Styling a vintage dress

One of my favorite perks of having this blog is being sent products to review -especially when the products are fashion!

Crazyhotclothes.com recently sent me this vintage, caramel colored dress which they named “Dynasty.”  I loved the sparkly shoulder accents (very Dynasty indeed!) and thought the color would look nice with my hair highlights.   Anyone who reads my blog knows I’m a fan of vintage fashions so I was psyched about the Crazy Hot Clothes giveaway.   The length however needed some adjustment.  The bulky shoulder, long sleeve and long length combo just looked a little too dowdy and made me feel like I walked straight out of the pages of the old testament.  Don’t I look like a glammed up Jesus groupie?

No worries though ‘cuz with a little styling magic, I can transform anything!  The trick to wearing vintage is to avoid wearing vintage head to toe.  Mix up vintage with trendier, current pieces to create a uniquely stylish look.  I searched my wardrobe and found leather cutout ankle booties, hiked up the skirt which I temporarily held up in place with a vintage belt and carried a fun chain feather purse.

Jesus groupie to rock groupie!  What do you think?

Fun party outfit, right?  And now one of you lucky readers will receive this dress for free!  Consider it the dress that keeps giving!  Just leave a comment here about why you think you should win it!

Entrants must:

  • be a current FabGabBlog.com subscriber and live in the U.S.
  • be able to link a picture of them wearing the dress styled their own way back to my blog somehow (through their own blog, Facebook, twitter, chictopia, Lookbook, and/or any other online site!
  • leave a comment about how they would promote the receipt of FabGab’s giveaway vintage dress (see above criteria).
  • leave a comment about why they think they should win

Now go check out Crazy Hot Clothes for a fantastic collection of designer vintage fashions and accessories!

Event and Dessert Table Styling by Amy Atlas

Lawyer turned dessert table designer and event planner extraordinaire, Amy Atlas creates stylish and sweet displays that quickly become the highlight to any fete’.  I find these images so inspiring! (photos from Amy Atlas)

This particular display was for a corporate event but I can see it working for a sophisticated birthday party or wedding with a black / white color theme.  Some reasons this display looks so fabulous and some keys to creating an impactful dessert display for yourself are listed below:

  • Keep everything (frosting, vases, flowers and linens for example,) strictly within the selected color theme
  • Consider the background.  Where is the table going to be placed and how will the background coordinate?  Consider adding a strip of wallpaper or painted background to a temporary plywood backdrop or framed art piece for example.  Or try lanterns or an ornate mirror in the background for optimal photo ops.
  • Add dimension and think layers.  Place items behind and in front of each other rather than on one boring line and remember to think 3dimensionally by varying the heights to add interest.
  • Vary texture.  Just like when creating an outfit, mixing textures and patterns, creates visual interest.  Here you see a contrast between smooth frosting with bumpy, rough-edged pretzels and intricately patterned chocolates with dotted dice chocolates.
  • Desserts should be different sizes.  Notice how the large modern patterned cake contrasts with the smaller bite-sized pieces.

Have any other tips to creating a memorable dessert table?  Is anyone else inspired to look for excuses to create their own dessert table?

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