{"id":5608,"date":"2013-03-12T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2015-08-22T20:54:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T00:54:17","slug":"pretty-young-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/pretty-young-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Young Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s rare I venture from my usual silhouette of tailored and body-skimming.\u00a0I&#8217;ve always loved the A-line skirts and dresses inspired by the 1950s, but\u00a0because I&#8217;m so petite, any other shape tends to swallow me or make me look more voluputious (in the least attractive way possible) than I am in reality. Unwanted bulk is the bane of the short girl&#8217;s existence. <em>Moving on<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it&#8217;s finds like this dress that serve as a reminder to never typecast. You just\u00a0<em>know<\/em> when things work &#8211; call it a girl&#8217;s intuition\u2014no matter how dissimilar they are to everything you normally go for, right from the hanger. Undress, slip, a smooth zip&#8230;\u00a0<em>et voila<\/em>. A perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/kimberlypearl_\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5609\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/pretty-young-thing\/ootd-fifties-dress\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ootd-fifties-dress3.jpg?fit=612%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"612,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ootd &amp;#8211; fifties dress\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ootd-fifties-dress3.jpg?fit=612%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5609 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ootd-fifties-dress3.jpg?resize=612%2C612\" alt=\"ootd - fifties dress\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ootd-fifties-dress3.jpg?w=612&amp;ssl=1 612w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ootd-fifties-dress3.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ootd-fifties-dress3.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ootd-fifties-dress3.jpg?resize=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How pretty is it? It&#8217;s refreshing given my usual &#8220;<em>femme<\/em>\u00a0<em>fatale&#8221;<\/em> (quoted from a friend, ha) choices: girly but grown-up with a modern taken on the fifties silhouette: low V neckline, leather shoulder and waist detailing, an exposed zipper, and a stiff grey tweed with metallic silver and baby pink threading. The bodice hugs the bust and waist beautifully to flare out right below the nip of the waist. Of course it called for a ballerina bun and pretty pumps! It&#8217;s not a often a girl of 2013 gets to dress like this; it&#8217;s even rarer to\u00a0<em>see\u00a0<\/em>a someone my age in anything like this\u2014which makes me love it all the more. I need another <del><em>excuse<\/em><\/del> occasion to wear this out; ideas?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s not a silhouette I ever go for, to be honest, but I spotted it out of the corner of my eye and just had to snap it. For a girl who loves fifties womenswear as much as I do, you&#8217;d never be able to tell given my current wardrobe\u2014all you&#8217;ll find are hangers and hangers of black, body-conscious basics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love this because it isn&#8217;t so literal. How ridiculous would I look in an actual, vintage 50s ensemble? I possess neither the air nor the etiquette of that period\u2014it would just look awkward. Displaced. Misplaced. Some can pull off that look (re: &#8220;modern&#8221; pinup), but it will forever read as costume-y, if not entirely contrived. There&#8217;s no interpretation, no styling. Just pure, unadulterated copies\u2014characters\u2014of history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here&#8217;s the funny thing: I assumed (and still do) that this was one of those dresses only another woman would get (you know what I&#8217;m talking about; it&#8217;s like the high-waist trouser the ladies at work gush over, but men simply don&#8217;t understand. And yet this is one of the few #OOTN I post that was most well-received by the gents of Instagram; go figure, eh? Moral of the story: less <em>is<\/em> more. And I will forever be the champion of knee-length hemlines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">. \u00a0 . \u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s rare I venture from my usual silhouette of tailored and body-skimming.\u00a0I&#8217;ve always loved the A-line skirts and dresses inspired by the 1950s, but\u00a0because I&#8217;m so petite, any other shape tends to swallow me or make me look more voluputious (in the least attractive way possible) than I am in reality. Unwanted bulk is the bane of the short girl&#8217;s existence. Moving on. But it&#8217;s finds like this dress that serve as a reminder to never typecast. You just\u00a0know when things work &#8211; call it a girl&#8217;s intuition\u2014no matter how dissimilar they are to everything you normally go for, right from the hanger. Undress, slip, a smooth zip&#8230;\u00a0et voila. A perfect fit. How pretty is it? It&#8217;s refreshing given my usual &#8220;femme\u00a0fatale&#8221; (quoted from a friend, ha) choices: girly but grown-up with a modern taken on the fifties silhouette: low V neckline, leather shoulder and waist detailing, an exposed zipper, and a stiff grey tweed with metallic silver and baby pink threading. The bodice hugs the bust and waist beautifully to flare out right below the nip of the waist. Of course it called for a ballerina bun and pretty pumps! 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