By all traditional thinking, this young woman is a splendid cacophony of what not to wear together–black felt hat, a print dress that could have easily been resurrected from a 1950s summer, black scarf, black hose, white sandals and flowers in her hair. Stuck on the cusp between winter and spring and ready to dive either way. Rather than comments on what she's doing wrong, I hope that people see her for what she truly epitomizes–the relentless hope that conditions will improve. But if not, she'll adjust. Human resiliency is a wondrous thing.
It's too much! The flower in the air, the dress, the hose, the shoes. My eye doesn't know where to settle. She's enjoying herself but her appearance is the definition of "busy."
I love having a glimpse into the trend-free side of fashion. She's absolutely stunning and her outfit and smile exude joy. Thanks for covering this event – I don't think I've seen so many consecutive smiles on a streetstyle blog!
I love all of the separate pieces of this outfit, but am having a really hard time deciding what I think of all of them together. I think I'd like to see her standing up or in motion.
The outfit is great. I think the blanket takes away from the great colors – it sort of blends the blues of her dress and tights. Had she been sitting on the grass the contrast would be more apparent.
I also think she'd look great without the piercing.
I'm so glad you've been covering Gov's Island. I spent most of my time as a child there because my dad worked for the Coast Guard and I've always thought that it was one of the most beautiful gems in the city. I'm now in Oklahoma City, 13 years later, and your pictures bring out both the best of the island's beauty and some fantastic style shots. Thanks.
For a women to wear an outfit of florals boy to you need BIG kahunas. This lovely lady just epitomizes understated cool. She has a great confidence about her and the mix of textiles in this photo is almost touchable. great photo.
Young, spirited, idiosyncratic – redefining what works and what doesn't. Don't fool yourself thinking her outfit is the result of an accident: note the eyeshadow and nailpolish. She is brilliant. Love her!
There's definately a lot going on in her outfit but I think it works and that she pulls it off. The colours are so pretty and I just love all the florals, especially her tights.
It's a perfect outfit to make one feel serene and sweetly melancholic. Is there a specific name for the shoes? I thought it's oxford but I keep getting mixed feedback. thks!
Patrycja
June 16, 2009 at 8:45 am
cute :)
Stacy
June 16, 2009 at 8:45 am
i love how she mixes so much print and colour! she looks so carefree and pretty
http://fashionhandglide.blogspot.com
whyioughtta
June 16, 2009 at 8:58 am
Gorgeous. Colour. Composition.
Laura Gerencser
June 16, 2009 at 9:17 am
Love her tights!
FiL
June 16, 2009 at 9:19 am
Wow very very nice colors, Very good pix…I love the flowers and the shoes :)
Philippe
http://www.punkgeisha.com
Tili_lili
June 16, 2009 at 9:20 am
I love how she's wearing all floral, yet doesn't look tacky or OTT.
JamieDOTBall
June 16, 2009 at 9:24 am
wonderful paisley isnt seen enough anymore..it can be timeless :)!
Anonymous
June 16, 2009 at 9:26 am
By all traditional thinking, this young woman is a splendid cacophony of what not to wear together–black felt hat, a print dress that could have easily been resurrected from a 1950s summer, black scarf, black hose, white sandals and flowers in her hair. Stuck on the cusp between winter and spring and ready to dive either way. Rather than comments on what she's doing wrong, I hope that people see her for what she truly epitomizes–the relentless hope that conditions will improve. But if not, she'll adjust. Human resiliency is a wondrous thing.
Nataliexxx
June 16, 2009 at 9:28 am
Picture perfect :-)
xxx
singaporeshortstories.blogspot.com
June 16, 2009 at 9:43 am
Great photo!
Debarge
June 16, 2009 at 9:45 am
my oh my how that print POPS!
by char C
June 16, 2009 at 9:46 am
i love the flower piece in the hair area!!
http://purple-bliss.blogspot.com
Designer Clothing
June 16, 2009 at 10:18 am
Nice image great colour
Dirk S.
June 16, 2009 at 10:19 am
wow, I dont like it… :D
Anonymous
June 16, 2009 at 10:32 am
It's too much! The flower in the air, the dress, the hose, the shoes. My eye doesn't know where to settle. She's enjoying herself but her appearance is the definition of "busy."
Jenny
June 16, 2009 at 10:35 am
Completely amazing! I love the flowers in her hair!!!
Jenny
June 16, 2009 at 10:36 am
Completely amazing! I love the flowers in her hair!!!
Maria Confer
June 16, 2009 at 10:40 am
The print/color of her dress and her makeup are wonderful.
Pretty Little World
June 16, 2009 at 10:43 am
Beautiful photograph. Gorgeous girl.
