Today I attended a very glamourous luncheon and fashion parade with friends, and am now exhausted… so please excuse any crazy bad spelling or random ungrammatical remarks in this post…
For this occasion I wore my new pink lace dress, and because it is still just barely into spring I took along my trench coat for the anticipated chill factor. And ended up not wearing it… but here it is draped over my arm just in case (how many times do you take a coat “just in case” and it spends the entire function draped over the back of your chair?!)…
Also for this special occasion gave myself the first pedicure of the season, released my poor neglected feet from the comfort of their winter wooly socks and given them the once over, including a coat of varnish in a gorgeous golden springtime glow.
He he, this morning I walked the dog in this dress and with thongs (flipflops) on my feet and got a few sideways glances; when I mentioned it to a friend later she suggested that people might have thought I was wearing my nightie?! What do you think? Does this look like a nightie?
Details:
Dress; modified Simplicity 3745, pale pink and caramel lace, see here
Petticoat; Burda 8071, pale pink satin
Trench coat; modified Burda 7786, beige cotton, see here
Sandals; Sachi, some little boutique in Melbourne
Necklace; gift from my husband
Nail varnish; Max Factor, Gold Peach
Far from a nightie.
LOL@ anyone who thought that dress was a nightie!! It might've given them something to talk about that day at least… hehe.
You look AMAZING!! Seriously. Awesome.
Swanky yacht club?
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LOVELY dress! and most definitely NOT a nightie. 🙂
Your dress is beautiful! Nothing at all like a nightie! So sorry not to have responded to your email as of yet. I haven't had a minute to spare lately! I am leaving for Saskatchewan this morning! I will send you an email when I return, if that is ok? Thank you so much for the letters you have sent me. I can hardly wait to get started!
Aaah, such a gorgous dress.
And I can't believe how productive you are, migosh you make something almost every day!
I also really like the greige top. Cool shoulders.
I love this dress its gorgeous!
It doesn't look like a nightie at all. Did it cross your mind that they might have been looking at you because you looked so pretty in your lovely dress? 🙂
Very pretty, and I definitely agree with Karin above.
SO not a nightie! That's a lovely dress on you! And yay for happy tootsies! Pedis are fantastic. 🙂
No. It does not look like a nightie. You look very elegant.
Simply gorgeous. Very romantic. Daisy Buchanan, anyone? Definitely not a nightie.
Angela
Oh, gorgeous…!! No, it looks nothing like a nightie. Hope you will wear this alot more, it is lovely!! Very glamourous.
I agree definitely not a nightie. The fabric makes you look elegant and it is so well fitted to show off your feminine contours.
Nighties need to be more loosely fitted and of a smooth silky fabric to allow one to easily turn or roll around in between the sheets and slip and slide :-)don't you think?
K this dress is so gorgeous!! Making it out of lace was a fabulous idea. It makes it look so classy and elegant.
Fabulous job!
This is a very beautiful dress! I really love it. I doubted my eyes and thought I went insane when the word came into my sight, no, it cannot be a nightie!!
Gorgeous, feminine dress
Oh wow that is a very beautiful dress and it suits you perfectly. One more great sewing project from you.
It's so great to see this dress in action. I had been waiting for it! If anyone stared it was because you look so pretty and feminine in it. Definitely doesn't look like a nightie.
A nightie, NO; a perfectly pretty dress, YES.
Bessie does not do this dress justice – you look amazing in in it! Certainly those sideways glances were just taking in your loveliness.