Veterinarian, Blogger & Mother. Cecylia shares her musings on life and style in the same breath. She passionately believes that "every day is worth dressing up for."
Bento jacket, Norma Kamali dress, vintage shades (similar cat eye pairs here), bag and brooch, Paula Walden ring, Miss Sixty pumps (a similar pair by Miu Miu here)
My wonderful mother-in-law gave me this vintage Norma Kamali dress she used to wear in the 80s. Super soft cotton, adorable collar, bat-wing sleeves and bias cut drop-waist skirt, it was just a matter of time that this dress would be relevant again in the 21st century. The first thing I did was a little research on the designer: New York based Norma Kamali is best known for designing a red one-piece bathing suit worn by Farrah Fawcett in the original Charlie’s Angels, and shoulder pads! Sadly, I removed her signature features because sharp shoulders on me are eye-sores. Oh! And Kamali was the first designer to create an online store on eBay! Speaking of eBay, it’s where I acquired this bag 4 years ago from! It finally has its moment of glory on the blog! What do you think of the structured bag look?
[spoiler title=”中文版”] 我的婆婆好棒。她送给我这条八十年代Norma Kamali 的裙子,是她年轻时穿的。柔软的布料，可爱的领子，蝙蝠袖和低腰款式，怪不得这条裙子几十年后又回到了时髦的二十一世纪。Norma Kamali是名纽约设计师。她最出名的作品是七十年代电视剧‘查理天使’里的女主角Farrah Fawcett 所穿的红色泳衣。八十年代的肩撑也是Norma Kamali发明的。但不巧我刚收到裙子后就剪去了二个肩撑，它们不适合我（或任何人！）。这个设计师也是第一在eBay上设立网店的。说起eBay这个古香古色的包就是四年前在eBay上买的。今天它终于登上了我的博客！你喜不喜欢这种结构性强的包？[/spoiler]
Have an amazing weekend lovelies! 祝你过一个愉快的周末！
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Beautiful dress, what a lovely gift! I really like it with the checked jacket :)
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Thank you Mica! The jacket is by BENTO
That dress is fab – what a nice gift from your mother-in-law! As for the bag: I love it! I am totally feeling structured bags at the moment. x
Yeah!! You have great taste Hannah, and looks like great minds think alike :)
Thank you for your lovely comment. Your dress is gorgeous. I’m in love with your brooch!
Aww thank you! Yes it’s an amazing piece- you can put a chain on it and wear it as a necklace also!
great look, now following
Xo Megan
very beautiful!! nice bag
thank you Tiff!
I see here a lot of expression and character, I like!
Love the jacket! So vintage! x
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Thank you! The jacket is actually not vintage :D
wow this is so stunning i love how you paired that simple beautiful black dress with that statement necklace and the checked jacket!
kiss,mary
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Thanks Mary! It’s actually a brooch not a necklace :)
Great outfit!!! The bag is absolutely amazing!!! You look so chic!
Xoxo!
thank you! Yes I love that bag too, go structured bags!
i love ur sun glasses cat-eye
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Thank you!! Cateye is super adorable!
Amazing outfit! Love your bag! :D
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Your blog is gorgeous
can you take a look at my blog
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Isn’t it so wonderful to have a piece that not only looks great but has a history too! Love these glasses also :)
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Thanks so much for your sweet comment on my post!
BENEFIT GIVEAWAY closing tomorrow…
Thanks Fifi!! Definitely! I love pieces that have a history!
I love a structured bag. Probably because it can be dressed up or down which makes it far more versatile. To me that means I will use it more and then I don’t mind spending a bit more on it if I use it all the time.
Man do I wish my mother-in-law dressed as wonderfully as yours! :)
Cheers,
Laura
Thank you Laura! Another great thing about structured bags is that you don’t tend to lose things in them :) Everything tends to be compartmentalised!
Great style, you look so classy and elegant :)
gorgeous outfit! i love that dress!
xx
jess
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thank you darling lady!!
Notice this dress is very interestingly cut. And it fits you so well too. Lucky girl! Your grandma must have very good taste too … Thanks for your comment on my blog! I guess you must already visit BOS on Cockatoo Island! I just can’t believe that everything is handmade. I’ve made a white box with embossed pattern before and it took me the whole week! Hope the artist has some little helpers doing all these large-scale works for him :)
xxdanling
Where is Cockatoo Island? Wow I’ve got to check out that place!
Im loving your blog.
I love your blog
Love your total look….. that NK dress is amazing!!
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it is! The bottom is bias cut so it’s really voluminous!
you look stunnig. head to toe.
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this look is stunning this chequered jacket is nice !
wanna follow each other on facebook and bloglovin ?
Kisses
Hannah
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Wow!! Beautiful outfit!!!
Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving lovely comment!!
Would you like to follow each other.. lemme know
Love
Mehak
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if you click “read more” you’d seee that i posted the recipe. have a lovely weekend.
awesome I’ll take a look now!
You look so amazing sweetie!Love how you combined black maxi dress with brooch and caramel bag!!! You always have so amazing bag!
xoxo
thank you, that was a gem I found on eBay when I was a total addict…