of course you can say that, and glad you liked it :)

of course you can say that, and glad you liked it :)

Hey Matthew, I gave my feelings on the garment–but I also think it’s an unflattering length. Nice fabric and trim, dull Holiday Inn like dress–this style rarely works in my opinion. Boring shoes too, but she seems confortable in them.
I commented on the cigarette, because it was part of the look (and I hate seeing smoking glamourized as it so often is), and also because I was thinking of this as a look, not a single garment but the whole style and the cigarette, for me, is part of that.

Hey Matthew, I gave my feelings on the garment–but I also think it’s an unflattering length. Nice fabric and trim, dull Holiday Inn like dress–this style rarely works in my opinion. Boring shoes too, but she seems confortable in them.
I commented on the cigarette, because it was part of the look (and I hate seeing smoking glamourized as it so often is), and also because I was thinking of this as a look, not a single garment but the whole style and the cigarette, for me, is part of that.

Hey Matthew, I gave my feelings on the garment–but I also think it’s an unflattering length. Nice fabric and trim, dull Holiday Inn like dress–this style rarely works in my opinion. Boring shoes too, but she seems confortable in them.
I commented on the cigarette, because it was part of the look (and I hate seeing smoking glamourized as it so often is), and also because I was thinking of this as a look, not a single garment but the whole style and the cigarette, for me, is part of that.

Point taken a. I just wanted you to give us a full plate. :)

Thanks, Matthew. I agree with your post too–the Holiday Inn comment was so inspired I borrowed it–hope that’s OK!

Thanks, Matthew. I agree with your post too–the Holiday Inn comment was so inspired I borrowed it–hope that’s OK!

I love it, but it needs to be shorter, or not worn with flats, or it gets a little dowdy. I also think metallic + metallic = too much metallic, but with some cute wedges, I think this would be amazing.
Ignoring the health ramifications, the Cigarette As An Accessory — especially a long one, like this one — makes a young woman look older, I think.

A Lady, I love your blog, and I will never be able to look at my Herve Chapelier gym bag again. But they are extremely practical.
[head hanging down in shame.]

A Lady, I love your blog, and I will never be able to look at my Herve Chapelier gym bag again. But they are extremely practical.
[head hanging down in shame.]

I am less interested in this frocky, unshapely, backwards-fitting, potato sack excuse for an outfit and much more in that octopus-inspired Rorschach inkblot featured quite artfully on our public street behind “Zoe the Fabulous.” When looked at carefully, the blot is, strangely enough, almost perfectly reminiscent of the frizzy, unmanageable, and, almost certainly, detachable, head of hair featured on the subject of our photo. At least SOMETHING in this dastardly photo is interesting.

I am less interested in this frocky, unshapely, backwards-fitting, potato sack excuse for an outfit and much more in that octopus-inspired Rorschach inkblot featured quite artfully on our public street behind “Zoe the Fabulous.” When looked at carefully, the blot is, strangely enough, almost perfectly reminiscent of the frizzy, unmanageable, and, almost certainly, detachable, head of hair featured on the subject of our photo. At least SOMETHING in this dastardly photo is interesting.