This dress, I love.

While today's post would normally focus on the fashion of the latest Academy Awards, I found myself surprising underwhelmed by the fashions showcased at that event. Not that there weren't some lovely gowns, but I found the well of inspiration for a full-blown Oscar report had run a bit dry. And since I'm trying to keep the blog a bit more spur-of-the-moment and "inspired," I decided to skip forward to something that I've been really wanting to share. (I've got a load of unpublished ideas that I need to move through. They're piling up! :)

I love when you find something unexpected (a nice something, of course)... and this dress is just one of the prettiest things I've stumbled across lately. Maybe not suited for the red carpet, but perfect for pretty much any other occasion. 

It first jumped out at me while I was browsing the TALBOTS web site, and I marked it as something I had to share. Then it got buried in my list of things to publish (I have too many lists! :) and was completely forgotten until I saw it posted on a few other web sites.



This dress is called "Bardot" - an obvious nod to the style icon (who was cute, but always terribly underdressed) - and it brings back the glamour of the 1950s, with a modern, casual update.

Linen is a beautiful fabric, perfect for summer (although rather inclined to wrinkle) and this dress evokes the feeling of simple, easy beauty and comfort. The sort of piece that you can throw over your head and go (with the addition of great shoes, of course). It's so timeless, and so appropriate for any summery adventure.

I used to have a dress similar to this one and I think it's still saved somewhere. When the warmer weather hits, I think I'm going to dig it out... :)

-Amanda

P.S. What sorts of pretty things have you discovered lately?