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Trendspotting Jul 19, 2007 @ 12:48pm

Ruff Club

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We spotted this dress (and the girl wearing it) out and about in London, and it occurred to us that this might be the perfect way to wear ruffles without looking frou-frou.

The clean, simple contrast of black and white erase the girly factor of the ruffles, so the dress becomes a cute, but sophisticated, play on textures.

She wore it with bare legs and silver flats. Despite our obsession with summer legwear options, we think that this kind of dress looks best without tights – otherwise it could go too Wednesday Addams.

We say: we love it, but are horizontal ruffles flattering for the rest of us?

—ALISON COOL

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posted by cindy

Jul 19, 2007 1:04PM

http://facehunter.blogspot.com/ She's on FACEHUNTER also!! ha.. super cute

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posted by a

Jul 19, 2007 1:11PM

Love it.

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posted by Lj

Jul 19, 2007 1:53PM

Wednesday* not Wendy

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posted by Alice

Jul 19, 2007 1:53PM

Ugh. You mean Wednesday Addams.

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posted by slim

Jul 19, 2007 2:26PM

LOVE it! Does anyone know where the dress is from?

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posted by M

Jul 19, 2007 3:12PM

This dress is cute but would definitely look BAD on me because it's so straight and my hips are so big. But I think you could do something sort of similar with a skirt in a flattering shape, and then of course you'd want to keep it simple on top. I wonder if it would be very difficult to add ruffles to a dress or skirt yourself.

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posted by morticia

Jul 19, 2007 3:20PM

I approve. La Cool has her groove back after a few missteps. Suppose most summer streetwalkers are more concerned with just survivng the variable temps and torrential rains than high style.

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posted by Laur

Jul 19, 2007 5:03PM

OBSESSED!!!!!!!! where is this dress from?? I can see making my own...

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posted by Jordan

Jul 19, 2007 6:09PM

She looks like a cake.

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posted by guest

Jul 19, 2007 8:27PM

i hate it

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posted by annie

Jul 21, 2007 2:53PM

that is a really cute dress if it was any other color than black and white it would be so ugly.

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posted by annie

Jul 21, 2007 2:54PM

that is a really cute dress if it was any other color than black and white it would be ugly.

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posted by kristen

Jul 22, 2007 8:05PM

i work at joann fabrics and i know for a fact we sell trim very very much like that if anyone wanted to attempt their own.

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