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For third daughter’s eighth grade graduation, wore a floral sheath dress. She did, too.

Story of these two dresses? The one you see here was actually ordered for a client to wear to her daughter’s graduation. When she came for her fitting and put the dress on, she knew it wasn’t it, for her. And that’s a good thing. The clothes you wear for important life events should make you feel good and look great. When you put something new on and you have to work too hard to make it feel right, it’s not right. So, she didn’t take the dress and I couldn’t let it go. When your professional life is dressing women in beautiful clothes, sometimes you get the send backs. Happy to have it, a definite perk of work. To make it my own paired it with again, edgy shoes, that’s just the way I’m feeling now, and a modern silver cuff bracelet.

Daughters’ floral white sheath dress? Spotted this when out holiday shopping back in December. Knew she needed a white dress for June so had her try it on. It was the only one we looked at and the only one she tried. She felt good and it looked great so we did it. No second guessing, quick and easy.

Dressing well is sometimes really about a feeling. When you feel good in what you’re wearing, and all my daughters tell me this, everything else is better.

Every day dress does the floral sheath dress for eighth grade graduation, both mother and daughter.

Feel good in your clothes.

Navy Impressionist Floral Dress | Worth New York Spring 2013

White Floral Eyelet Dress | Diane von Furstenberg

PS If you, or someone you know has an eye for fashion and would like to hear more about the perks of work, email me here, rebecca@everydaydress.com. Currently building a team of women that work flexible hours from home helping other women feel good in their clothes. Every day dress.

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Fifth child, she’s fourteen, and finally feel like kind of getting this right- what to wear to class day.

On a day that’s to celebrate student academic and athletic achievement, feels good to put on some color and leave that favorite dark solid color at home. Kids get it right, they’re told what to wear; navy for the young men, floral, color, or pastels for the young women, simply copy their dress code and you’re good to go.

Wore the same dress that was worn on the beach, this time with heels. A heel changes everything. This class day was indoors, stadium seating, auditorium with no outside reception following afterwards so heels were okay. Wouldn’t do this shoe on a lawn. Lunch at a downtown club followed so heels were okay there, too.

About that animal shoe print? If there were religious services involved, no way. Independent school class day. Kind of advise friends and clients to stay away from animal prints when there’s anything secular going on. Just doesn’t feel right. Would have chosen a much more conservative shoe. Might leave the skin print bag at home as well.

Even seventy-three year old Monnie got it right, been dressing her for years now- white skirt, fun green fitted silk sweater, she says she’s no spring chicken, I say she still has shape, and interesting scarf. When you’re the mom or the grand-mom, let’s leave the sundresses for the teenagers.

Every day dress wears a conservative shirt dress in a bright color with an edgy shoe for class day, many times out.

Wishing everyone wonderful class days and special occasions in the month of June.

xoxo

Shirtdress, Silk Sweater, Scarf | Worth New York

BB Pumps | Manolo Blahnik

PS Go Blue, Elizabeth and team won the cup.

 

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Lifestyle post: husband and I hosted thirty rising high school freshman for overnight co-ed camping this past weekend.

Fifth child is graduating from eighth grade on Wednesday and to celebrate she wanted to have her entire class out to the country house for a tent camp-out. Of course we said yes.

Party day was preceded by three days of rain. Lots of mud and lots of memories. These kids arrived at three for swimming, pitched their tents, had dinner at seven all at the same long table, danced in the barn, made s’mores and sang by the campfire, got a little rest and were served brunch at eleven. Pick-up at one.

So what do husband and wife hosts wear when entertaining thirty thirteen and fourteen year olds? Anything you can. We were so stinking busy the only thing I can remember were the boots, the apron, the muscle, and the smile.

Dinner was doable, brunch the stretch. Fifty-four eggs, five pounds of bacon, four dozen bagels, two pounds of cream cheese, a watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew and grapes required two hours of assembly.

It was messy, not perfect, yet absolutely great.

Every day dress worked a little woodstock this past weekend. Congratulations, Elizabeth. So proud of you.

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It’s been a cool and wet stretch here in upstate New York and with the arrival in the mailbox of Fall Preview Look Books can’t help but to think about the clothing season ahead.

Dark nail color is a perennial favorite and pretty much feels like a closet basic. Wore Chanel Vamp when it first debuted in 1994. The love affair with dark short nails continues and Essie’s Wicked is a grocery store fashion quick fix. A high fashion look for less than $10. Bergdorf Goodman’s Fall Preview 2013 Magazine shows many models with dark short nails.

That’s the Wicked part of the post. Now for the Boy:

Absolutely crazy for the Chanel Medium Boy flap bag in black Celtic cable-quilted lambskin, on page 95 of the Bergdorf Goodman Magazine Fall Preview 2013. At $4,400 that would be a long distance stretch for the Fall clothing budget, and quite honestly would probably make me a wicked girl if I went there. Going with the Chanel lipstick with the same name; Rouge Coco Shine Hydrating Sheer Lipshine #54 Boy. An easy to wear every day color. A $34 lipstick is easier to plan for than the $4,400 bag.

