On Trend: What Comes Around Goes Around Copa Maxi Dress

I'm still slightly on the fence about maxi dresses for my own body type: I'm short, errr... chesty, and super curvy, and I'm not certain I really wanna deal with wearing a strapless bra under something that isn't super formal. A night in the painful, annoying infrastructure of a strapless is an investment. I don't know if I wanna cash in those chips on a cotton maxi dress that looks like beachwear, you know? BUT, in theory and for those who don't have strapless issues and can just throw on a maxi dress, the What Comes Around Goes Around Copa maxi in ecru comes highly recommended.

($240, What Comes Ar0und Goes Around)

I love the metallic threading -- definitely elongating for us shorties. Also, if some of you are like "Hm. But what do I wear with a maxi dress?" Well, I really love the idea of wearing a maxi dress with a little denim jacket, a fun patent clutch -- grey, in this case -- and some easy, breezy leather thongs. Possibly with little tiny silver studs. And yes, $240 is kinda a lot for a maxi, but check What Comes Around Goes Around, because they do put their stuff on sale pretty frequently. Oh yeah, I could kinda justify spending that if I were wearing this to a casual outdoor summer wedding. (As a guest, that is.) Do it!

What Comes Around Goes Around Super Sale Online And In-Store!

Y'awl! One of my favorite NYC boutiques -- What Comes Around Goes -- around is having a sale. So go do it to it. I went last time and my duder got some GREAT stuff -- there was excellent ladies' stuff too. He just happened to find some good, soft tees. Shop in the store: 13-17 Laight Street NY until February 24, or take 20% off at ShopWCAGA.com through Sunday February 16 with promo code "VALENTINE."

BTW, that very Mad Men cropped leopard "Garbo" jacket I wrote about back in September of ought-8... used to be $495? It's $200 now, but you can get it for $160 with that promo code. HURRY, doves!

(What Comes Around Goes Around)

OH: PS, happy Valentine's Day! I got a subscription to In Touch! FTW!

Mad For This Cropped Leopard Jacket Because It's Sooooo Mad Men!

I LOVE me a sweet little leopard-print cropped jacket. There are about a million things it looks great with, and now that I've developed a full-blown addiction to Mad Men, I see little reason why Matthew Weiner shouldn't reward my enthusiasm and evangelism of his show with this very relevant cropped leopard-print jacket by What Comes Around Goes Around. Because Lawd knows, I can't afford its $495 price taggity tag. Bew.

($495, What Comes Around Goes Around, Active Endeavors)

Sure, this is an investment piece, but the price ain't exactly recession-friendly. Here are a few pieces that are:

($49, Newport News)

Only thing I'm not down with is the single-button enclosure. Creates a nightmare boob-tent situation for larger-chested ladies. But you C-cups on down, have at it.

($49, INC International, The Uber Shop)

Yay zebra prints!

($49, QVC)

I have a vintage Stuart Lang satin animal print top like this that I LOVE and wear all the time in the coldy months. Because it's so thin, it's perfect for wearing under cropped jackets (that aren't leopard-print, obvs). I like the side-tie here, and the shape of the top -- billowy, loose but feminine -- is so flattering. I'd give it a shot.

+ More of my Mad Men obsession in the form of Joan Holloway and Calvin Klein's Secret Obsession.

Awful Vs. Awesome

UPDATE: Eff you, Blogger! Apparently the confucked tool ate some of the pix in this post. So I've reposted them. Thanks go out to ad hoc QA committee JnLRswk, who alerted me to the full-on morts and claims that Fashionbinge "is like a free Lucky Mag but funny." Awww!

And now, it's time for another edition of Awful Vs. Awesome (tm), the game where point out something awful and follow it up with something totally awesome.

First Awful:
($793, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Zappos Couture)
I've already started seeing these EVERYWHERE. They're so shitty. Like a paper bag cinched around the top of an otherwise perfectly acceptable boot. Marc, we already know you're a ground breaker. Please don't try to reinvent the wheel. Or the boot as the case may be.



AWESOME:
($495, Belle By Sigerson Morrison, Plazatoo.com)
Thank you, Belle, for this gorgeous, graceful, unmolested boot.


AWFUL:
($129, Vince Camuto, Nordstrom)
Waste of toe space.



AWESOME:
($197, Michael Kors, Nordstrom)
What would Prince do? Buy these. And that man's funk is always on point.



AWFUL:
($160, Michael Kors, Plazatoo.com)
Funky if you wear Lee Mom Jeans.



AWESOME:
($16, Forever 21)
Simple, silver, sold!


AWFUL:


($69, Jeffrey Campbell, Solestruck.com)
See what I mean about the Irregular Choice-esqueness of Jeffrey Campbell? These look like someone desecrated the Japanese flag. He giveth with one hand and taketh with the other.


AWESOME:
($49, Very Volatile, Lulusfashionlounge.com)
Cone head = bad. Cone heel = very good.

Also, enter promo code SEVENTEENROCKS for 20% off. Woo!



AWFUL:
($450, Isabella Fiore, eLuxury)
Nothing says "gauche" like teetering atop 4.5" inches of embroidered peacock and patent leather!


AWESOME:
($150, Salvador Sapena, Asos.com)
Perfect in every way.


AWFUL:
($698, Etro, Zappos Couture)
PUTRID in every way!


