Outfit of the Day: Living for the Weekend

Basically, the title of this post is the truth of things

Monday through Friday I work in a geology lab so I have to be careful what I wear. At any given moment I have to be prepared to crush up rocks or work with strong acids. It could be a clean day or it might be a very wet or dusty day. I am always looking forward to the weekend not only because that is when I get to wear pretty dress but also because that's when the fun begins!

 
Outfit of the Day (Sunday, last last weekend):

This is my outfit post from last last Sunday when we took the cats in for family portraits. I thought it made sense to separate the outfit pics from the rest of my previous post, so here it is now.

On this day I decided to wear my Trashy Diva Lena dress in Seersucker. For the family portraits I wanted to go matching and it came down to Seersucker or Gingham. I paired this with a rose pink colored cardigan by M.A.K. which I got from Trashy Diva last year and a peach pair of flats by Gabriella Rocha which I got from Zappos several years ago. For a finishing touch I wore a pair of rose stud earrings from Forever 21 also from a few years ago.

Trashy Diva Lena dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Lena dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Lena dress in Seersucker- Side View

Trashy Diva Lena dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Lena dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Lena dress in Seersucker- Side View

Outfit of the Day (Thursday):

While I say I mostly just wear dresses on the weekend there are the occasional times I go out after work midweek to meet up for dinner or whatnot. On Thursday Tim and I met up with his mom for a belated birthday dinner for me. I decided to wear my Trashy Diva Sadie dress in Mini Bows. I paired this with some basic black flats, a black bolero from Kohl's from several years ago and for a finishing touch wore a pair of sparkly black bow shaped earrings (from Vintage Alley from a few years ago) and a black sparkly headband (from Claire's from a few years ago).

Trashy Diva Sadie dress in Mini Bows- Front View

Trashy Diva Sadie dress in Mini Bows- Side View

Trashy Diva Sadie dress in Mini Bows- Front View

Trashy Diva Sadie dress in Mini Bows- Side View

Trashy Diva Sadie dress in Mini Bows- Close Up

Outfit of the Day (Saturday):

Saturday was another fun day! I went out with some friends to the annual Fremont Festival of the Arts. It's one of my favorite summertime activities. It used to be called the Fremont Arts and Wine festival but the city has since then dropped the "wine" part of the name (even though there is wine and margaritas at the event) in an attempt to put more focus on the art and crafts showcased there. I love walking around in the sun going from booth to booth looking at the different things for sale. One of my favorite things for sale is jewelry (which I bought this year), different kinds of food like baked goods, honey, teas, as well as ceramics, woodworking items, paintings, prints, clothes, and hats among other things. It is a great excuse to be out with friends enjoying a leisurely stroll and good conversation.

For this event I decided to wear my Pinup Girl Clothing Jenny dress in Paris print. I paired this with a white belt which I had from a Tatyana dress, a vintage light blue beaded cardigan which I got from the Vintage Fashion Expo in San Francisco last year, and blue flats by Rocket Dog which I got from Zappos several years ago. For a finishing touch I paired this with Erstwilder Farrah the French kitty earrings to go along with the French theme of the dress.

Pinup Girl Clothing Jenny dress in Paris print- Front View

Pinup Girl Clothing Jenny dress in Paris print- Front View

Pinup Girl Clothing Jenny dress in Paris print- Side View

Pinup Girl Clothing Jenny dress in Paris print- Front View

Pinup Girl Clothing Jenny dress in Paris print- Front View

Pinup Girl Clothing Jenny dress in Paris print- Side View

Erstwilder Farrah the French Kitty earrings- Close Up

Outfit of the Day: Spring Backlog of Outfits

I've been taking a bit of a break from blogging

While I've slowly been working on my backlog of reading all the great posts I've missed from all the wonderful bloggers I follow, I thought I should also start working on catching up with posting some Outfits of the Days from a few weeks ago.


Sunday:

A few weeks ago on a Sunday Tim and I went out for some errands. I think we went out for breakfast, a stop to Target, a quick stop at Ace Hardware and a stop at Home Depot. It wasn't the most glamorous day but I definitely felt glamorous all day in my Trashy Diva Trixie dress in Hurricane Ladies print! This is one of my favorite dresses that I own and one that is very close to my heart as it was actually gifted to me by an amazing person! To really play off the pink colors I paired this with a vintage beaded pink cardigan which I got from Etsy a couple years ago, and a pair of pink and cream Ione t-strap kitten heels by B.A.I.T. which I got from Amazon a couple years ago. For a finishing touch I wore this with a black Hell Bunny cinch belt, a pink beret I got from ebay last year, and a pair of pink circle earrings adorn with bows which I got from Forever 21 some years ago.

Trashy Diva Trixie dress in Hurricane Ladies- Front View

Trashy Diva Trixie dress in Hurricane Ladies- Front View

Trashy Diva Trixie dress in Hurricane Ladies- Side View

Trashy Diva Trixie dress in Hurricane Ladies- Front View

Trashy Diva Trixie dress in Hurricane Ladies- Front View

Trashy Diva Trixie dress in Hurricane Ladies- Side View

Trashy Diva Trixie dress in Hurricane Ladies- Close Up

 Saturday:

A couple weeks ago Tim and I went for a walk around a nearby lake. We went to somewhat nearby Fremont for a walk around Lake Elizabeth, we then went to the mall, and then out to dinner at Red Lobster. I decided this day was the perfect opportunity to wear my Trashy Diva Apple Tart dress in Seersucker. I paired this with a red cardigan I got several years ago from Nordstrom Rack, and a pair of red Vans which Tim bought me as a gift about a year ago. For a finishing touch I paired this with a pair of apple stud earrings I got from Modcloth about two years ago.

