WIW 10/12: Trying to copy a SSIF mannequin

I saw this striped-dress-and-peacoat on a mannequin at an insanely chic and wildly expensive boutique in Seattle, to which Anna took us on our Sunday shopping jaunt. I thought I'd try to reproduce it with my Bailey 44 striped dress.

Tried it this morning, and the following problems arose:

1. It's supposed to be 90* here today, so too hot for an "outerwear" peacoat
2. Tried to substitute a navy blazer and a black ponte moto jacket and it looked awful
3. I don't have a cool patterned bag like the one in the original

Ended up going Full White-After-Labor-Day, and am not terribly unhappy with the result for lunch and a play with my Marine. What do you all think?

Dress: Bailey 44
White blazer: Olivia Moon
White pumps: Bandolino
Colorblock tote: Steve Madden

House report: Last time the Marine came to visit, he had to sleep in a room with no walls! This time: Walls! Progress!!

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MsMaven

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You've done very well with using the look as inspiration. Can't imagine wearing all dark colors on such a hot day. I also think your bag looks great with the outfit. It adds, rather than detracts, which a busier pattern might do. I mean I think it would be much harder to find the right pattern to go with the stripes and the colors.

Sal

It looks great Mary, and very appropriate.

I have a Bailey 44 dress which I have not worn with a jacket over, I might give it a go.

Thanks!

CocoLion

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Walls are a big deal.

And I like your version better.

Aquamarine

Love the original and I hope you can try it soon. Meanwhile, your interpretation is fab! Enjoy the time with your Marine

MsMary

Coming back to report on the play. It was a new play called "Marjorie Prime," set in the near-future, about an 85-year-old woman who was born in the 1970s, so ca. 2060. I really enjoyed the costumes -- they looked like casual wear you might see on the street, but the details were just a bit different. The thing I loved the most was the shoes! Most of the characters wore TURQUOISE shoes! In one scene, a middle-aged couple was wearing shoes that were both made out of some fabulous bright turquoise reptile material -- his were oxfords and hers were ballet flats with a really interesting cutout on the side that I'd never seen before. SO FUN. (Unfortunately I can't find any photos online. Darn! But at :18 in the video in the link above you can catch a glimpse of the husband and wife, her in turquoise shoes and him in bright yellow oxfords.)

The set was quite bare -- just a sofa and a chair -- so it was almost entirely up to the costume designer to give us the feeling of "we are not in 2014," and she did a great job! Fun with fashion in a different way!

If any of you are in LA, I highly recommend running out and seeing this show!

crutcher

I love, covet and adore the Bailey 44 dress...With the white blazer and heels, you look smashing...The copy dress is also interesting...Hope the evening with your Marine was as fun as it sounded...The play is also very interesting...

Neel

Great copy MsMary! Considering the weather, the white jacket was the best pick ... Glad you had a great time at the play. And hurrah for walls!

Isabel

That mannequin has nothing on you.

Poor Marine, I am sure he has been trained for much , much worse !

Suzanne (ambergreen)

I like your dress better than the mannequin's. (The bag though...that ubiquitous Norwegian sweater fabric is such a blast from the preppy past! http://www.thenauticalcompany......-white.jpg)

Interesting how you connected so closely with the play's costume designer's efforts--such discernment skills we get from hanging out on YLF.