3/17/12

Green with Envy: Dresses


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The one thing I love more than a ravishing red dress... a gorgeous green one!
Isn't this woman lovely with her green silk dress and red lipstick?


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I immediately fell in love with Cecilia's green dress in the movie Atonement.
" As she pulled it on she approved of the firm caress of the bias cut through the silk of her petticoat, and she felt sleekly impregnable, slippery and secure; it was a mermaid who rose to meet her in her own full-length mirror."   (from Atonement, the novel by Ian McEwan)
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Oh my goodness.  This lovely lady got married in this stunning, glistening, embellished, green wedding gown.  Seriously too gorgeous for words.  How magical.

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I would love to own and wear this^ little button-down number.

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Better yet, I'd fancy this^ lush green flapper dress.  *swoon*

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Sarah Jessica Parker looks effortlessly chic in this flowy green dress, no?

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Yet another beautiful bride walking down the aisle... this time in kelly green.

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And last, but certainly not least... the dress that started it all.  The first time I ever watched Gone with the Wind (at my grandma's house, at about age eight) I absolutely adored Scarlett O'Hara's green velvet dress that she had whipped up from draperies.  Such a creative diy spirit for a Civil War-era Southern belle!  So not only did that movie inspire my unfading love for Rhett Butler, but it also sparked my infatuation for gorgeous green frocks.  


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2 comments:

Unknown said...

You're soooo right - I also adore the dress that Cecilia wears in Atonement :) I wish one could wear beautiful dresses like those lovely ones you posted every day. Which one was your favourite then?

Shelby said...

This is such a perfect post for St. Patty's Day! Green looks gorgeous on everyone:)