No boys allowed!

As you all may know, this summer I got the chance to spend a week in NYC. On one of my shopping escapades I picked up this one of a kind, 1950's vintage prom dress (which I wore to my senior homecoming!) and also had the best experience at Shareen, a spectacular vintage shop. 

Tulle, lace, and soft pastel blue.. sigh, I'm a girly girl.

The shop is on 13 West and 17th Street and you have to ring the buzzer to get in, there's also a signature red/pink dress hanging outside so you know you're at the right place:

photo via NYtimes

One of Shareen's other cool factors is that the shop is strictly NO boys allowed. This means you can try on clothes wherever you want in the store! The girls there were super sweet and helpful; the dress I saw was just what I had been dreaming of...

Here's a final pic of the dress pre-homecoming! :)

I'm a sucker for vintage, it's always a great way to go if you want to break away from the sea of plastic rhinestones and cheap looking lamé, plus it gives the dress so much more meaning! 

P.S. A VERY special thanks to Anna Pociask for taking phenomenal senior pictures (I'll post some more later) she has become a great friend and such an inspiring role model to me, check out more of her work here: Anna Pociask Photography

Butterfly Appliqué Dress//McQueen Inspiration

We saw this McQueen floral applique dress with its black tulle (both two of my favorite things) on the Fall runway this year, and I was immediately in LOVE.

 I idolize this dress; anything colorful and with 3D appeal is hard to find, and that's one reason why I love dresses with appliques that pop out at you, such as flowers and butterfly's. This dress is especially great because of all the different ways you could wear it, I think these celebrities agree: 

(and yes, almost all these pictures are on my bedroom wall).

Emma Stone

Victoria Justice 

Rita Ora 

Even before I saw this dress, I had loved the idea of mixed media dresses. It would be amazing to have a custom senior homecoming dress, one like no other, and one even more special if it was my own design. So I came up with one.

Imagine a high-low dress with maybe some tulle, definite volume, and beautiful silk butterfly's climbing up one strap. What do you all think? And what was your favorite 2012 runway look?

XO