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Dress Picks from DressRebeccaJean: Quirky Opinions, Sound Judgement.

Meet DressREBECCAjean, a blog dedicated to dresses. CHEERS GALORE. The girls behind it all: these two slightly anonymous 20-somethings discovered their love for dresses when they realized they had gone a whole 7 years saving money to pay for a couch, but all the while they managed to buy to-die-for frocks. Yep, sounds familiar for fashionistas. Food or shoes? It's a serious decision, and usually the uncookable choice wins. You'll start seeing these girls on LOLO quite frequently, so get familiar with their story, and keep your eyes peeled for their sweet dress suggestions.

Someone should buy this dress.

Name: Golda Houndstooth DressBrand: Diane von FurstenbergPrice: $345Get it: At Bergdorf or CuspAdvantages: Ahhh houndstooth. Usually reserved for Bear Bryant’s hat or bulky winter coats (love her). Now, get the pattern’s visual stimulation without that scratchy wool feeling!… err, sorry, we don’t usually sound like infomercials.  If this beauty looks/feels like any other DVF dress that we’ve tried on (but haven’t had the balls or dolla bills to buy), once you put it on, you will never want to take it off, or - as past experiences would have it - leave the dressing room of a fancy store you have no business being in. (Turns out shoplifting is illegal in all 50 states.)Interesting fact: Wikipedia told us that a small scale version of this pattern can be referred to as puppytooth. We use the term ‘interesting’ loosely.  And now we’re hungry.  Click the link; we don’t eat puppies.Disadvantages: This dress is giving us seasonal confusion. Houndstooth evokes visions of warmth, but this will not warm you without the help of tights, booties and a pea coat.  The fact that it’s 80 degrees outside (here in Texas) and almost November is enough to make you black out when trying to get dressed in the morning.  You don’t need this dress adding to your superficial woes.

Uglier, BUT CHEAPER!

Name: Wrap DressBrand: Victoria’s SecretPrice: $69.50Get it at: VictoriasSecret.comAdvantages: Channel your inner DVF while holding on to your inner wallet.  Also, we all know Diane can be a bit conservative (and by that we mean snobby), but with Victoria you know exactly what you’re getting.  motor-boated.Disadvantages: I mean do you really want to wear a wrap dress that’s not a DVF?  That’s like wearing red-soled shoes that aren’t Christian Louboutin’s. Other things that fall under this category:

  • Non-alcoholic beer (beer)
  • Ashton Kutcher (Charlie Sheen - please do not take this to mean that we watch “Two and a Half Men”, we do not, we never will and we don’t want to, but we do read a lot of The Superficial, so we know when things go down… like Sara Leal. YAHTZEEEE!)
  • Psycho Lindsay Lohan of crack-head infamy (Sweet Lindsay Lohan of Mean Girls fame)
  • “Footloose” October 2011 (“Footloose” 1984 + Kevin Bacon)

Any dress that elicits the thought of two philanderers, two felons, an 80’s remake and fake alcohol should really make you think twice about purchasing.xoxo,rebecca & jeanDressRebeccaJean.com

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