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Style Diary: Fashion’s Night Out

September 9, 2011
NYFW , What I Wore to Work

If you’re a reader of my blog, you know that I plan fashionable events and run the PR and Marketing for a major NY retailer. Fashion’s Night Out is an event I’ve been busily preparing for these days and so this week was the exciting final culmination of all my effort. Kind of like planning my wedding, I couldn’t wait for the day when I could see my vision and months of hard work and preparation come to life.

Such an important occasion deserves the right dress. I chose my Tracy Reese, asymmetrical poof dress and had so much fun tirelessly running around in my heels with it on.

Like Marshall’s slogan states, “never pay full price for fabulous!” I found this dress at Daffy’s, one of my favorite discount retailers for a fraction of the original price. The dress originally costed over $300 but I found the dress for around $60. Not bad, huh?

Do you ever put on a dress and then try to recall the last time you wore it? I can’t believe that it has been an entire year since I last wore this dress. Fashion week has just started here in NYC and it has been 2 fashion week seasons ago, or 1 full year since I last wore this Tracy Reese number. Last time I wore it, I had my hair down and pulled back with a ribbon hairband. Of course, I only remember this because of the below picture. I swear if it wasn’t for my non-stop picture-taking I’d have no recollection of my life…

When I met the designer of this dress in person 1 year ago at fashion week, I just had to commemorate the occasion with a photo.

Tracy, I love you!

For all of you Tracy fans, you can watch tomorrow’s fashion show live through her website!

Style Diary: Kate Middleton

September 6, 2011
What I Wore to Work

I never thought I had all that much in common with Kate Middleton’s style – her regal wedding theme perhaps, but not her personal style. I’d like to think that my style varies a bit more. I can be girly, with bows and ruffles one day, and then rock leather and spikes on another day. I crave preppiness one day and go trendy another day. Thanks to many bloggers who dedicate themselves to tracking Kate’s style, we see Kate’s every style choice and therefore can compare her every choice to our own. If you check any of these sites out, you’ll see that she doesn’t take fashion risks. She stays true to her classic conservative style and is always, well…safe.

I was delighted to see that Kate’s BAFTA outfit looked so similar to my own outfit, worn recently at a friend’s wedding this past May.

While Kate’s Alexander McQueen dress costed thousands, My Calvin Klein dress was bought for about $40 at TJMaxx, a true steal of a deal, I know!

As you can see, both dresses are flowy, pleated, have cap sleeves and a sparkly belt. I’ve paired my dress with a silver Prada purse, artful heels and a vintage stretch belt. I’ve never worn this dress or these pieces together until this past Memorial Day weekend, pictured here. And the stretchy shiny belt just seemed to add the right amount of sparkle and glam for the beach-side wedding. I thought the blue color and airiness of the dress was also perfect for the venue. What do you think?