dotty, belted

[wearing]
blazer: thrifted (similar)
dress underneath: daryl k-189
scarf: forever21 (similar)
belt: thrifted (similar)
tights: simply vera
boots: loeffler randall (exactly)
headband: forever21 (exactly)


this combination of dress and scarf seemed familiar because i've totally done it before.  since it's been nine months since that post i am totally okay with the similarities here.  
and i've never tried this jacket belted before.  so that's something different!











[previously on] boy's blazer
i wear this blazer so much that it already has had a remix post!  i have a hard time buying blazers because i have the shoulders of a eight-year-old boy.  and so i thrift blazers made for eight-year-old boys.  my little brother finds this hilarious.  i'm going with genius.  and if he was eight i would steal all his blazers.  if only i had figured this out when i was twelve!  

dotty, cowled

[wearing]
cowl dress: j.crew, gift from my parents
tights: forever21 (exactly) 
boots: old navy
belt: forever21


wearing this dress seems almost too easy.  it's super simple and super cozy.  therefore quite possibly perfect for my casual-ish and cold-ish work environment.  

dotty, the pinner

[wearing]
jeans: citizens of humanity (exactly)
leather: michael kors (exactly)
chambray: thrifted (similar)
heels: nine west (similar)
arm party: forever21, h&m, thrifted (the trifecta of cheapness)
yellow belt: forever21 (exactly)


pinterest has invaded my life fully because now i dress like my pins.  this just seemed so easy since i've been wearing the bejeezus out of this jacket and these jeans have to cuffed since i still haven't gotten them hemmed.  it's not like i've had them for three years or anything.  oh, wait...

dotty has all the answers

[wearing]
trench vest: forever21 (exactly)
pink dress: h&m (similar)
tights: simply vera (exactly)
heels: target (similar)
earrings: forever21


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super sheer dress? trench it.
summer shoes? tights it.
giant side bun? sock it. 

dotty adds boots

[wearing]
dress: banana republic (similar)
jacket: forever21 (similar)
boots: old navy (similar)
necklaces: dotty-made and forever21













[previously on] banana republic floral-print dress
this dress hasn't made it out of my closet since i wore it to a wedding back in fall of 2009, so i was determined to remix it up for work again.  

all from back when i wore heels to work because i was a sedentary dinosaur that walked only occasionally (winter/spring 2009)

dash of purple

suze, of miss vinyl ahoy fame, asked me to participate in a blogger event for domestic violence awareness month. and i'm happy to use my little blog tube for this cause.  


1 in 3 families are affected by domestic violence. domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviors — physical, sexual, psychological, and economic coercion — used by one intimate partner against another (adult or adolescent) to gain, maintain, or regain power and control in the relationship. batterers use of a range of tactics to frighten, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, often injure, and sometimes kill a current or former intimate partner.
if you are in danger, please call 911, your local hotline, or (in the U.S.) the national domestic violence hotline: (800) 799-7233 or TTY (800) 787-3224.

while today was a dreadful day for any sort of outfit documentation, here's some ways i've worn my purple maxi dress in the past.


[previously on] purple maxi dress

dotty and some yellow

[wearing]
shirt: zara, gift from boy (similar)
jeans: bdg (similar)
yellow: uo (similar)
giant watch and bracelet: forever21 (exactly)


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a little beige, a little tan, the start of an arm party, and YELLOW.  
i've seen this shoes in a rainbow of colors on other bloggers and i totally get it now.  these shoes are AWESOME.  not too tall, not too pointy, and punchy like a cage fighter.  

dotty and some spots

[wearing]
leathah: michael kors (exactly)
dress: c/fan (similar)
cowl: dotty-knitted (similar and super awesome)
leopard tights: forever21 (exactly)
boots: vintage (similar)


[going]
pancake-eating, gray-shopping, beach-wandering.  

dash of fall boots

[wearing]
shorts: old navy (similar)
henley: lauren conrad (similar)
blazer: thrifted (similar)
bag: banana republic
desert boots: forever21
belt: forever21 (exactly)











[previously on] gray suede desert boots

dash of uno

and i'm off to northern wisconsin for work. have a good wednesday and i hope yours involves less team-building than mine.  

dotty and some sunshine

[wearing]
chambray: thrifted (similar)
stripes: dotty-made (!)
boots: loeffler randall (exactly)
arm party: forever21 and thriftastic


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back in august, i dragged by brother along with me to the fabric store to pick up some pillow materials and found a bolt of striped sunshine  in the clearance area for crazy cheap.  i bought a yard and then two simple hems and some elastic later, i had this circusy skirt.  

dotty hearts summer

[wearing]
trench vest: forever21 (exactly)
dress: joie
oxfords: secondhand and very shiny
sunnies: ray-ban (exactly)
giant watch: forever21
bracelet: h&m


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summer made a comeback, so we spent our saturday out and about brunching and erranding.