First, my outfit. You have probably already seen it (it features two of my favorite items, that are in constant rotation in my closet) even if I was breaking out my new pair of toothpick cords in champagne (I wore my matchstick in sea salt to death and I thought it was about time to get a fresh pair since the price is now more than a good deal). This is my only pair in this year version, with the zippers at the ankle, and I sized one up from the other three pairs that I have from last year (I figured that because they were fs and whit-ish, I'd better size up and have them gaping a little bit at the waist than look like a sausage, and I was right):
And this is with my mini-me, who is wearing Gap skinny cords (with ankle zipper!), Petit Bateau top and handmade cardigan (I took the pics with her before and I still had to wear my belt here):
In the afternoon after drop-off I stopped by the Collection store to checkout the new arrivals. The store was packed and I didn't feel like trying everything on, so I picked only a few things that really caught my interest. This year I am drawn to dresses more than usual, probably because my daughter is getting older and I have more freedom in my movements as I rarely have to carry her or even take the stroller.
So I picked up three dresses. I apologize for the rolled pants in these pics but I was lazy.
The first one is the beautiful Silk serenade dress in the lagoon blue color. Some of you have probably ordered the colorblock version that was very cheap during the last 30% off promo, but I didn't dare to order a fs dress that I had never tried on before (especially a colorblock one). In any case this is the 0. Needs steaming but fits TTS and beautifully:
The only thing that I find a little bit strange is the seam below the elastic waist (it looks like a crease in my pic but it's a seam and if you zoom on the website pic you can see what I am talking about). Besides the fact that I found myself trying to pleat it down like it was a crease, I don't have other complaints. It is low-cut so probably not appropriate for the office.
The second one I had I hopes for but it was a disaster on. It is a new short-sleeves cotton dress in a creamy colorway with red swiss-dots. It looked very cute on the hanger but as I said the fit was totally off on me. This is the XS and I would clearly need a XXS, but the XS was already too high-wasted on me so I didn't even ask for the size down. It is priced at $98:
You can see this dress also on dinster who agrees with me on the high-waist business.
The third and last one is the Cecilia dress, even if when I tried it I didn't know that it was on the website. This one deserved that I try it on properly and take my pants off ;-).
I thought it would overwhelm me with the full skirt doubled in the same cotton (a LOT of fabric here) but I fell in love, the 0 fit me perfectly even if it is much longer on me than on the model (I kind of like it better this way actually):
You can tie the sash in the front (it looks more like a party dress this way) and it has pockets:
What can I say about the color, orange it is just one of my favorite colors as you know (quite interesting, "retro orange" is more orange in this dress than in other offerings), but it also comes in white and black.
I put it on hold at the store but because we have a JCA event this Saturday I will probably order it with a % off.
You can also see this dress on AppGal (who liked it) and shopwithm (who disliked it. But look how cute the red dots dress looks on her!)
The last item that I tried on is a new schoolboy blazer in a madras fabric. I wasn't interesyed in this one but it was selling out and I figured that many of you might be interested so I grabbed the only one on the floor (which happened to me my blazer size, a 2). The fit is the same as the other schoolboy blazers, I just don't like this madras, personally (if I had to buy a summer schoolboy it would be the one with the scratchy sleeves)). Anyway, here it is (it retails for $168 if I am not wrong):
That's it for today. I will probably try more on Saturday. Any question let me know.
