I seem to be drawn to that bruise color combination lately; maybe it’s an outside extension of my inward clumsiness (I still have a bruise on my hip from falling down a flight of stairs MONTHS ago). Anyway, I went to Style.com to go find a picture of this other Donna Karan dress, that I saw in Harper’s Bazaar, but then was distracted completely by this blue and black number.
I really, really love square necklines — have I discussed this before? I mean, much more than five or six times? and you can’t tell from the picture, but the sash goes through the side seam to tie UNDER the fabric of the dress in back, so that the whole back tents out and streams behind you. So lovely, although I’m sure in practice you would always be closing it in the automobile door.
I also am a big fan of those square sleeves and a broad hem band, so all in all this dress is nicer than the one that originally caught my eye, because on that one I wasn’t completely convinced that the nude fabric over the shoulders (that makes the dress look as if it started abruptly best above your cleavage) was a terrific Idea.
Check out the whole Donna Karan slide show. She seems to have gotten over her crazy idea that women only want to dress in beige jersey knit, and the dresses for next spring are lovely! Abstract prints and good lines. Sure, there’s plenty of brown, but in a darker shade, not the walking Band-Aid it seemed she favored before …
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