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Home » Customizing the Classics: the Little Black Dress

Customizing the Classics: the Little Black Dress

September 13, 2011

Someone asked just yesterday about finding a versatile dress that could be worn for (among other things) funerals.  It was a timely question, as I was just finishing up my meditation on the Little Black Dress…  thanks for your question!  

 

Black dress – The Row

 

Brown dress – Chinti & Parker, Navy dress – Diane von Furstenberg, Grey dress – Diane von Furstenberg

 

 

Gray blouse – Aubin & Wills, gray skirt – Chloe, Camel tee – Ralph Lauren, camel skirt – House of Fraser, Navy sweater and skirt – Alexander McQueen

 

 

Midnight blue shirtdress – Steven Alan Hayden, Camel sweater dress – J. Crew, Gray dress – Tomas Maier

Black silk shirtdress – Madewell, navy linen dress – Monsoon, gray tee shirt dress – James Perse

 Cardigan – Topshop, blue sandals – Molly, navy blazer – Rag & Bone, wrap – John Lewis, navy pumps – Lanvin, navy boots – Donald J. Pliner 

Cardigan – Woolrich, Silver sandals – Glint, knitted blazer – See by Chloe, earrings – Tasha, gray slingbacks – J.C.Penney, black boots – Annie Bromley

 
Don’t let anyone dictate what you should wear!
 
love,
Janice

 

 
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  1. Anonymous says

    September 13, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    I love these choices!

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  2. Anonymous says

    September 13, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    Can't wait for your book to be finished. I want to curl up with it and get lost in it. Pretty often I find myself stealing a few minutes to go back into your previous posts, here and there, to just look and enjoy. But curling up with a laptop or blackberry and clicking around just doesn't get it for me. I want to turn pages, flip around, put it down, and pick it up again effortlessly. Looking forward to it, whenever it happens.

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  3. Anonymous says

    September 14, 2011 at 12:47 am

    I'm the one who asked about the funeral dress. Thanks for the rapid response…this gives me some ideas to get started.

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  4. Rebekah says

    September 15, 2011 at 4:13 pm

    I am putting in my request for a signed book. I am tired of right-clicking and copying your pictures for my personal file – the file is too big. I would like a book on which I can take notes, circle items, post-it note key pages (I just made "post-it" a verb, tsk tsk…), etc. And they would make fantastic holiday presents. Please publish soon!!!!!!!

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  5. Dee says

    September 11, 2023 at 2:48 pm

    Always a timely post, thank you for showing great options as always.

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