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Green Melissa Odabash Martinique twisted bandeau bikini and mint multicolor printed silk chiffon caftan

Tropical Summer

 

Like I said in the post before this I absolutely love the beach.

This green Melissa Odabash Martinique twisted bandeau bikini and this mint multicolor printed silk chiffon caftan would be great for my beach vacations.

Right now I live pretty close to the gulf shore so I don’t necessarily have to take vacations. I could go to the beach any random day. It’s only a 2 hour drive.

Pretty soon though I will not have the convenience of living so close to the gulf. Once I move” if I go to the beach any time before moving back to the gulf I will have to stay at a hotel for a couple of days or rent a beach house.

I love the bag featured in this set. It’s a $40 straw satchel from Kelly & Katie. I like the shoes as well.

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Looking chic on the beach this summer-yellow two piece and green silk kaftan coverup

Summer jam

Items in set: Matthew Williamson silk tunic / J.Crew high waisted bikini / J.Crew bandeau bikini / Thong sandals / Beach tote / Oliver Peoples / Jade Mountain St. Lucia Where All Rooms Have Infinity Pools / Mimosa Brunch Invitations

Who doesn’t love the beach? Okay so I’m sure there are people who don’t love the beach; but I love the beach.

I was just at the beach last week and I might go again some time in June maybe; but after that unless my financial situation changes I won’t be going to be beach for a while. Right now it’s cheap to go because the gulf is just a 2 hour drive away.

Come August I’ll no longer be just a 2 hour drive away from the Gulf and going to the beach will mean taking a vacation that involves several hours of travel beach house or hotel suite rental and all that jazz.

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Red Angel Sanchez one shoulder dress with nude Jimmy Choo shoes

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Here’s my latest Polyvore set creation featuring a red Angel Sanchez one shoulder dress and Jimmy Choo Linda Platform Suede Leather Sandals.

Angel Sanchez red dress and nude Jimmy Choo shoes

This outfit is not something I can afford in reality. To get everything in the set it would cost $6597. The dress is $1665. The shoes are $695. The clutch is $995. The earrings are $1,187. The necklace is $1079. The bracelet is $696 and the perfume is $280. If you wanted the throw in the urn with the wild roses ($229) that would up the total cost to $6826.

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Long black maxi dress for summer with flat summer sandals

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Saw Anne Hathaway in a long black maxi dress and was inspired to put a set together on polyvore featuring a long black maxi dress and flat sandals.

Malene Birger black hagans jersey maxi dress

I love the sandals I selected for the set. They are Isabel Marant Merry flat leather sandals. They cost $325. The bag is from lordandtaylor.com. It’s their Big Buddha Hailey Hobo Bag. It costs $90. The dress is a MALENE BIRGER Hagans jersey maxi dress. The price of the dress is $215. The Chain-Link Bangle Set is $6.50 from forever21.com and the necklace is an 18 karat gold plated necklace by Kenneth Jay Lane. It’s $185.

Anne Hataway’s outfit (view on daily mail),

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Missoni sand color ruffled hem knit dress with multi-red yellow and brown motif

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The outfit below would run you up a total of $5043.

MISSONI ‘Candy' knit dress with tiered ruffles

Throw in the perfume and the total goes up to $5217. The MISSONI ‘Candy’ knit dress with tiered ruffles is $2″ 150. The Yves Saint Laurent Purefly gold-tone necklace is $1410. The Gianvito Rossi Pointed Toe Pumps are $520. The Gucci 1973 leather shoulder bag is $850. The MORRA DESIGNS Grad 2 Disc Earrings are $95. The Gold Pieces Metal Cuff is $18. The Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile Eau de Parfum is $174.

What I would want to get of the items in the set if I could get any one item I wanted would be the Yves Saint Laurent Purefly gold-tone necklace. Although I can’t help but wonder what “gold-tone” means as related to a $1410 necklace.

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Wearing pastel yellow with pastel green – D&G yellow ruffle sheer silk chiffon blouse

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Just came across this outfit idea and love the blend of the yellow and green. You might not immediately think to match yellow with green but green has yellow in it so they would seem to go together when you consider that. You get green by mixing yellow with blue.

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The Dolce & Gabbana yellow ruffle silk chiffon blouse looks so soft and silky” which probably makes sense when you consider that it’s 100% silk.

D G blouse

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The $4 558 Lilac mother of pearl-print silk-chiffon Alexander McQueen ruffled mini dress

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This dress is just delightfully cute. I absolutely love it. Oh if only the cost was $2.48. I actually have $2.48 on my bank account so I would then be able to afford it. Bet if the same exact dress was only $2.48 people would assume there was something inferior about it and not buy it.

Alexander McQueen dress

I can’t help but wonder though” $4 558? And that’s a mark down it appears from $9 115. Part of the dress is 100% silk but still….

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The $6230 pink sheer lace Valentino Strapless A-line dress that looks like a skirt

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I wear skirt dresses a lot. In my case they weren’t made to be skirt dresses. They were made to be skirts and I just end up pulling them all the way up and wearing them like dresses. Even so there’s something about seeing something that looks like a skirt being sold as a dress.