Perfection.
Hanna Persson
June 16, 2009 at 10:56 am
the colours of her dress look amazing together.
Fannah
June 16, 2009 at 11:03 am
Love how the dress makes you dizzy and the tights make it even better/worse.
Hannah
June 16, 2009 at 11:07 am
I love having a glimpse into the trend-free side of fashion. She's absolutely stunning and her outfit and smile exude joy. Thanks for covering this event – I don't think I've seen so many consecutive smiles on a streetstyle blog!
Chapstick Kills
June 16, 2009 at 11:11 am
i love oversized flowers. this chic did it right.
http://www.chapstickkills.blogspot.com
http://www.nonamenothings.blogspot.com
autumn's darkroom
June 16, 2009 at 11:12 am
I love love love those tights.
cleo
June 16, 2009 at 11:20 am
I love all of the separate pieces of this outfit, but am having a really hard time deciding what I think of all of them together. I think I'd like to see her standing up or in motion.
loveroffashion
June 16, 2009 at 11:23 am
she is adorable.
L'armadio del delitto
June 16, 2009 at 11:34 am
So cute!
Anonymous
June 16, 2009 at 11:50 am
It's like grandma's homedress…
BriSa
June 16, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Super style, super combination! lovely!
kristensta
June 16, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Beeeeautiful! She must be from the South or something.
pml
June 16, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Wow. I gotta say I love your "On the Street" series of posts. Great to see different, individual styles of people in REALITY.
If anyone would like to post their own styles or works (if you design) peepmyline.com is a nice little community on the come up.
Chago
June 16, 2009 at 12:24 pm
The outfit is great. I think the blanket takes away from the great colors – it sort of blends the blues of her dress and tights. Had she been sitting on the grass the contrast would be more apparent.
I also think she'd look great without the piercing.
Her nails match perfectly!
Anonymous
June 16, 2009 at 12:29 pm
the tights are from FREE PEOPLE!
Bookworm
June 16, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I'm not a big fan of the tights with the dress, but I love those vintage shoes, funky eye makeup, and bright flower! She just pops!
die Blume
June 16, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Excellent! She is a Beauty!
Caroline Bingley
June 16, 2009 at 12:34 pm
"You're never fully dressed without a smile." It doesn't get better than this.
She makes up for the fact that so many of these fashion pictures are cluttered with faux somber expressions.
Beth
June 16, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Beautiful girl! Wonderful look…
arteydespues
June 16, 2009 at 12:51 pm
beautiful!!, a great outfit.
ana
June 16, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I love her dress blue and pink perfect indeed!
http://www.blogdljr.blogspot.com
Mona
June 16, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Ohh, so beautiful!
Lucy
June 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
pink eyeshadow – wheee! And check out those razor sharp eyebrows!
Peeptoes
June 16, 2009 at 1:55 pm
great look! so apropiate 4 this season1
Soren Lorensen
June 16, 2009 at 2:01 pm
those tights are stunning
Anonymous
June 16, 2009 at 2:28 pm
this girl must be some kinda special awesome! i bet she has a hairless cat at home or something equally as rare and amazing!
evalyn
June 16, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Excuse me? Nothing about this is good – she's young and beautiful dressed like her old granny.
Craig S.
June 16, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I'm so glad you've been covering Gov's Island. I spent most of my time as a child there because my dad worked for the Coast Guard and I've always thought that it was one of the most beautiful gems in the city. I'm now in Oklahoma City, 13 years later, and your pictures bring out both the best of the island's beauty and some fantastic style shots. Thanks.
Eralda LT
June 16, 2009 at 2:56 pm
This is a gorgeous photographs, as are all of the Governor's Island series of photos. I love the colors, the smile, the sitting pretty. Perfect!
Nick Leonard
June 16, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I like her makeup.
Bombshell Kitten
June 16, 2009 at 3:32 pm
The color palette is beautiful. Not so sure about the dress though.
Ty Ty
June 16, 2009 at 3:42 pm
your photos always capture that beauty… cute outfit!
xoxo
http://sheblogsfashion.blogspot.com/
*c
June 16, 2009 at 5:00 pm
so pretty! i love all the patterns and that flower…
Boya
June 16, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Her outfit is a vibrantly beautiful trip
CW
June 16, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I like the way her leaf and paisley stockings echo the leaf and paisley pattern in the dress.
imnotmygeneration
June 16, 2009 at 6:24 pm
For a women to wear an outfit of florals boy to you need BIG kahunas. This lovely lady just epitomizes understated cool. She has a great confidence about her and the mix of textiles in this photo is almost touchable. great photo.
http://www.imnotmygeneration.blogspot.com
liz xo
Anonymous
June 16, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Whoever said that she must be from the south just insulted the south. Fantastic makeup, love her eyebrows. I'll pass on the rest.
