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OOTD: Dreamy Drape

Anthropologie Speckled Ink Dress, J.Crew Featherweight Cashmere Cardigan in Slate, Cole Haan Air Talia Mid Pump in Ironstone Patent, Rachel Leigh ‘Over It’ Necklace

This dress is a bit of a challenge to wear sometimes, because while playing up its Greek goddess attributes works fine in the summertime, it doesn’t fly as well in the colder months.  But the Speckled Ink Dress came out in last year’s January catalog, so I stubbornly pulled it off the rack the other morning and told myself that there had to be a way to properly winterize it.  In today’s outfit, I added navy tights and a gray cardigan and shoes — blue and gray is one of my standby favorite color combinations and rarely lets me down.  I belted the cardigan low (using some terrible belt I think I stole from my Mullany Dress) instead of buttoning it up to allow one to still see the dress’ gorgeous neckline.  I added a gray overcoat before going out, and voila, a winterized (well, Northern California winterized) Speckled Ink.

You guys may recall how I’ve been yammering non-stop about how I finally ended my search for my perfect pair of yellow heels.  Another set of shoes I’ve finally been able to cross off my wardrobe needs list is a pair of medium-gray patent pumps.  I’ve been looking for about six or seven months, but they’ve been tricky to track down, perhaps because of long list of requirements.  They can’t be too high, they need to be just the right shade of gray, I don’t like platforms, they need to be patent and not suede, the toebox needs to be rounded, they have to be well-made, embellishment is not encouraged, and most dauntingly, they need to come in a size 11.  (You can imagine that last one alone narrowed down the field of candidates considerably.)  Finally I discovered the Cole Haan Air Talias.  They not only met all my requirements, but because they were part of Cole Haan’s Nike Air series, they were extra comfortable.  They even have treads on the bottom, which, while kind of not aesthetically pleasing, are not visible from the top and make sure I’ll never slip.  (And more importantly, they kind of make me feel like I’m walking on clouds.)  Plus, because I patiently waited and stalked these for a few weeks, I was even able to score them for almost 50% off!  Yay for finding much sought after items at great prices!

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