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Monday 14 January 2013

Jewel-Encrusted, Cut-Out Back 'Little Black Dress'


Hello all!
Bare legs in January. Am I cold? Oh my.. yes.
I'm sure a lot of you will be thinking I am extremely insane for wearing this dress sans tights/stockings but I don't find that skin-toned tights actually add anything positive (or in fact, match the tone of my skin.. which sort of defeats their point entirely.)
I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love this dress. My only very minor complaints would be directed at it's irritating hook-and-eye fastening at the back - it somehow manages to unhook itself at the most inappropriate moments. In regards to where I'd wear it, I would happily wear this out for dinner/drinks or even to a 'club' if I'm feeling particularly maverick-ish.
On an unrelated note, has anyone seen Les Miserables yet? I saw it yesterday and purposefully wore my ridiculously over-ruffled shirt to get myself in a Parisian mood, but still only cried 4 times - which is impressively less than I anticipated. I'd love to know what you thought if you've seen it!


Dress : Topshop. Shoes : ZARA. 

P.s. I'm pleased to be bringing back some vintage skirt-throwing moves a la 2011 Arabella Lookbook!

42 comments:

  1. The top of that dress is beautiful! Xxxx

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  2. This dress is lush!! The embellishment is perfect, I love how its black beading and sequins with the pop of red, super pretty! x

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  3. This dress is gorgeous, love the embellishment. I can't believe you braved bare legs, i couldn't do that in January!

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  4. What a stunning dress!

    Becky
    xx

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  5. I adore the detailing at the top, the close up was really beautiful, lovely post as ever xx

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  6. Such an amazing dress! Adore the shoes as well! x

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  7. Love love love that dress♥ It suits you really well too!
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  8. This dress is gorgeous! Absolutely adore it. If only I could gather together the money for it.
    Ami x
    thisplease.blogspot.com

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  9. I want those shoes!
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  10. This is a gorgeous dress! Les Mis hasn't really appealed to me to be honest - I saw the stage version once and I wasn't into it at all. I've hard some really conflicting reviews too. x

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  11. gorgeous dress. love the cutout back

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  12. i love the embellishment on this dress

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  13. This dress is stunning!! I love the top of it:)

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  14. lovely dress, love the pictures! xxx

    Claudia
    http://pink-manolos.blogspot.co.uk

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  15. This dress is absolutely stunning, you must be freezing though! xx

    www.charissarae.blogspot.co.uk

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  16. Your dress is gorgeous! But yes, you must be absolutely freezing! I'm off to see Les Mis this Wednesday and so excited!

    louisejoyb x

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  17. Lovely pictures dear
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  18. Gorgeous dress and love the photos. I'm going to see Les Mis tomorrow, I hope I don't cry!
    Daniella x

    http://daniella-r.blogspot.co.uk

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  19. what a beautiful dress. so stunning. x

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  20. Lovely dress! I was really disappointed with Les Mis actually, but I'm fanatically enamoured with the stage show, so the film was probably never going to live up to my expectations! I thought Anne Hathaway was amazing, and I was really impressed with Hugh Jackman, but I thought Amanda Seyfried just sounded like her voice couldn't actually hold what she was meant to be singing, even though Cosette is operatic I just thought she sounded all quavery :(

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  21. Love love love your blog!
    Just seen it today and I'm glad.
    Kool dress btw

    Do you want to follow each other? Let me know :D

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  22. This is beautiful! I love the shoulder/neckline detail xo

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  23. Beautiful dress, the detailing is amazing!

    xxxx

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  24. Love this dress on you! Have you tried Sainsburys for nude tights? I have Casper like legs and they seem to have a good range of colours which match my grey skin!

    Maria xxx

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  25. Wow, this dress looks amazing on you xx
    www.fromnicolewithlove.blogspot.co.uk xx

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  26. Gorgeous dress and outfit! Love the embellishing!

    Hayley xx
    www.addictionstoshopping.blogspot.com

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  27. Amazing Dress I love the detail at the top
    Xoxo
    Sasha
    http://bubblingupinblue.blogspot.co.uk/

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  28. This is such a gorgeous dress!
    The detailing is so lovely!
    And I really need to see les miserables
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    S xx

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  29. you look amazing hun - love the make up! xxx

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  30. The dress looks beautiful on you! The cut out back detailing is delightful! <3

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  31. i adore this dress. i went to see les mis and only cried twice! i know the show inside out and thought it was good but some of the characters were so flat (especially russell crowe!) much prefer the stage show i have to say!

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  32. This is such a beautiful dress, you look amazing

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    x

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  33. I love this dress so much! You look lovely!
    I just started a blog and I'd love it if you could follow me :)

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    x

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  34. Such a beautiful dress!

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    x

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  35. Ohhhh stunning! This dress is made for you.

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  36. so beautiful dress, I get one on my birthday, But i want the summer coming faster so ican wear my prom dresses and style hat go to beach with my family, i think it will be so great.In fact your shoes is beautiful too, love it

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