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Monday, 13 February 2012

Dresses with sleeves


And now for the latest instalment of Dresses With Sleeves. The March issue of Vogue says fifties-style shirtwaister dresses are a woman's best friend. And here's Aggie MacKenzie with her new best friend Samantha Sung (available from Fenwick and KJ's Laundry). Whatever happened to Kim?


Sarah is an English woman in Australia and author of the Semi Expat blog. She's wearing a seven-year-old M&S Autograph frock, 'It immediately makes me feel dressed up. I particularly love the scalloped lace along the neckline. Very flattering. It seems to work well with opaque tights and shows of the pins, which are still reasonable. I heard that they're the last to "go" as you age, so I'm getting them out whilst I can!'




Grammy Award-Winning Adele likes Dresses With Sleeves too. Though I doubt she'll be wearing Chanel anytime soon.


In beautiful silk jersey Catherine Malandrino, Canadian blogger Materfamilias likes to keep it simple, ' Besides my vintage gold hoops, I eschewed jewelery - my glasses are ornate enough and the dress print is fairly demanding!'


And I can't go anywhere without mentioning the Baftas. Meryl Streep was dressed like a winner in her Vivienne Westwood corset gown and matching jacket. And don't you think Tilda Swinton looked magnificent in Celine? She didn't pick up a gong for We Need To Talk About Kevin but definitely should've won an award for The Best Hair.


If you'd like to take part in my campaign for Dresses With Sleeves, please email a photo to info@thatsnotmyage.com.



Photos
Aggie: Paul Tansley
Adele: Billboard
Tilda: Flickr

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11 comments:

  1. the gardener's cottage13 February 2012 at 23:23

    so happy to see sarah! she is one of my favorite bloggers. her dress is perfection!

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  2. materfamilias14 February 2012 at 02:29

    Flattered to be included in this good company -- not sure what that stance was about -- I obviously hadn't been initiated into the full WendyB pose yet ;-)
    I love this series -- looking forward to more.

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  3. Marion14 February 2012 at 06:23

    Great collection of fabulous clothes. I like the black belts that you're wearing.

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  4. Alison Cross14 February 2012 at 08:56

    Dresses with sleeves are a winner with me because I'll be wearing them all year round - granted, not the red carpet ones.

    Didn't Adele do well? And Mr Lagerfield was bang out of order, she's not a model, she's a singer.

    But she looks gorgeous with her big hair and makeup!

    Ali x

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  5. Elizabeth at Eiffel Tells14 February 2012 at 09:44

    Enjoying this series.
    As the younger generation with butterfly tattoos on their arms start to age, I'm sure we will see more sleeved dresses as the elasticity of their skin diminishes and the butterflies take flight!
    Bonne Saint Valentin

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  6. mette14 February 2012 at 13:52

    Sarah is the winner here for me, her dress is timeless : ).
    I must be a weird one, cause I can´t see anything great in TS outfit?
    Waiting for more pictures..

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  7. Patti14 February 2012 at 14:45

    I am so enjoying this series, and it's wonderful to see Frances here! Tilda can do no wrong by me.

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  8. Sharon S14 February 2012 at 16:59

    Hi my dear-love this post and glad to see 50s shirtwaister dresses are in, I've 2 of my mums which I will definitely wear this summer! xx

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  9. LPC15 February 2012 at 05:11

    Yay Mater! Yay Sarah! Yay for all of us wearing our sleeves:).

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  10. Semi Expat15 February 2012 at 07:04

    Thanks for including me TNMA and as Materfamilias said, I agree - very happy to be in such good company. Dresses with sleeves are are no brainer so why I wonder don't more designers offer them? Thought Adele looked gorgeous at the Grammys. And many thanks to my fellow bloggers for their kind comments! X

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  11. a certain age15 February 2012 at 13:47

    How refreshing to see some non-celebrities/ non-models pictured next to Adele, Tilda etc., reminding us we're all in it together. I look at Adele and I look at Karl L and I know who I'd rather aspire to look like.

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