Update 2022:

This post is 11 years old as of this writing. The originally posted images are missing and cannot be found. The featured image above is not from the dress in question. Have no idea what the dress in question ($6230 pink sheer lace Valentino Strapless A-line dress) looks like. Couldn’t find anything on the web that might be the same dress. Sorry about that. These below images of pink Valentino dresses are being added so the page isn’t filled with broken images. The original images of the $6230 dress were stored on the long defunct Polyvore website that used to exist

This cute “barrel line” short sleeve mini dress comes with a $4500 price tag. It’s from the VALENTINO PINK PP COLLECTION of super bright hot pink apparel.

Here’s another dress from the collection

Valentino CREPE COUTURE SHORT DRESS WITH FEATHER EMBROIDERY

This one comes with a $7500 price tag and is described as being composed of 100% Ostrich Feather outer, Turkey Feather 100%, Virgin Wool 65%, Silk 35% with a lining composition of: Viscose 91%, Spandex/Elastane 9%

About the PP Colorway Colleciton, it is described thusly (source of quote):

Valentino’s AW22 collection is characterised by a Pink PP colourway – a hue created in collaboration with Pantone that’s described as a ‘manifestation of the unconscious and a liberation from the need for realism.’ This minidress is introduced in the signature shade and trimmed with tonal feathers along the neckline.

Apparently, each Pink PP item comes with a certificate of authenticity…

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I do like the dress. I love the color and the lace. I don’t know how comfortable it would be as the description says there is a boned and underwired corset concealed somewhere in there. I’m inclined to think there was an error in the description.

Here’s a gorgeous set that uses the dress as a skirt.

Everything in the set is super expensive. The dress like the title says is $6,230. The shoes are an $895 pair of Valentino Couture Lace Platform d’Orsay pumps. The bag is also from Valentino. It’s $2 595. It’s made of 75% Lambskin 10% Acetate 10% Calf-skin leather. The top is a Blush sheer lace Valentino appliqued blouse that costs $3,285.

Wearing green shoes and a light blue denim jacket with a pink dress – Mango Dress Neuf

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Who would think pink and green go together?

Whats in the bag

I like the suggestion of green shoes with this pink dress from Mango; and the light blue denim top goes nicely with it as well.

The whole outfit in the set is $141 minus the bag.

The bag is a $428 MARC BY MARC JACOBS ‘Ozzie – Aurora’ Satchel.

The dress is only $34.99. I’d love to get it; but” yeah you guessed it. I don’t have $34.99 to spend on a dress.

Clothing of any kind goes under frivolous and unnecessary spending at the moment.

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The $7 733 Balmain embellished wool-blend bejewelled jacket that was $38 665

Ok so let’s talk about this Balmain embellished wool-blend jacket.

Balmain jacket

When an item of clothing costs that kind of money how can you not want it? It’s an interesting jacket. I actually quite like it. There are some nice sets that were created with it. Like the one in Modcloth Upwardly Mobile Satchel in Red and the one below.

too much but who cares!! xx

But who can afford this jacket except someone who has a bank account with a few million in it? If someone gave you $7″ 733 and gave you a choice between buying this Balmain embellished wool-blend bejewelled jacket and going on a shopping spree at I don’t know let’s say Target just for kicks which would you choose?

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Modcloth Upwardly Mobile Satchel-Red

How gorgeous is this bag from Modcloth. I’m not surprised it’s sold out. It looks almost as good as the high end stuff but was only $135.

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The Bag

Handbag

The red is so deep and rich and the quality of the bag just looks supreme.

Even though it only costs $135 this bag would still be out of budget for me sad to say.

By comparison to $1 253 $135 is nothing but it’s still way more than I can afford for a handbag. Yeah I know. I keep repeating the point about not being able to afford stuff over and over and you’re sick of hearing it already.

This is a genuine leather bag and it comes in a variety of other colors such as brown green and navy yellow neon orange and neon pink:

  1. Upwardly Mobile Satchel in Brown – 14″

  2. Upwardly Mobile Satchel in Green and Navy – 14″

  3. Upwardly Mobile Satchel in Yellow – 14″

  4. Upwardly Mobile Satchel in Neon Pink – 13″

  5. Upwardly Mobile Satchel in Neon Orange – 15″

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Wearing blue yellow and red together – Ted Baker HAYLEA – Pleated maxi dress

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I love this blend of blue yellow and red. Love and want the dress. It’s a $365 Ted Baker HAYLEA pleated maxi dress.

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The Dress

Ted Baker dress

The shoes I already mentioned in Modcloth Color Process pink orange blue yellow print scarf where I used them in one of my sets. They are $840 so you know it’ll be a cold day in hell before I can afford them. They are the Yves Saint Laurent Tribute high heel patent sandals.

They are red textured patent leather. The heels of these shoes are 5.5 inches.

