Tag: style

Classy Broad

bell sleeve cardigan, shift dress, Kate Spade bag

When: last Tuesday // Weather: 50s // Real life: work

bell sleeve cardigan, shift dress, Kate Spade bag

bell sleeve cardigan, shift dress, Kate Spade bag

bell sleeve cardigan, shift dress, Kate Spade bag

I don’t always wear head-to-toe black and pale pink and carry a Kate Spade bag, but when I do…I just own it. I’m a sophisticated lady, dammit. Now make me a gimlet and bring the car around. (How great would it be if I dressed up really fancy and hired a chauffeur for the day to drive me around in my 10-year-old Nissan? I would also wear giant sunglasses and hold a candy cigarette.)

I know you all visit this blog because you want to learn to be a classy broad like me, so consider this your master class for the day. Bows. Chauffeurs. Candy cigarettes.

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An American in Paris

Parisian style, polka dot skirt, beret, Peter Pan collar, ballet flats, trench coat

When: Sunday before last // Weather: 60s // Real life: seeing An American in Paris with live orchestra (!!)

Parisian style, polka dot skirt, beret, Peter Pan collar, ballet flats, trench coat

Parisian style, polka dot skirt, beret, Peter Pan collar, ballet flats, trench coat

Parisian style, polka dot skirt, beret, Peter Pan collar, ballet flats, trench coat

Parisian style, polka dot skirt, beret, Peter Pan collar, ballet flats, trench coat

In another reality, I was born a few decades earlier, I married Gene Kelly, and An American in Paris was our real life, not just a movie. Not that I’m complaining about my actual real life. S’wonderful, but it’s a distant second to the waltzing along the Seine version. (Just kidding. Sort of.)

Luckily, my real and alternate lives collided earlier this month when I got to see An American in Paris on a big screen, accompanied by live orchestra. I don’t know how many dozens of times I’ve seen that movie, but this was definitely the best experience yet!

Naturally, I wanted to dress the part, so I wore an outfit from my alternate 50s Parisian closet, which, coincidentally, is quite similar to my regular contemporary American closet.

A million thanks to my real life spouse who paid to take me on this lovely date to drool over my first love! 🙂

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