Anonymous
June 16, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Color perfect!!!!!!
Print perfect!!!!!!
Thank you so much……
Bahrain Fashion
June 16, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Gorgeous!! XD
XX
victoria k
June 16, 2009 at 7:49 pm
i love the colour.
…& the flowers in her hair…& the dress!!
Anonymous
June 16, 2009 at 9:46 pm
yes, she looks happy but the site is about her attire and that – is a cold mess.
Anonymous
June 16, 2009 at 10:35 pm
love the attitude but couldn't pull off myself
-
June 16, 2009 at 10:57 pm
absolutely gorgeous! interesting, colorful makeup as well
Daisy
June 17, 2009 at 1:06 am
I love her. just her presence. her clothes almost dont matter when you look at that smile
Anonymous
June 17, 2009 at 1:11 am
perfection
chicmuse
June 17, 2009 at 1:16 am
I love the tights
Chicmuse
http://thechicmuse.blogspot.com
Anonymous
June 17, 2009 at 1:48 am
this is one of the coolest photos I've ever seen! LOVE IT!!!
Caity180
June 17, 2009 at 1:58 am
She is amazing!
ocgirl
June 17, 2009 at 3:28 am
So so cute!!
You always take fantastic pictures..greetings from California
joanne
June 17, 2009 at 4:17 am
Love the tights and the whole look. It's very unconventional.
Anonymous
June 17, 2009 at 4:53 am
Definetely beautiful…:))
Cheers
Monica
Anonymous
June 17, 2009 at 5:28 am
so not mainstream. notice how the pink nails are the same as the pink dress. and the towel magnificently adds to the noisy colour.
the sophisticat
June 17, 2009 at 6:12 am
exactly that.
thesophisticat.blogspot.com
Anonymous
June 17, 2009 at 9:28 am
governor's island?! in NH by chance?
Jack Daniel
June 17, 2009 at 9:44 am
probably your most colourful pic of this month. :)
Giavanna
June 17, 2009 at 10:19 am
i am WILD about this look. so original, great mix of patterns and colors and styles! love it!
Anonymous
June 17, 2009 at 11:48 am
Young, spirited, idiosyncratic – redefining what works and what doesn't. Don't fool yourself thinking her outfit is the result of an accident: note the eyeshadow and nailpolish. She is brilliant. Love her!
harps
June 17, 2009 at 12:52 pm
beautiful tights!
Anonymous
June 17, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Beautiful, daring and fun. It should inspire more of us to take fashion risks!
Charlotte.
June 17, 2009 at 8:24 pm
There's definately a lot going on in her outfit but I think it works and that she pulls it off. The colours are so pretty and I just love all the florals, especially her tights.
- Charlotte. =].
chicmuse
June 18, 2009 at 2:19 am
the mix is great. Love the entire outfit.
Chicmuse
thechicmuse.blogspot.com
Anonymous
June 18, 2009 at 3:58 am
hmmm…
not so nice
Chanel
June 18, 2009 at 8:46 am
honestly I don't like it at all..
dirtyflaws
June 18, 2009 at 1:10 pm
these girl is beautiful xx
lo
June 18, 2009 at 3:28 pm
loveee your mix style!!!
the flowers on your head…wonderful.
lo.
http://www.lovintrash.blogspot.com
Anonymous
June 18, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Those flowers in her hair are best of all. Followed by the matching fuschia eyeshadow.
(Although her smile may trump the fashion altogether).
Golden Girl Olive
June 19, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I'm not sure about the shoes, but I like that she has her own definite sense of style.
Also, J'ADORE this new seasonal trend among American women of wearing big flowers in the hair! It makes me anxious for summer to really get here!
Olive
http://www.VisforOlive.blogspot.com
Charlene
June 20, 2009 at 11:19 am
STUNNER.
tricia campbell
June 22, 2009 at 12:15 am
she has such a pretty smile.
the outfit is too much though. either have just the flower & dress or the dress and tights. shoes are cute too.
Berry
June 27, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Those flowers in her hair are too cute! I love the colors!
Louise
June 28, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Adoreable. I want her whole outfit.
Ćasiczka
July 8, 2009 at 5:29 pm
i love you photos sooo much! they're amazing!
Rucks
July 15, 2009 at 3:57 am
It's a perfect outfit to make one feel serene and sweetly melancholic. Is there a specific name for the shoes? I thought it's oxford but I keep getting mixed feedback. thks!
Anonymous
August 22, 2009 at 8:57 am
aah my eyes are aching!
singapore florist
January 20, 2011 at 4:46 am
nice smile :)