Monday, August 3, 2009

Minty Fresh


Back in Martha's Vineyard! And here begins the slew of delightful Paris purchases I have to show you. This dress came from a crowded little vintage shop in the Marais, recommended by Alix in her absolutely wonderful Paris shopping guide. I visited the store quite a few times, and though there wasn't much turnover I found some amazing things.

This was probably the only dress in the store that hit above my knees. I adore the skater-style skirt and the puffy sleeves, and the color is just to die for. It looks a little blue in the pictures, but it's really the most delicious shade of cool mint green. I wore this outfit to the ballet and felt insanely classy.

Vintage dress, gifted tights and watch, really old Ann Taylor oxfords

Mint green is undoubtedly my new favorite color to wear. I am desperately hoping to snap up some more of it soon. Do think I could get away with wearing mint green in the fall? I suppose only time will tell...

Have you recently discovered a summery color of which you simply cannot get enough?

35 comments:

Rebecca, A Clothes Horse said...

This outfit is so, so pretty. The color combo is lovely--I want to imitate it now. :)

Anonymous said...

loving this
the mixture of the mint green with deep purple is fresh and eye-catching
love it!!!!

-cma
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Crystal Ball said...

The color combination reminds me of Spring and candy and all those great things, it's lovely.

WendyB said...

Great color combo! I'd like an evening gown in these colors.

Anonymous said...

beautiful color. it looks really good with the purple. you could probably wear it in the fall if you paired it with black or just dark colors in general (but probably not dark purple). i discovered i really like wearing purple in the summer, as well as pink.

street angel said...

I love this dress.

Jessica said...

These colors look so good together! You're adorable. I personally have been drawn to an Hermes orangey color lately.

-Jessica
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Judith said...

Love it!

Anonymous said...

I love that blue! Very Pretty! Oh and those shoes. :)

I love yellow. Especially spring yellows. <3

Anonymous said...

this works so well w/ the purple tights!

Danielle said...

Oooh, that looks really sharp! Such bold colors.

Damsels said...

your mint dressis pretty ilove the sheerness and how you styled it

jules said...

I love this dress, especially with the tights, so wonderful!

Erika said...

This is so perfect I don't even know where to start. I love mint green so much.

Rosie Unknown said...

I just have a year round colour I can't get enough of: black!

You should totally wear this into the fall, who cares what other people think? If you like it, wear it!

Sher said...

Oh I'm loving the colours in this outfit:)

I want a dress in minty green too!

Unknown said...

Love this dress, classic, femminime, and oh so adorable!
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Libby
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Sammi said...

Back from Paris. Oooh. What else did you get? I'm so excited to see...I WANT TO GO TO PARIS wahhhahhhh.

Feather Hunter said...

ohhhh swweettt dress! x

Sophia said...

oh yea that dress is cute, love that you wore it w/bright purple!

Unknown said...

love the color combo - so pretty!

Amber Lucas A Mused Blog said...

omg!! what a lovely dress - and the color is a jewel. (!)

Amber

Jules said...

I like how the two color combined. And your watch is so cute. =D Thanks for sharing it. Have a great day ahead. =D

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BonBon Rose Girls Kristin said...

It's gorgeous!

Amelia said...

I've totally been craving that mint green color lately. I'm really liking it with the tights, too :)

Annie Spandex said...

Cool color combo :)

Parapluie said...

Beautiful dress!

Idée Géniale said...

Loving this color combo and that dress is sweet! I love the mint green.

yiqin; said...

The colors go so well together :)

Manja said...

Oh my gosh, this outfit is amazing!

Isabel said...

I love your shoes, they're super cute!

indigotangerine said...

this outfit is so lovely! that dress is so classy and wonderful!

-tangerine

Sylvia said...

Gorgeous you little ballerina you! Glad to see the tights making an appearance, too :) That dress is so great.

Electric Lady said...

cute color combo!

Sarah said...

This dress is SO killer. :) What an amazing color! And I love the silver triangles and the small triangle key-hole back.