Don’t think I can walk in 5.5 inch heels even if there’s a supporting 1.5 inch platform which I suppose makes the 5.5 inch heel feel more like 4 inches. I struggle with 3 inch heels.

Just to have these shoes to look at and enjoy the prettiness of the red textured patent leather I’d probably still buy them if I was a rich lady for whom $840 was like $8.40 for a poor girl.

This Tribute sandal comes in a variety of other colors.

 

Yves Saint Laurent sandals

The bag would be nice to have as well but at $1,253 it’s a wee bit out of budget. I also love and want the hat; but it’s also too expensive at $300. Even the belt is a little pricey at $95.

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Roger Vivier red suede flap-over shoulder bag with large gold-toned metal buckle on flap

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This Roger Vivier red suede flap-over shoulder bag is sold out so I wouldn’t be able to get it even if I could afford it.

Reality: I can’t afford this bag so even if it wasn’t sold out all I would have of it is my desire to obtain it some day if I was ever so fortunate financially to be able to afford to pay $2,256 for a handbag.

Bag features convertible chain handles which can double as a shoulder strap.

Red suede bag with gold accents.

The Bag

Roger Vivier shoulder bag

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Sheath Comes-Colors Dress Modcloth multi color block strapless sheath dress

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I’ve tended to shy away from wearing bright bold colors all my life yet I love bright bold colors. I guess it’s because you tend to draw attention to yourself when you’re wearing bright bold colors and some people get self-conscious when other people are looking at them. Bright bold colors are probably for confident girls who treat every street hallway or whatever they are walking on like it’s a catwalk.

The Dress

Sheath Comes in Colors Dress

Dress is a multi color block strapless sheath dress.

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Modcloth Color Process pink orange blue yellow print scarf


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This scarf would go great with a nice pastel pink or pastel yellow summer dress” or something light and floral that has the colors from the scarf in it. It looks like it feels nice and soft but I can’t say as I don’t actually have the scarf. The material is 70% cotton and 30% silk. I could see wearing it with this dress:


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Modcloth Coral-ly Invited Dress

I love and want the Yves Saint Laurent Tribute high heel patent sandals I used in the set for the Coral-ly Invited Dress but it’s probably some kind of fashion don’t to wear $840 shoes with a 58 dollar dress. I also love and want the MARC JACOBS Noho Quilting Coral Bag. The price tag on that is $595. The bracelet is a $495 CHLOE Papaya Holly Enamel Bangle.

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Outfit with Giuseppe Zanotti caged sandal and Herve Leger Johanna Ombre dress

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Giuseppe Zanotti caged sandals

Giuseppe Zanotti caged sandals with a Herve Leger Johanna Ombre dress.

Combined the shoes and dress cost $2″ 455. When you throw in the gorgeous blue Marc Jacobs Electric-blue quilted leather shoulder bag the price goes up to $3 513.

I know there are people who could get up this minute and go out shopping on a whim and spend $3 513 without batting an eyelash. If I could get my hands on $3500 right now it would be a serious windfall.

The necklace and bracelet are each $100 and available via amritasingh.com and the necklace is $300 available via tiffany.com

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Outfit with Modcloth Blossom Day Soon floral print dress

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How cute is this dress? I’ts a $115 dress. Fabric is 100% polyester. I love the bright flowers on particular shade of green. You have so many options for the color of shoes you can wear with the dress. There are some nice ideas on Polyvore. These two are my favorite.

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I really love the shoes in the above set. Looks like a lot of other people loved them too because they appear to be sold out.

KG Kurt Geiger sandals

The bag is also nice; but so super bright. It’s a $1,685 Dolce & Gabbana bag

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I definitely want the bag in this second set. It’s gorgeous and only $455 by comparison to the Dolce Gabbana bag. Of course this bag is also sold out. Not that I would have been able to buy it if it was in stock.

Tote bag

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Outfit with Dorothy Perkins Multi polka-dot flared dress

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Saw this dress and liked it. Lots of interesting set ideas for wearing the dress but this one was my favorite

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Love and want the black 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli Satchel. It’s an $895 dollar bag so you know” can’t afford it.

The Bag

3 1 Phillip Lim handbag

Also love and want the shoes but they are super expensive as well. They are $558. The description says they are orange suede but they look more yellow to me.

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Giuseppe Zanotti pumps
The cuff bracelet is cute also. It is an Etro Ridged two-tone cuff bracelet. The two tones are black and nude. It’s a $233 bracelet.

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I want this cropped length tapered fit leopard print blazer from Newport News

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Like I was saying before jackets are one item of clothing I don’t think you can have too many of and I would definitely have in my dream closet a wide variety of jackets.

This is a cropped fitted leopard print blazer. I like the outfit the model is wearing over all. I think it would look good with some nice black stiletto pumps.

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I want this black leather boyfriend blazer from Newport News

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Can you really ever have too many jackets? I don’t think so and the more options of colors and style you have the better. I got two leather jackets from Newport News last year when they had their Black Friday sale. I liked them both although I think I got them two sizes two big.

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