Trashy Diva Apple Pie dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Apple Pie dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Apple Pie dress in Seersucker- Side View

Trashy Diva Apple Pie dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Apple Pie dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Apple Pie dress in Seersucker- Side View

Apple Stud earrings- Close Up

Sunday:

That following Sunday it was a hot day. We decided to go to Dave and Busters to have fun and play in the arcade. Seeing as I recently wore my Hurricane Ladies dress I decided to stick to a theme and wear another one of my favorite dresses, my Trashy Diva Country Club dress in Butterflies! This dress was the Desperately Seeking dress that ended all desperately seeking dresses for me. While I still have dresses on my wishlist, after acquiring all the dresses I felt I was most desperately seeking including the Hurricane ladies print and this Butterflies print, I decided to refrain from ever elevating a dress to quite the level of desperately seeking as I had elevated these ones. After all, I have been so lucky in finding all the dresses I was most desperately seeking so I figured it was only right to step back and if I get lucky and find a dress on my wishlist for a decent price and if I was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time, I would consider them wonderful little bonuses.

I got this dress back in October and have patiently been waiting for some hot weather to finally get to wear it out! I fully plan on living in this dress this summer!

The day before I had hurt my feet walking around the lake in my red Vans... Wearing shoes that haven't been fully broken in yet and without socks is definitely not a good idea. So what did I do the very next day? Wear shoes that haven't been fully broken in yet with socks. Okay, still not the best idea. And in hindsight my feet probably would have fared better in my usual broken in flats and my outfit probably would have looked better too. Oh well. I couldn't resist wearing my cat printed Vans with this butterfly printed dress. It was too fun a combo. For a finishing touch I paired this outfit with a yellow hair flower I got from Cats Like Us a couple years ago, a pair of golden bronze flower stud earrings I got from Forever 21 a couple years ago, and a new pair of sunglasses I got from Trashy Diva. I love how the bees and brown in the sunglasses seem to scream a perfect match with this butterfly print dress!

Trashy Diva Country Club dress in Butterflies- Front View

Trashy Diva Country Club dress in Butterflies- Front View

Trashy Diva Country Club dress in Butterflies- Side View

Trashy Diva Country Club dress in Butterflies- Close Up

Trashy Diva Country Club dress in Butterflies with Sunglasses- Close Up

Sunglasses- Close Up

C.C. Cookie Posing

Dress Review: Trashy Diva Seersucker for Summer

Last year Trashy Diva came out with their seersucker collection.

I tried real hard to be real good and convinced myself I would pass on dresses in this collection. To make myself feel better I even made my own seersucker dress. Fast forward to this year just before spring hit, Trashy Diva re-released/re-stocked their seersucker! For Trashy Diva, this was such a rare thing to have been done. And tried as hard as I did last year, I couldn't let these dresses pass me up again. Not only did I end up with one dress in seersucker but in the course of 2-3 months I actually acquired two of their seersucker dresses.

Trashy Diva's Lena dress in seersucker was the undisputed favorite of all the seersucker dresses. Before the restock earlier this year this dress was nearly all sold out. After the restock, it didn't take long for this one to start selling out again! The Lena dress is a halter style dress with a full circle skirt, and a supportive, fully lined, shelf bust in contrasting white. The neck strap has functioning buttons rather than the tie of most of Trashy Diva's halter dresses. The dress also has elasticized side panels to ensure a great fit.

In contrast, Trashy Diva's Apple Tart dress (also in seersucker) features skinny straps at the shoulders (rather than the halter style top), a ruffled bust, and the full skirt is fully gathered. While this dress appears not to be as popular as the Lena (judging from it not selling out as quickly as the Lena did both times), I still cannot decide which of the two is my personal favorite. I could say however, that while the Lena needed no adjustments or alterations for a perfect fit, the Apple Tart did require a little bit of tweaking. I was getting a lot of bunching in the dress at the underbust, even though the dress felt like it fit and even though I ordered it in my usual size. This was a problem easily solved though by adjusting the straps to be a little shorter. Also because the bust is a little more open on this style I added a stitch right at the center of the bust to keep it from exposing more than I like.

I'm so glad that Trashy Diva decided to re-release this collection. I can't believe I almost let these ones get away!


Trashy Diva Lena Dress in Seersucker:

Trashy Diva Lena Dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Lena Dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Lena Dress in Seersucker- Side View

Trashy Diva Lena Dress in Seersucker- Back View

Trashy Diva Apple Tart Dress in Seersucker:

Trashy Diva Apple Tart Dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Apple Tart Dress in Seersucker- Front View

Trashy Diva Apple Tart Dress in Seersucker- Side View

Trashy Diva Apple Tart Dress in Seersucker- Back View