Loup bustier dress | a few years old, on sale in gray (I’m wearing a large)
Melissa plastic sandals | old, similar in gray at Shopbop
Jas M.B. bag
This Loup dress is another dress I decided to keep, even though I was toying with getting rid of it. Honestly, I love it, but haven’t worn it in forever. I got it a couple years ago with a Refinery29 deal – remember those? It’s so unique and fits very well, if a little big. My husband likes it, which is a big reason why I’m keeping it. I didn’t think I needed to have both this one and the Lanston dress, but they’re different enough, and at this point, I have room for both while I decide if I need to purge one of them.
It’s funny how different things look to me in the mirror at home, and in photos. Sometimes, I look at photos and like something BETTER than I did in the mirror and other times, like now, I look at the photos and think, meh… Ultimately, it doesn’t matter much, because if I like it and am comfortable in it, who cares how it photographs? And again, Leo likes it, and he almost NEVER tells me he likes anything on me, so it must look okay…!
If I had the outfit to do over again, I wouldn’t include the white beaded bracelet. I love it (my mom brought it back from her trip to Africa), and have worn it, but it’s just too much for me with this dress. I know – it’s not too much, and probably adds a little interest to an otherwise “boring” outfit, but to me, it breaks up the simplicity, it’s too frivolous. With other outfits that have more layers, etc., I think it works better. But this one I want to be completely minimal – nothing extra.
Haha…just a glimpse into how my sartorial mind works. Weird.
Happy Monday! We’re still at the beach…
Gretchen I REALLY like this dress on you. Great scoop neckline and makes your arms look great. I see why your husband likes it on you.
I like it too. And it strikes me as your “Oscar Dress.” In which case, I’d keep the bracelet for interest on the red carpet:).
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My favorite dress of all time! You look polished, trim and statuesque!
Agreed! The dress suits you well! I also have a couple of items from Loup that I really like, they have some unique items. I’ve been wondering about the R29 vouchers, those were great! Do you know why they no longer provide those?
I do like the Loop dress better than the Lanston dress .. the Loop has subtle lines and contrast in the photo.
I hear ya with the photo/mirror images. I have a Simply Vera dress (Kohls) that I think looks nice on me, but when I take pics in this dress .. it looks all frumpy on me, so I always wonder which image is true .. 😛
Monica.
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My guess is that they simply did not make enough money from them, so they discontinued them…they started their R29 shopping portal around the time they stopped doing the vouchers.
Not weird at all! I’ve thought the same thing myself, about certain outfits. And I’m my own worst critic, as I’m sure most of us are.
I love this dress on you! It goes so well with “the edited Grechen”!
Believe in the REAL you, Monica!
Oh, this one looks good as well, go ahead and keep both dresses. The minimalist wardrobe police won’t be coming to issue you a ticket if you have two dresses that are too similar. 😉
On another note, the Steven Alan sample sale is open for early access today. It’s all final sale, and I am trying desperately to restrain myself from getting anything, since I can’t return it. I just made a re-commitment to not buying final sale items I haven’t tried on, and there is a cream blazer I have been coveting. However, I’ve also tried on and returned at least 5 other cream / white blazers this year because they all made me look like Julie, the cruise director of the Love Boat, which in itself is a good enough reason to resist.
http://www.stevenalan.com/R14_R1_WJK0030.html?dwvar_R14__R1__WJK0030_color=B101#cgid=sample-sale-womens-jackets-outerwear&frmt=ajax&view=all&start=0&hitcount=41
OMG, Jen! LMAO! (I used to hate her haircut even when it was popular!)
Grechen! This dress looks PERFECT on you. I cannot imagine anyone looking better in it, at any size, etc. Why do you not like it in the photos? Your husband is right; this dress is fabulous. Plus the accessories are exactly the right amount of embellishment. I didn’t even notice the accessories until I read the text. Bracelets emphasize your small wrists, and the built up scale of that one bracelet–composed of several smaller, finer elements–really complements your lines and scale. I agree with Lisa that this dress is your black tie look. If you ever have to walk onto a stage to accept an award or make a speech or whatever, this is the dress for it!
thank you 🙂
i can’t pinpoint what exactly i don’t like about it i guess…i think i’m just moving away from wanting to wear anything that has a tie or elastic waist lately?
lol. minimalist wardrobe police…i love it…
that blazer is amazing. i think the length makes it modern. not “julie” at all.
but unless i know the designer/sizing well, i can’t do final sale anymore. i’ve been burned so many times.
i’ve thought about this so much monica! which image of ourselves is “real”? of course we see everything through the filter of the “voices” in our heads, so i don’t think we can ever be sure that we are seeing our true selves. until those voices are silenced.
thanks samra – like jen said, i’m sure neither party made enough money to sustain those.
haha! thanks lisa.