I am slowly acquiring the items from my Miss Candyfloss wishlist for the “Viva Rita” lookbook. Today I’m taking a look at the Poria-Sable dress, which has a beautiful floral print in white and blue and detachable bows on the shoulders.
I accessorized with my most sparkly brooch and a floral Splendette stack, plus a white hat and gloves:
The dress is linen, and at this point, I think it’s pretty safe to say I’ve made my peace with that fabric!
This is a lovely, feminine look for spring!
Stay tuned to see another way I’m planning on styling it in the future!
I don’t have a lot of blouses in my wardrobe (mainly because I primarily wear dresses, not skirts), and the few I do have are more suitable for autumn and winter. When I saw the new Cleona-Floria sheer floral blouse from Miss Candyfloss, I knew it would be the perfect spring addition to by closet. For its first outing, I paired it with last season’s Cressida-Lee skirt, and they really look like they were meant to go together!
Don’t let the word sheer frighten you…only the sleeves are truly sheer…the body of the blouse is more substantial than you’d think.
I accessorized with an Erstwilder Pysanka egg brooch, a stack of Splendette Duchess Bangles, and silver hoop earrings:
I love how light and lovely this look is, and the blouse is so breezy, it will be perfect for the warmer summer months!
I’m looking forward to wearing the blouse with a pair of palazzo pants perfect for spring next…stay tuned!
This year for Easter, I wanted to wear something really different!
I don’t normally wear wiggle dresses (or lime green), but when I saw the Grainne-Lina dress and the Jordi-Lina blazer from Miss Candyfloss, I couldn’t get them out of my mind! The cut of the jacket, in particular, is so striking, with the double collar, wide sleeves, lovely peplum, and green polka dot trim, and the color just screams spring and Easter!
My fears about how I look in green have been completely assuaged…I actually think it’s a really fabulous shade for me!
I feel ready to walk down 5th Avenue in this outfit!
I decided to go with pink accessories, featuring a fascinator and lace gloves. I added a stack of Splendette Duchess Bangles, a new Easter brooch from Erstwilder, and a pair of SUGARFIX by Baublebar butterfly earrings that I found at Target:
I continue to be impressed with how well Miss Candyfloss does peplums!
Here’s a look at the dress without the blazer. I love the detail at the waist!
I love trying something new, and I’m really excited about how well this worked out!
The Estee-Spring dress from last year’s Miss Candyfloss Lilibeth collection is one of my favorites, and I’ve been looking for ways to work it back into my wardrobe as spring approaches. As I was looking at the options in my closet, I realized that the darker blue stripe on the dress is almost a perfect match to the lovely blue of the Minerva-Lee blazer from last season’s Exquisite collection!
I accessorized with a moon and cloud brooch from the Erstwilder/Care Bears collaboration, and a pastel stack of Splendette Duchess Bangles:
I love the colors of this outfit!
I still can’t believe how outstanding the peplum on the blazer is!
This is great way to fill in the gaps in the transitional times of year as far as the weather goes, but I’m looking forward to going full spring soon!
Last autumn, I had some fun mixing and matching some unexpected pieces from my wardrobe, and in some cases, looking for ways to transition some of my spring/summer pieces into fall. I’m back at it, but this time I’m looking at a winter to spring transition, featuring my new Dashi-Sable coat from the Miss Candyfloss “Exquisite” collection and the Estee-Spring dress from last year’s collection “Lilibeth” collection.
The blue of the coat really brings out the blue stripes on the dress!
I accessorized with a stack of Splendette Duchess Bangles, and an adorable Jemima Puddleduck brooch from Erstwilder:
The pink lining of the coat and the faux fur trim also goes really well with the dress!
I love finding new ways to combine pieces and dress for the changing seasons!
I have just one more piece from the Miss Candyfloss “Exquisite” collection to share…a coat I picked up from their 40% off sale!
The Dashi-Sable coat is a gorgeous shade of blue, perfect for winter, but also a great color year-round. It has a subtle marquise pattern in varying shades of blue and pink, faux fur trim at the neck and cuffs, and a detachable hood (which is a new feature for me).
I’m really excited I was able to add this coat to my wardrobe, especially since the Exquisite collection was inspired by fashion label Lilli Ann, who were known for their coats…it seems very appropriate that I would add such a piece this season!
I accessorized with a pair of Splendette bracelets and an Erstwilder brooch:
Isn’t the pattern lovely?!?
