Monday, July 19, 2010

Take a Bow

As the temperature here keeps rising and I get increasingly too lazy to be bothered with mixing and matching skirts and pants and tops I am relieved that I brought this little black dress with a bow detail at the neckline from H&M – it looks chic, doesn’t wrinkle, and is so light and airy when I wear it (and, I admit, I feel pretty glamorous when I wear it with sunglasses). I’m leaving Cambridge (sniff sniff) tomorrow morning for a three day conference at Exeter University with the promising title of “Engendering Gender” (where I will be presenting a portion of one of my dissertation chapters and praying that no senior academics flay me) and I am planning on keeping this dress at the top of my suitcase so I can easily pull it out and don it at the conference (I’m thinking it will be perfect for the cocktail party/reception that’s happening on the first day).

10 comments:

Kelly said...

Love the shades and the bow detail!

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Anonymous said...

Ooh, very Anna Magnani! Good luck at the conference!

Courtney Erin said...

I love the Anna Magnani comparison! I feel very Italian 50s glam in it too.

Leia said...

Cute outfit! :)

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oh wow! gluck with ur presentation:) i'm sure u'll do great! yes, the dress is perfect for coctail hour!

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Caroline Ergy Erg said...

Really nice dress, like the neckline :) Loads of luck with the presentation, sounds very interesting!!
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Unknown said...

Great dress, good luck with the presentation, I'm sure you will be fabulous! XO!

Rebecca said...

Love this dress! But I hate to wear black in Summer...

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Courtney Erin said...

I am a fan of black all year long personally -- I think I have an inner goth trying to escape.

Kasey said...

i hope you take this as a comment because it is intended to be! but you look very similar to ashley greene in your last picture!

the dress is fabulous!

x-casey