Let’s Go + Wedding Guest Dresses.

Jen Shoop

12 months ago

I am feeling a big energy this week that I want to forward along to all of you Magpies: life is short; do the thing. I know that each and every one of you reading that sentence has a different, but crystal-clear, interpretation of “the thing.” It could be getting bangs (“a woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life”) or starting tennis or quitting a job or telling someone what they need to hear or weaning your baby or starting a new fitness regimen or putting your foot down or putting pen to paper or finally making the time to interview a babysitter or applying to a moonshot program or making a reservation for a family trip or signing up for Mandarin lessons or or or. Whatever it is —

this week,

let’s do the thing!

Rooting for you.

On a lighter note: so many Magpies headed to fabulous-sounding weddings in the upcoming months. My top pick for a summer garden-to-cocktail-attire wedding is this yellow Fanm Mon, which I mentioned yesterday (and is seen below), and several of you wrote to say “You MUST GET THAT DRESS!” (Including my mom!) Perhaps conditioned by that epic golden frock Kate Hudson wore in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” I’ve always loved yellow for formal occasions. I owned a yellow cocktail dress my senior year of college and I felt like a million bucks in it. A frat boy messaged me after I posted a picture of myself in it on Facebook and wrote: “Yellow is your color, baby.” Yikes (!) but also — he wasn’t wrong? I’ve never forgotten that random message. I think yellow is my color!

For a more formal occasion, I am obsessed with this dandelion print Agua Bendita. I really must buy it. I love dandelions! Waiting surreptitiously for it to go on sale. Also — yellow again!

For black tie, I’m swooning over this Toteme. It is so fabulously dramatic and architectural. A true Audrey moment. It definitely has a perspective. I’d wear with simple black strappy heels and big earrings.