Shedding Layers
Posted on 03.06.10 to $100 and under by Lindsay
You know that feeling after you exfoliate your entire body, or after you scrub the hell out of your face in the shower with that Apricot St. Ives stuff, and you leave feeling like you could change your name and just be someone completely different because – oh my god – your skin feels brand new?
You might walk by an exhaust-y bus afterwards and secretly wish you could just cover your face, because all you can think about is the little, itsy bitsy bits of pollution that are now attempting to ravage your newly emptied and sanded pores. You might eat something greasy (how dare you) and look at your shiny fingers, thinking “DO NOT TOUCH FACE DO NOT TOUCH FACE” because if you could just prolong this fresh feeling, this newness for a leeettle bit longer… it might have some kind of impact on your life that you’ve been waiting for?
Maybe I take my skincare too seriously, but shedding that dead skin, that dead weight, just really invigorates me.
Coincidentally, this post is not about skincare. It’s about… Well…
I just wanna be naked.
You heard, I just want to be naked. The guy working behind me in this ice cream shoppe (who has TOTALLY been looking over my shoulder, I SEE YOU) just raised an eyebrow, I’m sure. I want to shed these thick, wooly, winter layers of crappy poly-blend wind-resistant synthetic crap, and these layered cotton, woven boulders of jackets that I’ve been wrapping around myself multiples times daily. I want them off. I’m ready to feel fresh, new, revisited, revamped. So, clearly, it’s time to get naked.
If we want to turn all this naked energy towards fashion, I urge you to look towards your natural palette to append this needs for nakedity (word, please?). I’m being drawn to peachy silk frocks, droopy-necked off-white jersey tops, and only bare legs. Maybe some lace, but mostly just legs. It’s all I can think about. Legs, skin, legs, skin.
Arden B. Pointelle Poncho Sweater Dress $59
Legs? Check. Skin? Check! It’s pointelle. It would be the same color if the thread they used was transparent, for goodness’ sake. It also comes in a dusty, charcoal color, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. But I still want it.
Arden B. Studded Blousant Dress $59
This looks so soft and silky… It’s exactly what I want/need. The drawstring waist would accommodate a burrito bump, too, which is always appealing. I know, I just inject “sexy” into everything, don’t I?
As U Wish Strapless Origami Dress $34.50 (was $69)
This is a little too… fitted for what I’m looking for, but I loved the front so much, it had to be included. An Irish or Norwegian person needs to buy this ASAP. It looks amazing on that light-light skin.
Randomly came across this and was shocked at the low price in combination with that striking shoulder detail.
Jen’s Pirate Booty Margarita Gauze Dress $101 (was $154)
Summer can’t come soon enough. You have to see the back of this dress, it will give your heart some exercise. So low, so devilishly low…
ZOEtee’s Women Short dresses $69 (was $85)
I just discovered this brand today and, considering how exactly-what-I-wanted this dress is, they might be inching their way towards “favorite”. 100% silk? Under $70? Yeah, inching is more like… foot-ing..?
American Apparel Drawstring Tank Dress $40
I know, control yourself… I just posted something from American Apparel. Slow down, slow down. Basically, a collaborative, near year-long effort by Jen and I has come to somewhat of a standstill because, well, we can’t find anything horrible about them, past their horrible marketing campaigns. So outside of massive exploitation via marketing, we have yet to find hard evidence that AA = bad people. And I like this dress. There, I said it. (Still prefer Alternative Apparel, though!)
If you liked any of the above dresses, you may just want to stop, because I saved all my favorites for last.
As I was scouring for things that would make me feel naked, I came across ASOS and – wow. I just… There are no words for how on point they are when it comes to this style.
ASOS Button-Through Batwing Dress $54.70
Perfect.
Rare Iridescent Sequin Dress $94.02
More perfect.
Numph Oversized Jersey Tunic $59.83
On-par-with-the-first-one perfect.
ASOS Oversized Trimmed Shirt Dress $61.54
Just plain really, really good.
What are you fixated on?
Post Tags: asos, beige, dresses, mini, nude, short
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Comments ( 3 )
Lindsay added these pithy words on
Mar 07 10 at
1:19 am
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New @ B&B… Shedding Layers http://bit.ly/aMRPaj
Lindsay added these pithy words on
Mar 07 10 at
1:19 am
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Oh my gosh, a post on B&B? We thought she was dead! http://bit.ly/99jw6r
Chelsea Rae added these pithy words on
Mar 08 10 at
12:57 pm
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I know exactly what you mean. I’m terribly tired of all the god forsaken layers. Naked it is!
The AA ad campaigns will never cease to disturb me, but I do like that dress. Also, I adore ASOS. Those Brits are always so on trend, it hurts!
.-= Chelsea Rae´s last blog ..Truese ‘ Vallet Dress’ Giveaway =-.
