SOOOO pretty! Lucky girl!

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Jani said...

Beautiful dress :) :)

-Jani
www.funfashionfit.com
www.foottraffic.com

mouse said...

that dress is gorgeous!

Daniela H said...

Thanks for the introduction to LAmade. They seriously embody the LA look! Love it!

thankfifi said...

You should never apologise for sharing shots of your diamonds - they are beautiful 100 times.x

Aline said...

i love that print, and loved how you toned down the brightness with black!

Behind the Lashes said...

This outfit is perfect. Love it!

stacy said...

i too LOVED laura dern's green dress.

freeteyme said...

love everything about this outfit! oh and your gold polished nail - adore - wish I can pull it off without mine looking like dead ones lol

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Lisa Petrarca said...

Love that dress Maegan. I have to tell ya, after 4 years of shooting w/my camera, I rarely take shots at night. You have to have the right type of lens & huge flash (which I don't have.) I compromise & can sometimes get a decent shot by cranking up the ISO but then it's a little grainy. Just play w/ it & it'll get better.
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Anonymous said...

You look lovely in that dress Maegan!sending u lots of love from Norway :)

Katie said...

Get out of my head! Your thoughts on the Golden Globes attire were almost exactly the same as mine! I didn't understand why everyone was fawning over Angelina...I just wasn't a fan. I did, however, love Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, and Kate Beckinsale. Sigh.

plc training in pune said...

what a dress what a girl what a jewels.

Milla said...

Loving your dress and hair here - gorgeous!

Jennifer said...

Lovely dress - it looks like a water color painting!

xo Jennifer


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