First Time Failures

So…..yeah I’ve been out of town.  More on that later, but before I left a few friends and I went to New York and happened upon the All Saints store.  I went into a bit of a frenzy…….fell fast and hard for sure.  I’ve always adored All Saints, but have never seen any of their stuff up close.  Getting to do so was intensely satisfying.

The light in the fitting room.  I just thought it looked cool.  Rustic industrial.

I was intrigued by the leather harness back going on here.  You could get it as a top or as the back of a maxi dress.  

The top portion of this dress had a corset built into it that had surprisingly heavy boning, but was deliciously flattering.  I love corsets and have always had a strange obsession with them.

I am too short for this dress and probably need more boob-age in order to actually look good in it.  Yeah….that is all.

It took me forever to get this dress on and to this day I’m reasonably sure I wasn’t wearing it correctly at all.  But still I like how it looks.  Kind of quirky and sexy at the same time.  

LOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!  The parachute dress.  The volume! The draping!  The way it looks like you’r emerging from a cloud!  I put the dress on and felt like I was myself, but way more awesome.  

There’s no wrong way to wear this.  And there’s a ton of room for experimentation.  All of the ropes can be done up in different ways.  Think of the endless possibilities!  If I were not broke, I would own this dress right now and probably be typing this entry in it at this very moment.  And then I would hug myself and feel awesome.  

Here’s J, who was not broke and actually bought something instead of just trying stuff on!  The skirt she got was wonderfully voluminous and had a great dark print.  I really wish I had a better picture of it.