Ladylike CosmoPrep

32 Comments

• pil replied 11 years ago

  Love, love, love this DayVies! Your swishy skirt is just so, well, fabulously swishy!

• Nicole D replied 11 years ago
  Are you kidding?  What a fabulous and faithful interpretation. This look is stunning!  Where is your waist?  Love it and love your hair too (as always, you have great hair).
• Echo replied 11 years ago
  Oh, you look gorgeous! I LOVE how the skirt and top make your waist look so tiny, and this is such a great look. Fantastic! Your hair is beautiful, too!
• rachylou replied 11 years ago
  I definitely get the inspiration coming through!
  
  Your hair is super cool. Changing it up a bit :)
  
• Joy replied 11 years ago

  You look a hundred times better than the inspiration photo. You really should model as it seems you make anything you wear look good.

• hedgiehog replied 11 years ago

  Oh I think it looks fantastic, you nailed it! I love the hair, too. :-)

• Day Vies replied 11 years ago
  Nicole -- Yep I was wondering that too. Where is my waist?  Trust me it's there but a really big skirt makes a not-so-tiny waist look tiny.
  
  Echo-- I am thinking of investing in more swishy skirts -- I look hourglassy (an apple masquerading as an hourglass!) I used to avoid belts because I thought they emphasized my not-so-tiny waistline.
  
  Rachy -- I think this inspiration was SO easy to pull off no thought required other than ooooh, I like that.
  
  Joy -- that is SO sweet, thank you!  I doubt if I could make burlap look good, but I am glad have your vote confidence!
  
• Tanya replied 11 years ago
  You look stunning Day Vies!  Million times better than the inspiration, kind of like a movie star in the 50's.   
• Karie replied 11 years ago
  Love, love, love - love the hair, love the outfit, love your smile! Seriously, you rock this way better than the inspiration model!
• Thistle replied 11 years ago

  You look sooooo fab. I love that swishy skirt! Do you mind sharing where you got it?

• Day Vies replied 11 years ago
  Thistle -- the skirt is from Modcloth. I have it in a 1x -- roomy and comfy.
  Tanya - you are so kind! I heart the 50's and I am constantly pinning looks that remind me of that era.
  Karie -- thank you -- I am completely convinced that you all are biased, but I'll take it after the week I've had.
  
• Suz replied 11 years ago
  This is such a change from the expected pencil skirt or the typical denim Friday, and so terrifically fun. 
  
  Can I ask how you decide on your hair/ outfit combinations? To me it seems as if you always pick exactly the right combinations. And it's so thrilling to see the variation you're able to achieve because I pretty much always wear mine the same way. One of our picture challenges inspired me to style it one day as a sort of 30s marcel, and another day as a sort of 70s "shag" (as close as i could muster) and another day with bangs back in a Mia Farrow look. But IRL I almost always leave it the same way. I get a tiny bit of variation depending on whether I use a flat iron on the bang or let it be textured. 
  
  So...do you decide on hair first and then outfit, or the other way? 
  
  
  
• Sveta replied 11 years ago
  It is so fresh to see you in a swishy flared skirt! You really rock it! 
• Runcarla replied 11 years ago

  Amazing!

• Day Vies replied 11 years ago
  Suz -- I never thought about my hair as an accessory to my outfit before YLF. I realize each has an effect on the presentation of the other. 
  
  I actually choose my outfit first then I style my hair. Honestly my hair choices are not influenced by my outfit choices -- except for special occasions. Generally because it's easy I wear my hair in a ponytail. When I wear it loose and free, it's because I planned to wear it like this the night before (it takes effort). I think it works out because I aim for hairstyles that work for my face.
  
  Also with curly hair there is an element of unpredictability you never know what they (the curls) have in mind.
  
  
• lyn* replied 11 years ago
  Love. Love. Love.
• Janet replied 11 years ago

  I love your version! What a smashing silhouette on you. I love seeing your WIWs. And your hair looks beautiful too.

• amiable replied 11 years ago
  Wow!  You always look stunning, but especially so in this!
  
• Suz replied 11 years ago
  Yeah, that is sort of what I figured (about the unpredictability, I mean). It's so interesting how well your hair plays against your very polished style when it's in curls, and how well it meshes with it when you smooth it back! Well, however you do it, it looks great!! 
• Beth Ann replied 11 years ago
  Pinned it, but I like your version even better, so I'll favorite it right away! 
  
  I could see this with an open shirt and colored cami and wedges for the feet!
  
• Debbie replied 11 years ago

  Love this! You are beautiful!

• Mia replied 11 years ago

  You rock this look! Lovely smile.

• Deborah replied 11 years ago

  Lovely! You look so glam! Perfect proportions.

• Ingunn replied 11 years ago

  You look like a star, Day Vies. I particularly like the textured hair with the skirt, they complete eachother so well. The chambray brings an element of modern into this classic combination. You make me reach for my own chambray and my widest skirt today. Perfect!

• replied 11 years ago
  Lovely! My only thought was maybe a small dash of red.
• anne replied 11 years ago
  You look absolutely fantastic! Bravo!
  
• Angie replied 11 years ago
  KILLER you gorgeously sassy creature!
  
  I love the wild hair with the retro outfit. Very 2013 :)
  
• Colette replied 11 years ago

  Beyond beautiful! I love how it all works together.

• Transcona Shannon replied 11 years ago
  Oh you need to go dancing in this outfit DV so you can twirl and swish!!! This is beautiful on you.
• Lantana replied 11 years ago

  I love these dark blues together with black, so sophisticated. The texture of your curls and the sparkle of a little jewellery send this outfit into orbit. I think you should hunt down more swishy skirts and more waist cinching belts. This is a great look on you. That's my completely unbiased opinion :)

• MsMary replied 11 years ago
  Wowzers, this is fantastic!  No wonder your happiness factor was high -- my happiness factor is high just looking at you!!  :)
  
• Kristin L replied 11 years ago
  You look great! And so happy!