Why It Works: La la's Lacroix

Greetings Gentle Readers,

In the wee small hours of this morning we're bringing you a little something new... Starting with this post, from time to time, we'll be examining some celebrity red carpet looks, and telling you why they work and how you can translate it for yourself!!

The other night, media personality and newlywed La la Vazquez was spotted about town in New York City in this look. Many celebrity blogs applauded her bold effort and the ensemble received positive reviews from most readers (we all know there will always be haters...)

Mrs. Anthony's figure flattering frock is a vintage Christian Lacroix piece that perfectly accentuates her hourglass figure. Harkening back to our previous post on The Statement Dress, this piece is a perfectly prime example of precisely what we preached!

Here are 3 reasons this look works

1. The dress fits La la PERFECTLY. The hem line shows off her legs very nicely an hits just where it should for her height and proportions. She likely used a little shapewear or foundation garment to achieve this perfectly svelte and slim silhouette. You should do the same when rocking skin tight garments as well.

2. The dress is the focal point of the ensemble. With such a bold print, so many colors, and high hem line, this dress was going to be the focal point of the ensemble. Everything she wore with the dress was downplayed and kept the focus on the dress.

3. It's perfectly accessorized. La la kept it simple with a small bracelet, and black Casadei (right on trend!) platform pumps as her accessories. The black is a subtle nuance in the dress and the color of the shoe plays back nicely into this.

How to make this work for you

If you can find/afford vintage Lacroix, then by all means, we encourage you to go out and acquire this dress! It will work for almost every body type. If your shoulders are a bit broader, we'd avoid this but other than that, you should be fine. Don't be afraid of print!!! Another reason this dress works so well is that the base color of the print is a water color blue/purple that will brighten almost every skin tone, as it has done for La la here. Find prints with base colors and hues that work well on your skin tone. However, this dress would work just as well if it was solid black because of the impeccable fit. Remember, fit is always key. That about does it for this 1st installment. Stay tuned for what's to come!!! Until next time, we remain...

Stylishly yours,
Sartorially Savvy
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