Silver Cat Tea Party: Trashy Diva Blanche dress

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Vacation Slideshow: Fun in Florida, Part 3

And now for the gripping conclusion of Vacation Slideshow: Fun in Florida

Day 6 (Tuesday):

On Tuesday we got to spend the day in the city of Juno with a friend. We went to a turtle rescue center, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, and looked at all the cute turtles the center was helping. We then went for a walk along nearby Juno Pier. It was a great day spend with a good friend.

Loggerhead Marineline Center, Juno, FL

Turtle tanks at Loggerhead Marinelife Center

Hatchlings

Juno Beach, Juno, FL

Juno Pier, Juno, FL

Outfit of the Day:

On this day I wore my Trashy Diva Louise dress in Victory Floral. It was a bit of a cold and overcast day so I paired this with a navy MAK cardigan which I bought from Modcloth a few years ago. I also paired this with navy flats by Rocket Dog which I bought a few years ago from Zappos.

Trashy Diva Louise dress in Victory Floral

Day 7 (Wednesday):

On Thursday we were back in South Florida and back at the beach! I wanted so much to hang out with my aunt that day but she was busy with doctors appointments and so Tim and I headed to the beach on our own.

We played again on the flowrider, I went boogie boarding at the beach, and we ended the afternoon with butterscotch dipped ice cream.

Later, when we got back to my aunt's house my uncle took us out to the gun range. Later that night I met up with a friend after dinner for drinks at a tiki bar but unfortunately forgot my camera !!! so don't have any pics of that!

Hollywood Beach, Hollywood, FL

Outfit of the Day:

Because I knew the plan for later in the night was drinks at a tiki bar I knew my Trashy Diva L'amour dress in Cranes would be the perfect dress for the day. I paired this with a blue Sweet sweater by Heart of Haute which I bought last year and black ankle strap flats by Blowfish which I bought a few years ago from Zappos.

Trashy Diva L'amour dress in Cranes

Day 8 (Thursday):

Thursday was the day we flew out. The flight wasn't until the early evening though so we got to go out for lunch with the family one last time as well as got to spend some time at my grandfather's house after that.

Lizard on my grandfather's pond

Outfit of the Day:

I wore my Trashy Diva Blanche dress in Deco Daffodil because I knew I wanted to wear something comfortable for the plane home. I paired this with my navy Rocket Dog flats.

Trashy Diva Blanche dress in Deco Daffodil

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Dress Review: The Blanche in Deco Daffodil

Deco Daffodil is the newest print just released from Trashy Diva earlier last month.

It is my favorite prints released by them since the Green Kimono print released in December 2014! And considering how much I love the prints Trashy Diva releases I feel like that's saying a lot about this print! (Though now I must disclose, as I edit and finish writing this review an even newer print just got released by Trashy Diva, Ruffled Feathers, which sends my heart aflutter so... but more on that print later!)

The Deco Daffoil print is a stark and contrasting two color print featuring ghostly white Daffodils against a midnight dark navy blue background. And to say midnight dark is not an exaggeration! The navy is almost pitch black though not quite. The daffodils have a flowy, darkly whimsical, almost like a gothic rococo, feel to it. The all white daffodils are given visual depth and texture though the use of pointillism shading done in navy within the stark white daffodils. There is so much for the eye to take in with this print. To me, it's a mysterious print which divulges to the viewer upon repeat views a sense of melancholy movement, flow, depth, and dark dreamy moodiness.

Perhaps for this reason the Blanche was the perfect choice in this print. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche was the mysterious debutante who arrives to New Orleans from her home of assumed opulent splendor in Laurel, Mississippi to visit her sister Stella. Like the character Blanche, the Blanche dress is all femininity with flowing flutters and delicate lady like ruffles. However, through the unfolding of the story told in the midst of the shadows and fog of its setting we find there is more to Blanche's story than first meets the eye. And perhaps, just like Blanche DuBois, the Blanche dress is more than just feminine flutters and ruffles. The Deco Daffodil print adds a decided air of dark mystery to the print while the true cross over design of the wrap style of the dress adds an element of playful energy.

A bit more about this cut... one thing that I did not immediately notice viewing pictures of this dress online is that there are actually double ruffles at the shoulders as well as a double layer of fabric along the skirt. Furthermore, the ruffles in the front of the dress extend around the neck which, in my opinion, gives it a bit of a sailor style silhouette to it. There are so many gorgeous features such as these which I feel can so easily get overlooked when merely looking at stock photos of it online. The material is made from a stretch rayon knit much like the glorious fabric used the in Trashy Diva's Victory Floral print. Regarding fit, I found this dress to fit true to size and took it in my usual size.