Outfit: Painted Flowers

Photos: David Potter

Outfit details:
Tracy Reese dress (via Anthropologie)
old Steve Madden coat
old Le Chateau heels
earrings from Presents of Mind (Portland, OR)
black tights

With warmer temperatures and Spring on the horizon, bright flowers and bold colours seemed an appropriate choice (taking a page out of Pushing Daisies' fabulous fashion book). Long-sleeved dresses are also a nice way to transition from winter into spring, balancing the need to finally pull on a dress after those longer winter months with more functional considerations like not freezing upon going outside. It was great fun to romp around Andersonville, with all of its brightly-coloured murals, and have it feel actually warm. At long last!I dressed this up with a set of truly ancient heels from Le Chateau (a Canadian company that I frequented when I was younger), that are actually surprisingly comfortable, but I could definitely see pairing this dress with black flats or flirty red heels (and no tights). Finally, this fun yellow coat was actually given to me by a friend (thanks Erin!). Coloured coats are certainly something new for me, as coats were always such big ticket purchases that I thought you needed to play it safe with blacks or browns. Clothing swaps, thrifting and a myriad of online options now make it a little easier to go bold. Yay!