Sunday 19 April 2009

93 days to go: A Day of Two Halves: Part Two



While I was at the hairdressers I was leafing through some magazines about aysemmetric dresses and read my favourite fashion columnist, Jess Cartner-Morley's take on the subject.
I liked the idea but obviously couldn't go out and buy one so decided to just tuck the strap down the front of the dress.
As for accessories I used my daughter's newly acquired vintage headband/tiara as inspiration and hunted out my silver shoes, necklace and bangle.
There were lots of prom dresses, full length dresses and cocktail dresses at the ball but mine was the only one strap dress.
As for the ball itself - it was a great night. My husband won a hamper of drinks including champagne while I won three guitar lessons in the raffle.
There was a great Take That tribute band and disco and we danced until 1am.


I wore..
Dress- Coast
Shoes - New Look
Bangle - Asos
Necklace - Drome, Liverpool
Headband - Vintage
Ear-rings - Tesco

11 comments:

Stacy Kraus McDonald said...

The dress looks great...

camille0528 said...

Gorgeous! I love your red dress!

Stephanie N. said...

Jane, this is so awesome! You look gorgeous, and I love that you wore your dress in such a gutsy way. And the accessories are great. Was your daughter excited that you were wearing the headband she found for herself?

Unknown said...

Hot outfit! Did they play "Lady in Red"? You're perfect for that song!

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ellie mae said...

You look so pretty! And it sounds like you guys at a great time :)

i_b_erin said...

Jane you look STUNNING!!

I am now coveting that headband, kudos to your daughter.

Cassie said...

I love what you did to your hair!! It looks fantastic

lunarossa said...

What a great idea, Jane! You look stunning. Glad you had a great night out. Have a nice week. Ciao. Antonella (back in the UK)

Jane said...

Thanks Stacy, erin, mama of twins and my shenanigans.
Welcome Camille.
Stephanie - my daughter loved ot see the headband.
Sher - sadly they didn't play Lady In Red but it was one of my favourites in 1986!
Antonella - welcome back.

Sheila said...

What a great idea to customize your dress! You look amazing!

Goober said...

So gorgeous! You look positively radiant. And I love how you tucked the one strap in - it gives the dress a totally different look.