Here’s a look at the coat belted but unbuttoned (which may be my favorite way to wear it):
And a look at it without the belt:
I love the pink satin lining!
It’s a both comfortable and elegant piece!
I’m already obsessed with this coat, and I’m planning on wearing it as often as possible before the temperatures rise!
Time for a look back at all of the significant outfits I wore in 2023! I only included looks with purpose, so my super casual grocery shopping outfits, for example, won’t be seen here. But it was a busy year, with a decent amount of travel and special events, so I had a lot of reasons to “dress up,” including a few days with multiple outfits. You’ll see my favorite brands well-represented…Miss Candyfloss and Rare Dirndl for clothes, and Splendette and Erstwilder for accessories. There are also a few “cute casual” outfits sprinkled throughout on days I didn’t feel like wearing a dress or it wasn’t appropriate for the occasion. And there are also a few rare “Sartorial Saturday” looks that I photographed just for fun (like my Daisy Duck Disney Bound), that I didn’t wear anywhere in particular…but most are outfits that really went somewhere!
It was a lot of fun to put this gallery together, and it also helped me keep track of what I’ve been wearing…I think I wore everything in my wardrobe at least once during the course of the year, and you can definitely tell what my favorite pieces are, because they’re on repeat!
Here’s a look back at my “Festive Fashions” this Christmas…I got really lucky this year, because Christmas Eve and Advent IV fell on the same date, so I got to wear two different outfits to two different church services. For the morning service, I wore my Tassie-Aurea dress from Miss Candyfloss. I accessorized with a sparkly hair comb from Vixen by Micheline Pitt, my most sparkly Christmas brooch, and a pair of Splendette Duchess bangles. I wanted to wear my cape with this dress, but it was just too warm!
For the evening service, I wore a very old dress from Igigi that used to be my every-Christmas-Eve look. I haven’t worn it since before the pandemic, but I decided that since I got to go retro in the morning, evening was a good time to just go glam. I accessorized with the same brooch and hair comb, and switched out my Splendette stack.
After we got home, I changed into my dark green Miss Candyfloss Chantilly-Pine dressing gown, as is my Christmas Eve custom. I kept the brooch and hair comb, and switched out my Splendette stack again, and added my newest Splendette beads.
This morning, I wore my red Everyday Dirndl from Rare Dirndl with my new Christmas apron. I mixed up the accessories, wearing an Edelweiss wrap bracelet-as-choker, and a Splendette stack and earrings, plus a wintry floral crown:
I really love coming up with festive looks, and this year was especially fun!
Time for a look at my final purchase from the Miss Candyfloss “Exquisite” collection…the elegant Morna-Bo jumpsuit!
I didn’t realize it until the jumpsuit arrived, but the hat from Mein Wunderbarer Hutsalon that I won in the Miss Candyfloss Instagram giveaway is a perfect match for the jumpsuit! I added a pair of Splendette Duchess Bangles and an Erstwilder brooch to complete my accessories.
I love the elegant bishop sleeves, and the fact that they’re sheer makes them extra glamorous somehow:
The colors of the jumpsuit are perfect for winter (especially the lovely berry shade of the top)…I’d love to see how they stand out against a backdrop of snow (if it ever snows here this winter)!
I really enjoyed this Miss Candyfloss collection, and I’m looking forward to seeing what they have in store for 2024!
Today I’m taking a look at a very glamorous Christmas dress, the amazing Tassie-Aurea dress from Miss Candyfloss!
I have wanted a dress in this style, which has lovely scarves that trail from the shoulders, for quite a while, but I hadn’t found quite the right color or length (Miss Candyfloss has made dresses like this in a floor length in the past). When I saw this dress in ivory, with a lovely rust-colored flower print, I knew that it was perfect, because while it’s a Christmas dress, the color palette can work in pretty much any season!
I kept my accessories fairly simple since the dress is so gorgeous on its own, so I added a simple, subtle stack of Splendette Duchess Bangles and my standard necklace with matching earrings and called it a day.
I feel like I’ve stepped right out of White Christmas, which is just about the highest praise I could give any dress!
The scarves are my favorite feature of the dress…they add such an elegance and wonderful sense of movement!
You can even wear them different ways!
Even glamorous dresses can have pockets!
Now that I’ve tried this style of dress, I’d love to add it to my wardrobe in more colors and patterns!
