Atop Staring Abbey dress

Unique Vintage Style Society | Stop Staring ‘Abbey’ dress

My Stop Staring green dress

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For my second pick as part of the Unique Vintage Style Society, I once again played true-to-type, with the beautiful ‘Abbey’ dress by Stop Staring.

Now, if you’re a regular reader, I’m sure I won’t have to explain why I picked this dress: you all know by now that green, 50s-inspired dresses are basically kryptonite to me, and I can’t see one without immediately wanting to wear it. Stop Staring is one of my favourite retro dress brands: I have quite a few of their pieces now, but can always find room for one more, and I’d had my eye on this one for a while, so it was a very obvious pick.

Slightly less typically, I decided to pair the dress with flats rather than heels for this look: it’s very rare for me to wear flat shoes when I don’t actually NEED to wear them for practical reasons, but I thought this dress had a very “Audrey-Hepburn-esque” feel to it, and somehow flats seemed like the way to go. I also added a petticoat (from eBay) to give the skirt a bit of extra volume – it doesn’t really need it, but it’s always a good way to make a dress like this feel a bit more special!

I also have to quickly mention the sunglasses: these are also from Unique Vintage, and you might have noticed I’ve been wearing them in almost all of my outfit posts lately: they’re just the perfect cat-eye shape, and really flattering too, which is why I’ve barely taken them off since they arrived. Well, other than at night, obviously: even I don’t wear sunglasses in the dark. Not all the time, anyway.

Don’t forget, you can join the Unique Vintage campaign by using the hashtag #iamunique on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and you can also upload your photos directly to the Unique Vintage website here. Even if you’re not uploading a photo yourself, the gallery is well worth a look if you’re into vintage-inspired style – there are some really inspirational outfits on there!

How would you style this Stop Staring green dress? 

 

WEARING: Stop Staring ‘Abbey’ dress c/o Unique Vintage; Boden patent flats; sunglasses c/o Unique Vintage

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COMMENTS
  • The combination of the emerald green of your dress, the blue sky and your fabulous hair is just gorgeous – looks absolutely amazing!

    April 20, 2015
  • The combination of the emerald green of your dress, the blue sky and your fabulous hair is just gorgeous – looks absolutely amazing!

    April 20, 2015
  • Jessica Lee

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    OMG Amber! I LOVE this whole look!

    April 20, 2015
  • Stacy

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    Stunning as always 🙂

    And a new web site to spend all of my money on!

    April 20, 2015
  • Lovely pick – and I like seeing how you’ve styled it with flats. Pointed, smart flats like this work really well! I’ve been enviously eyeing those sunglasses – like you say, they’re the perfect shape!

    April 20, 2015
  • emily

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    You look like your flying in the final image 🙂

    April 20, 2015
  • Green looks great on you! Love the dress. You styled it beautifully too.

    April 20, 2015
  • You look amazing in your dress! I have a green one, too, today. Stop by. I would be honored.

    April 21, 2015
  • As a fellow redhead I have always stayed away from green but I am going to add a splash of it to my wardrobe, the dress looks so good on you!

    April 21, 2015
  • Stop Staring dresses are just amazing aren’t they? I only have one, but occasionally stalk Ebay in the hope of more!

    I don’t own a green dress, and pretty much every time i visit your blog I’m reminded that I should buy one! x

    April 22, 2015
  • ha! At the second picture I thought “are those flats?!”, and then there was an explanation 🙂

    April 22, 2015
  • God…you look so refined and feminine! The hairstyle also compliments very well

    January 23, 2016
  • Lovely emerald green…

    February 18, 2016
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