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Seeing green
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Goodwill Good Buy of the Week
Here’s a versatile vintage frock for your consideration, readers. Maybe it’s 70s week here at  Goodwill, because this sporty dress would fit right in. It’s a poly/rayon blend, but the cap sleeves will keep you feeling breezy on humid days. How sharp is the touch of white? It’s hard to hate on the piping and buttons. [...]
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Sundresses, fun dresses
Believe it or not, dear readers, but it’s going to be over 80 degrees in DC today! Â I’m so excited that I busted out the self tanner last night. Â On days like this I let my mind wander and think about exotic locales where warm weather and sunshine are the default settings. Â And what’s the [...]
Tags: BCBG, dresses, Les Pommettes, ModCloth, Urban Outfitters
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Fashion Forward: Let’s Get Some Shoes
1 CommentFashion Forward with the DCGF
“Dear DC Goodwill Fashionista, I recently purchased this dress to wear to a June wedding. My question is, what shoes would you recommend I wear with this light and airy number? By the way, I purchased this at my local Goodwill for $8.00. No typo, $8.00. It’s brand new with tags attached from a Boutique in LaJolla, Ca. At [...]
Tags: dresses, Salvatore Ferragamo, Topshop, United Nude, weddings
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Fashion Forward: I Spy with my little Eye…
2 CommentsFashion Forward with the DCGF
Readers and shoppers alike tell me one particular thing over and over: “You always find the coolest stuff on the rack and shelves, but I could never do that! Â How do you know what to pick out?” Â Well I’m here to let you in on a little secret, dear readers. Â Sure, it takes a trained [...]
Tags: dresses, frames, housewares, Recycle, vintage
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Future Dress Perfect
As many of this blog’s regular readers know, the DCGF loves her a good dress. Â I mean, it’s so easy, right? Â One article of clothing, maybe some tights or a cardigan, add cute shoes and a bag and voila! Â A complete outfit with three pieces or fewer. Â So. Easy. Which is why I’m thrilled to [...]
Tags: 3.1 Phillip Lim, dresses, Marc Jacobs, Milly, New York Fashion Week, United Bamboo
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Obsess Much?
I remember it like it was yesterday: a red, velvet Isaac Mizrahi dress with a sweetheart neckline, removable spaghetti straps, and a crinoline-poufed, tea-length hemline. Â I was 20 years old, a size 6 (oh, to be young again!) and utterly convinced that anything I purchased at Marshall Fields (sniff) would render me the urbane sophisticate [...]
Tags: BCBG, Diane von Furstenberg, dresses, Isaac Mizrahi, Junya Watanabe, Macy's
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Party Time! Excellent!
Can you believe it’s only a little over two weeks until the end of the year, dear readers? I – for one – cannot. It seems like only yesterday I got used to saying “twenty ten” and remembering to include that number on my checks. Or rather, check. I don’t really use those anymore! Anyway, [...]
Tags: American Apparel, dresses, holidays, Kohls, Nine West, skirts, Target, Vera Wang, William Rast
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It’s Johnson. Betsey Johnson.
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I remember a friend of mine saying this to me with a deep seriousness when I complimented her on a dress she was wearing. Betsey Johnson was her favorite designer, and she was quite pleased with herself for picking up an authentic Johnson.You, too, can pick up an authentic Betsey Johnson for a deep discount [...]
Tags: Betsey Johnson, dresses, Goodwill Good Buy of the Week
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Glam Grammies
Southern women always seem to have impeccable style, and this is certainly the case for the creators of Sara Claire & Esther. I had the pleasure of meeting the designers at a trunk show at We One You Two. This womenswear line is the brainchild of two talented Southern belles, Aimee Wolk and Sara Jordan, [...]
Tags: dresses, Goodwill, Sara Claire and Esther, trunk show, vintage
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Guest Blogger: Every Which Way
I love it when I have a piece of clothing I can wear in a whole bunch of different ways. Case in point: A basic black dress (like the one from Eileen Fisher, at right) in whatever silhouette flatters you most. Interesting and exciting? Not really. But what a great canvas for your own personality [...]
Tags: black, Donald J. Pliner, dresses, eileen Fisher, etsy.com, Free People, Gap, guest blogger, Michelle Obama