When I wandered into a Brooklyn thrift shop and saw this sweet brocade dress marked down to $27.99, when I tried it on and teared up as the zipper closed perfectly, I knew it was my wedding dress.
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fashion
Here are some toasty warm dresses I’m considering purchasing for fall, plus my very favorite black tights.
weddings
It sounded too good to be true, and I know how these things end. But I’m a sucker for a bargain -- and a bit of a gambler.
dresses
IS IT HOT IN HERE or is it just me?
prints
I have incredible style, so listen to me when I tell you I’m into clothes that are absolutely insane-looking because they are awesome and I am a psychic and they will be all over Midwestern prom in like five years.
shoppables
Choices are good. Whether you’re talking ice cream, boys, or clothing, having options is really the only way to live.
1960s
Lilly Pulitzer was a wealthy socialite in 1960s Palm Beach when she started making dresses both to relieve boredom and to solve a problem: Her good clothes were always getting ruined by fruit juice stains.
cameos
Looking stylish in the summer is actually simple if you use this fashion equation: simple+classic+colorful=easy, breezy, CUTE! I guarantee you probably already own the items to make this look work. Stand in front of your closet while you read.
apocalypse
Let's get resurrected!
bees
Note: The following post may be filled with enthusiastic bees.
acne
This wedding season, skip the beaded strapless number and go for something you would wear in real life.
dresses
I can't be the only one who sometimes fantasizes about how I’d escape my house should it be captured by zombies or Vikings or secret government agents.
fatshion
Show some self-restraint in these chain prints. Self-restraint? Get it?
birds
Maybe, at some point recently, you caught yourself thinking, “I want a dress with a bird or birds on it in some capacity!” I’m here to talk you out of it. Or into it. Uh, I have dresses with birds on them for you.
dresses
Few things draw attention like a big lady in a big-patterned dress.
business casual
I'm going to an "after work" dinner tonight but obviously I can't show up in my ratty coffee-stained robe.
asos
I hope Claudia's mom reads xoJane (and leaves her alone!).
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Jun 23, 2011 at 5:02pm | 0 comments
acne
I need another striped dress like I need a hole in the head.
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May 27, 2011 at 12:02pm | 0 comments
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