AWESOME:
($245, Juicy Couture, Plazatoo.com)
These are very sweet in a holiday-spirit, trimming-the-tree sorta way (even though I'm Jewish, so they're sweet in what I'd image in a trimming-the-tree sorta way.) I also love that these are nearly the exact same shoe but for way way less:
($23, Classified, Lulusfashionlounge.com)
Hooray 4 knockoffs!



AWFUL:
($250, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Plazatoo.com)
Hurl.


AWESOME:
($20, Target)
Very cute, no creepy Bedazzled embellishments.


SUPER AWFUL:

($67, Era Of Chaos, LF Stores)
Seriously... what the FUCK is going on here? Not only do these look like an imitation of those Imitation of Christ jeans they sewed Scarlett Johansson into at their runway show back in ought-5, but they look so uncomfortable that if you sat in them at work all day, you'd have potentially sterlized yourself by COB.


AWESOME:
($89, Banana Republic)
Even I am mortified that I'm into something from Banana Republic, but these are really really cute. Via Stylebakery's Fall Jeans Guide.



AWFUL:
($102, LF Stores)
Um, did we learn NOTHING from Jennifer Hudson's Oscar-on-Oscar shrug fiasco???



AWESOME:
($274, Mint, Pinkmascara.com)
Yes, you actually CAN wear metallics without looking like a member of Daft Punk.



AWFUL:
($48, What Comes Around Goes Around, Activeendeavors.com)
Duuuude. Dude. Duuuuuuude. This reminds me of what the grandparents sleep in in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Worst.


AWESOME:
($62, Soundgirl, Fredflare.com)
Yes, you can wear a striped dress without looking like you're wearing a mumu. I, for one, will be wearing this dress shortly, as I just bought it! Weee!

Say goodbye, Jennifer!

Top Shopgasm!

Oh bloody hell. Topshop.com just launched its Archive online -- amazing one-of-a-kind vintage pieces. The best ones, according to me:


(Apprx $507 USD, Lee Bender, TopShop.com)
Amazing and gorgeous print.


($365, Lee Bender for Bus Stop, Topshop.com)
Also amazing, but more akin to something you might find in your local (read: NOT NYC) thrift store.


(Approx $507 USD, Lee Bender, Topshop.com)
Good luck finding this outstanding (yet offensive! -- bonus!) dress at your local thrift store.

More vintage-lookin' dresses:
($240, Castle Starr, YLLI)
Stunning. Want.

($407, Robert Rodriguez, Nordstrom)

This has a gorgeous 1960s, June Carter Cash feel to it.


($193, Cindy Lee, RevolveClothing.com)
Also a great '60s-vibe.


($109, What Comes Around Goes Around, YLLI)
I. Have. No. Words...


($184, Tibi, Net-a-Porter)
I hollaed at this dress last week...


($24.50, Wet Seal)
... And Wet Seal hollaed back! Sweeet!


Finally...
($20, Cheap Monday, Mick Margo via Refinery29)
Um, hi. Cheap Monday jeans for $20! More like Cheap Thursday! I'm off to get a pair!

Wish List: The Dress Addition

Okay. I have been hording (in the form of links) tons and tons of stuff I've been wanting to post. So, here they are, in Wish List form.

First up: dresses.

JUMPERS


($528, VPL, Refinery29.com)
So comfy looking. Only prob: it's aboutg $500 above my price range. Drat.



($135, Charlotte Ronson, Standardstyle.com)
Don't care if it looks like a bathing suit coverup. I still want.



($272, Humanoid, Oaknyc.com)
This looks like the type of outfit that's so absurdly comfortable that you start to do a weird white people dance the second it's on. It's called "Groovy Nights," which makes me wanna put my hair up in those old-school ribbon-streamer hair clips. And then do the white-peeps dance.



TUNICS
Okay. I guess these are "officially tunics" or whatever.


(Apprx $49 USD, DorothyPerkins.uk.co)



($179, Corey Lynn Calter, Janescloset.com)



($420, What Comes Around Goes Around, Shopbop.com)



($410, Vena Cava, Barneyscoop.com)



Green Dresses

($128, Bananarepublic.com)
I was "inspired" to find some grass-green dresses after happening upon this green jersey dress from Banana Repubs. Then I realized there's really not much "inspiring" at all about Banana Republic. So I put "inspiring" in quotes. Anyway, here are more dresses in green.



($156, Tufi Duek, Bluefly)
Probably a much wiser investment than the aforementioned. Love this.



($62, Soundgirl, Thenaturalrhythm.com)
This shop sounds like some kind of Rastafari rhythm method birth control. Eeek! But I love the dress, and you KNOW we love Soundgirl.

($34, Flux Nouveau, Amazon)
You know... there's nothing super amazing about this dress, but that's sorta okay.


Misc.

($297, Alice + Trixie, Livenatty.com)



($84, Drifter, Amazon)



($431, Indieshopper.com)
A whole new meaning to "babydoll dress." Ridiculous + love.



($176, Staci Woo, Daszign.com)



($232, Tricia Fix, FamousStyle.com)



($224, Vitamin A, Boutiquetoyou.com)
I really don't <3 Cami D, but I DO love love LOVE this giraffe cover-up. Is that a fair trade off??? K. Nighty nights!