i remember several summers ago before i started my blog, i would spend almost every day wearing one of many little mexican wedding dresses i’d collected over the years. i was drawn to them after seeing a haunting image of my mom as a teenager standing in her backyard wearing a softly glowing full length dress covered in embroidered flowers. she’d picked it up on a trip to visit family in mexico, a story she would tell from time to time involving bus rides with squawking chickens, and a month without the modern convenience of regular showers and safety razors, in which her armpits grew fuzzy.
so perhaps it’s no surprise that i find myself so drawn to this cute embroidered dress, a lovely gift from lauren moffatt that was waiting for me at my hotel when i arrived in new york for fashion week this february. it evokes just a hint of those ever-popular 1970s frocks, but with a much more modern update. i love the peter pan collar and low back, and i love that i can simply throw it on with a pair of sandals and call it a day.
dress: lauren moffatt crosstown traffic dress
shoes: kork ease bette wedges
bag: j.w. hulme mini legacy bag
lipstick: ysl rouge pur in le orange
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41 comments
this is such a pretty dress! love your hair style! too cute :)
xo, Tina
you look wonderful, and I’m always drawn to those embroidered Mexican dresses in thrift shops; I should pick one up even if it’s only for decoration <3
Meghan
Such a beautiful dress! Silhouette and colors are really nice.
xx Brigita
Now this is one very pretty dress.
Very beautiful outfit and you look beautiful in it :)
Love the dress – the print, the collar, the back! everything.
Adorable dress!
ADORABLE! Absolutely love it!
xxx
Adorable dress!
What a lovely compliment to your mother. I have a haunting image of my mum, too, from the 70’s. What a beauty she was, and how desperate I am to be just like her. :)
that dress is adorable! love the wedges too!!
I myself love it too!! it reminds me of dresses i would wear when i lived in mexico!! you look gorgeous!
Love the dress, you look stunning in it!
X
That dress is so beautiful! You’re a lucky girl!
Becky
xx
beautiful!
Your dress is so darling! Perfect for warm weather.
What a beautiful dress…I am in love and it looks gorgeous on you.
the dress is super nice, especially that back, and you look very very pretty. this hair really suits you.
LOVE that dress!
ahhh such a cute dress and your hair is looking amazing here!
What a cute story. It’s funny how we are drawn to certain fashions because they remind us of something special. That’s probably why I love wearing cut-offs so much””they remind me of pre-teen summers riding bikes and building forts with my siblings and cousins. Anyway, you look lovely as always and that dress really is amazing!
love your style. the dress looks so pretty on you! you’re right its all in the little details, such as the peter pan collar and low back. what a wonderful gift!
you are one attractive lady.
How much I love that blog!!
Love the hair long like that, shorter too
It’s truly gorgeous! the collar is so sweetly face framing.
Marie
cute dress, brilliant back design!
Bises,
monkeyshines
That is such a lovely dress. I love the deep scoop back on it! You just look lovely.
Ana
I just love that dress on you. And the low back just makes it even sweeter!
Such an adorable dress and I love the story of your mom :)
What an incredible dress – the scoop back is so unexpected! And the photograph of your mother sounds exceptional; I hope you share it sometime – along with your Mexican wedding dress collection (sounds amazing!)
x
I understand bus rides with squawking chickens. :) Lovely little dress. Love the low back too.
great dress…love your haircut!
love that dress!!! and your hair at this length is perfect!
nataliya
This dress is gorgeous and I love that it conjures of memories of your mother and her travels.
prettiest easy breezy dress. and your hair looks amazing!
Xo,
steffy
That dress is AMAZING!
I love the back shape of collar, I plan to sew dress like this..
ooh, how awesome! you’ll have to show it to me once it’s finished!
Adorable!!!
I love that type of collars, beautiful dress :)
I adore the lower collar in the back!
xo Jennifer
http://seekingstyleblog.wordpress.com
This dress is so cool! I’m in love with the collar and low back. It looks like it’ll be nice and breezy during the hot weather too.