At $34, you can get the Boy feeling on your face, and with the $10 Essie nail color, you can have the Wicked feeling on your hands. Wicked Boy. Still thinking about the bag.

Have a great weekend all, and, every day dress.

Essie Nail Color | Wicked

Chanel Rouge Coco Shine Hydrating Sheer Lipshine | #54 Boy

 

 

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To hear Susan Plagemann, vice president and publisher of Vogue magazine speak at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in support of the WNY Women’s Foundation, chose to wear a skirt suit.

Not the usual pick but given the venue and the speaker wanted to wear something a little modern and perhaps a little graphic. This textured print cocoon jacket made me feel on trend in a room of over 300 fashion forward and very well dressed women. Fabric, 100% cotton, and jacket being unlined, made this skirt suit feel easy while the shape and the strong pattern made me feel well dressed. Will probably wear the two pieces as separates, they are strong enough to stand on their own, but for this event a matched skirt suit felt right.

Bag and shoe? You’ve seen those before, plenty. Invest in a few fabulous accessories and wear wear wear. Bag is a little oversized but wanted to have someplace to stow the event program and any other papers that might be distributed. Shoe? The absolutely most comfortable footwear in the closet at present.

About the WNY Women’s Foundation? The vision of the WNY Women’s Foundation is a community in which all women and girls have the opportunity to thrive. The mission of the WNY Women’s Foundation is to remove roadblocks and provide opportunities to enable women and girls to become self-sufficient.

Every day dress loves supporting the important work of the WNY Women’s Foundation.

Susan Plagemann was outstanding; articulate, intelligent, interesting, focused, impressive, human, and inspiring. She wore what looked to be a completely matched white linen pant suit.

Ivory Chocolate Textured Print Cocoon Jacket and Skirt | Worth New York Summer 2013

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Friend and client Wendy loves beautiful clothing, bright colors, does Pilates, has weekly manicures, juggles three kids and cooks things like chicken picatta and asparagus for dinner. Does she wear a size 4, or maybe a 12? No, and doesn’t matter one bit, equal opportunity here at every day dress.

Fabulous skirt she has on? Dressed my seventy-three year old mom in that and Wendy saw it and wanted one too. Sparkles are for all women.

Suggested she pair it with this fabulous silk cowl neck cold shoulder sweater. She took my advice sight unseen and told me to order away. When you have something really special on the bottom and working with separates, best to keep the top half as simple as possible. Cowl neck and cold shoulder add a little more sexiness. She looks great and was thrilled.

Her new black sweater looks good too with the bright coral pant. My friend Wendy is every day dress for sure with her new sweater, fun skirt, and bright pant. Oh, the places she can go.

Every day dress dresses my friend Wendy. Beautiful clothing is for all women.

all clothing | you know where I’m going with this

Worth New York

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Wouldn’t it be great to be one of those girls, maybe for five minutes or a day, the fashion bloggers that spend vacation weeks in Greece with a fabulous beach wardrobe, are twenty-six years old and kind of only really worry about what outfit they are wearing next, or totally connected financially, socially, and geographically?

Not happening here at every day dress, have lived here in upstate New York almost forty-eight years. Have had a love of fashion as long as I can remember, rode by bicycle at the age of eleven while parents were out to the neighborhood pharmacy to buy the most current issue of Vogue magazine, and have helped to dress other women since oldest daughter was born, twenty-three years ago.

After a full day of pulling weeds and moving very heavy furniture, chose earth tones to dress the tired body for a lovely dinner with husband and two youngest daughters out in town. Earth tones, really not the wardrobe usual, but loving this bandeau top for a hot summer night. Went with this color, Cinnamon, as like the shoemakers son dressed all the best clients in the first color choice, Carbon or Black, and now the earth tones are left, Cinnamon and Olive, and recently bought them both.

Yes, jeans are still tight, farmer girl at heart, and every day dress wears earth tones on a Saturday night out in the country.

Like the bandeau top? Email me here, rebecca@everydaydress.com, and will see what I can do. Earth tones, most likely.

Bandeau | Worth New York | Spring Summer 2013

 

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Making dinner and walking outdoors are two things that can make any good day better.

It’s been busy, full house this past weekend and every meal felt like a party. For Wednesday night send-off for Boston College daughter chicken fajitas and spanish rice for six required practically every pan in the kitchen. Dinner for six was the smallest party since last week Thursday.

To keep from going over the edge, getting outdoors, out of the office  and out of the kitchen for a long walk refuels the mind and body for whatever comes up next.

Food and fitness, keep it coming.

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For a busy day look chose a longer length black skirt, side ruched tee, and lug soled sandals instead of the requisite black jeans or black pants.

Super easy, yes, it’s mostly black, but it’s a skirt and the longer length made it feel different. Feeling like the skinny jeans have been getting way too much play.

Next, instead of black, will definitely have to move towards another neutral, maybe white.

Every day dress does a longer length black skirt instead of black skinnies. Felt good, and different.