BCBG Black Lace Dress

I love lace dresses, but this is one of my favorite.  The color, cut, and style makes it very versatile.  BCBG fits my body perfectly - even though my top and bottom are two different sizes.  I paired this beautiful dress with a Hmong Silver Necklace and silver NineWest Sandals.  Cinched in the waist with a black obi belt from The Limited.

Same ensemble, but I added a Hmong Leeg Men's Jacket.  Be sure to right-click to enlarge the photo to see the details of the necklace, earrings, and the jacket.  All the pieces are handmade.  

Here, I paired it with a green metallic leather blazer made by one of my all time favorite designer, Dana Buchman.  I really like this blazer because the color, cut, and styling makes it look like a evening jacket - but has the look and fit of a leather jacket.  This could definitely work for a semi-formal event.  I kept the black obi belt on to help define the waistline and add interest.

Here, I wore it with a mint green denim jacket from JCPenny.  I love how denim jackets can make a semi-formal dress like this one look casual enough for dinner out with the ladies... or out on a date.

Here, I wore the lace dress with my Hmong Chinese jacket (shown in an earlier post - breaking down a Hmong outfit).  I am not sure if I like this look, but my husband did.  He actually wanted to take this picture with me.

Calvin Klein Purple Sheath Dress - Sexiness Fully Contained

This is an extremely sexy dress.  And while some people would feel comfortable wearing this to work, it is not in my nature.  I would be very self- conscious.  So, I tamed it by adding a jacket (Jones New York evening purple blazer) and a belt to define my waist.  I wanted to wear a different shoes, but it up the sexy factor, so I decided to go with these born black sandals.

Red Leather Blazer with Black Jeans

Minty Green Denim Jacket with BCBG Lace Dress

I love lace dresses, but they are more formal, so I have to get creative and find ways to dress them down. For this, nothing works better than denim jackets. I love this minty one, bought from JC Penny. The dress is by BCBG. The black tank is from Tahari. The shoes are Ninewest.

With purple smokey eye make up and neutral pink lipstick (two different colors so as not to wash me out).  

Vintage Hmong Jackets - Kat's Style

Here is one of my vintage Hmong jacket.  I love these and have several of them.  I wore this one to the beach with my husband and my kids.  The material of these jackets allows lots of circulations so they are ideal for summer weather.  While people reserve these for special occasions, I love them so much, I wear them everywhere -with just about everything.  Anything from causal to fancy events.  The dress here is actually a semi-formal dress, but the fabric and cut was so summery, I could not resist wearing it.  BCBG Lace dress with pink lining - cinched in with black leather belt from The Limited.

Here is the full look, but it was getting dark and the lighting was not as good.

Red Lace Dress

This was the first dress of this style that I fell in love with.  Ebay had it for $150 and I tried to negotiate it down to $125, but was not successful.  We were about to go on a trip to California, so I passed it up, hoping to catch it on the next round.  I waited over two years and this dress was no where to be found.  I finally saw one in a slightly smaller size but I was not going to take any chances so I bought it.  I love everything about this dress.  The fit of the bodice, the fit of the hips, the length on me - right at the knees, the colors, the sleeve... it's LACE!  it's BCBG!  I am ecstatic!!!

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