The Sartorialist

Woaw – what a cool look such a brilliant design of the dots – classic but with a playfull twist.

Very stylish young person.

so it’s still spring in new york, ey? :P absolutely gorgeus, the hair, the shoes and the dress. and the cut of that dress. love how young people bring such beauty to old fashion. thank you scott!

Now THAT is perfection!

Love veverything about her look! It’s perfect!
She has a great smile!

Ahhh…. perfect, from the hairdo to the flipped-up collar of her *fabulous* shirtdress to her t-strap heels. This is the kind of look that always looks fresh, no matter what age you are.

Brilliant design and pattern. I like how the polka dots draw the eye down and up, but not to the middle (not that she has anything to worry about. In her case, she the belt is a great touch for showing off her great figure) Her stylishness and insouciance complete the look beautifully. Bravo!

What a gorgeous lady and stunning picture. Where was it taken?

It looks great on her. She has the right figure and hair.

This is off topic, but I posted this Ann Sexton poem here on this blog on September 11th a year ago and, as a fellow new yorker, I hope you don’t mind if I post it again today.

Carter

Riding the Elevator Into the Sky
By Anne Sexton (1975)

As the fireman said:
Don’t book a room over the fifth floor in any hotel in New York.
They have ladders that will reach further
but no one will climb them.
As the New York Times said:
The elevator always seeks out
the floor of the fire
and automatically opens
and won’t shut.
These are the warnings
that you must forget
if you’re climbing out of yourself.
If you’re going to smash into the sky.

Many times I’ve gone past
the fifth floor,
cranking upward,
but only once
have I gone all the way up.
Sixtieth floor:
small plants and swans bending
into their grave.
Floor two hundred:
mountains with the patience of a cat,
silence wearing its sneakers.
Floor five hundred:
messages and letters centuries old,
birds to drink,
a kitchen of clouds.
Floor six thousand:
the stars,
skeletons on fire,
their arms singing.
And a key,
a very large key,
that opens something –
some useful door –
somewhere –
up there.

want the dress! want the shoes! love it, love it! the belted dress look is fab.

I love it! So beautiful, refreshing, and modest!

a modern audrey hepburn. I love it

Very chic. Almost looks like a Parisian…

Wow, everything works here. So beautiful!

Positively the Same, thanks so much for the Sexton poem–particularly welcome on a sad day that can go sentimentally lugubrious….

Butch

YES!! Eveything here works, love the simplicity!!

Comment for anon 9:13… Nothing left for the viewer? How about that nice sensation of looking at someone confident in what she’s wearing? The feeling that you want to smile in response to another’s warm smile, which brightens your whole day? And I disagree that this look is overdone–her hair is cut so well, it looks like it’s pretty much a wash-and-wear kind of style. Nothing is simpler than putting on a great dress–the true style, I believe, is in the little flip of the collar. That is making a great dress her own (as well as the slightly conspiratorial smile).

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Beautiful! Perfect!

gorgeous…if she wore that in my town, cars would be fender-bendering each other while taking an extra glance at such a vision…and what girl wouldn’t take that as a compliment?

sorry to be debbie downer but… not that impressed. i guess i would like it more if it didn’t seem like she had spent so long preening and perfecting. i like the shoes. i like the bag. i like the hair. i do not like polka dots. i do not like the collar on the dress nor the sleeves. i especially do not like the collar and the sleeves combined. AND i’m really over the belt. sorry. you also mention that she’s a young sophisticate which makes this outfit that much worse. if shes around my age, which she probably is, it just seems as if she’s trying too hard to be “grown up”. just makes me feel that she’s playing dress up. too costume-y. she needs something that would throw it off and she obviously thought the bag would do the trick. not so much….

This really looks like a model shoot.Only the bag-which is too massive for the light outfit-shakes the picture.Perhaps the bag could be some other shape plus color,then the model effect would be perfect.

so cute in general – i love the hair.

Love it all – especially her hair!

Proper lady, with a proper dress – love it!

wow. great. that´s it. I can´t say any more.

actually, the shoes are python christian louboutins (about $795). look closely and you’ll see the red soles.

ohhh she’s lovely
what a gorgeous dress! and that smile!!
bella!!

I like to imagine she’s meeting someone special after work.

Lucky someone.

– desertwind

On a mundane level — anyone know who made the dress?

she looks great, but unless she is is actualy carting something important, I thinkl this oversized bag thing has gone too far.

There really aren’t that many people like this in NY. I was there last weekend. 95% of the people look ridiculous.

that is a rip of of a last season oscar de la renta dress

Smoothe and deliciously classic. I miss New York when I see her.

The dress is similar in style to a black (with white polka dots) dress I have from democracy. I see someone referenced de la Renta. Did anyone find for certain who made the dress.

It is a Kay Unger dress … on clearance at Neiman Marcus.

s version of agyness deynes with dark hair!