Showing posts with label dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dress. Show all posts
Friday, November 29, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Carolyn Braden: Party Dress by Urban Outfitters
I love tutus. I love overalls. When I saw this dress by Urban Outfitters, I about passed out. 
This dress combines both of my loves and makes them fashionable enough and grown up enough to wear to a Christmas party. It's part of their Urban Renewal collection. I love the idea of taking an old piece of clothing and making it new again. I do it myself sometimes. I bought the dress in a size small and it does run a little big. Overalls fit that way though. I plan to wear it with sparkle fishnets, my fun Christmas sweatshirt and probably my Ugg motorcycle boots. I will be comfortable and stylish....a perfect combination.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Carrie Underwood and the Ever Changing Dress #Grammys
I enjoyed the artistic projections onto Carrie Underwood's dress. She couldn't move around the stage but the effect was well worth it.
Jennifer Lopez Got the E-Mail Memo, #GRAMMYS
Jennifer pulled a Jolie. It just was a little more extreme, lol. I like the almost 70's disco connection her dress had.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Carolyn Braden's Love For TOPSHOP: Pinterest Pin
I love the cute dresses at TOPSHOP. I fell in love with this floral peplum cutie today. The next visit to Chicago, I'm there!
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
The Limited Dress...Summer Re-Style
I purchased this dress on sale at The Limited recently. Though strapless, it stayed up for a whole day. There was no embarrassing tugging; something that almost always happens when you go strapless). I wore it to a day of races at Churchill Downs. I removed the sash it came with and replaced it with two metallic braided belts. I wore gold braided wedges and stayed cool and stylish all day long.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Carolyn Braden says "Pretty Bra Straps...Get Them!"
Lucky Magazine just featured a bra from the new Maidenform line called "Charmed". The bra was featured as the perfect summer dress bra. It truly was pretty. The straps were so cute that no one would suspect it truly was a bra strap if it was showing. Unfortunately, the line is not for sale yet. I signed up on the Charmed website so they could e-mail me when I could buy it. It will be available mid-June, so that's soon! Sign up at maidenformscharmed.com
They list the line as a "Junior" line, but there may be some that work for those outside of the "Junior" category.
Now......this new bra with the pretty straps had me really thinking. Could there be pretty bra straps out there that I could just attach to the bras I already have? After putting "pretty bra straps" into my Google search engine, all kinds of bra strap sites popped up. Do I sense a new trend? Of course! Why not make bra straps pretty if they are always going to somehow appear in the summer? I HATE showing my bra straps. It's a pet peeve of mine. Maybe these will make that pet peeve go away? After researching many sites, I found the most affordable ones (and still very pretty) on www.brastraps.com
I just ordered two pairs to see how I like them. I wanted to order so many more because they have such beautiful ones! I figured it would be best to wait and see how I like them and how well they are made before I go bra strap crazy! I ordered a black beaded pair and a silver "liquid" glitter pair. I thought those would be versatile with my current summer wardrobe.
So, while I wait for the Maidenform Charmed line, I will still be able to show my bra straps in style for once.
Another solution I had for the showing bra straps was wearing a bikini top under your dress or shirt. Of course this may not always work, but I had a green thin strapped dress that had black and white polka dots on it. I wanted to wear it without covering up with a black sweater (to hide my bra straps, of course) but I had no idea how. Then, the black and white bikini from Victoria's Secret I just purchased popped into my head. I tried it and it worked! The Victoria's Secret bathing suit line is very affordable and I've also seen the H&M line being advertised as "starting at $4.99". It would be worth a shot to try to find more bikini tops that may work. Some bikini tops have great lining and wire support, so see if one works for you.
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