This Sunday, Ethan and I went to the Hebert Candy mansion, which in theory sounds like the most magical place ever, right? Well not exactly.I'm not too disappointed that I forgot my camera yesterday because this place was not all it cracked up to be. I guess I had high expectations of lollipop chandeliers, giant chocolate fountains, and little orange men with green hair running around singing. Basically it was a candy shoppe in the main floor of a mansion.And not even a cool looking mansion at that. There was no whimsy or imagination whatsoever, and really not a large selection of candy.Too bad, so sad.
Ethan and I spent the rest of the afternoon driving around looking for antique stores (we only found one surprisingly). When we got back I took these pictures below of what I wore (my outfit is a blatant ripoff of one of Alexa Chung's Madewell outfits) and watched the Julie Christie version of Dr. Zhivago on TCM. I'd seen the Exxon Mobil masterpiece theatre version on PBS back in High School and read the novel, but still had not seen the original version. Besides falling asleep in the middle (I was really tuckered out from our excursions) and waking up to see the end, I really enjoyed this version with its old-timey sweeping epic romance and beautiful landscape shots of the Urals in Russia.
Wearing above: Skirt, Shoes, blouse...thrifted, Pointelle socks, Cardigan...Forever21
Yea disappointing indeed I can see it on your face. At least you were able to go on a mini road trip, and those are always fun. And you look amazing, perfect road trip attire, who needs jeans and a t-shirt?
ReplyDeleteWell that's rather disappointing! I love your outfit though. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, at least you look good! The muted palette works beautifully, I think because of the orange tint of the cardigan versus the blue of the skirt. They're both pretty subtle colors, but they really lend to the overall vintage-y vibe. It's almost like looking at an antique photograph--but in real life.
ReplyDeletetotally awesome. i fell in love with that particular look in the madewell collection and i appreciate that you re-interpreted it for a fraction of what it will cost. just beautiful!
ReplyDeletestunning photos! i love your blog ; ) xx alex
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely. I really enjoy the proportions and tones.
ReplyDeleteyet another great look... and how could anyone not appreciate your inspiration for it. alexa is amazing. i can't believe your candy mansion was so lame, i know you were so excited about it and i wanted to see pictures! i guess since we've had Charlie and the Choclate Factory embedded in our brains since childhood our expectations were kind of high. :)
ReplyDeletelovely!
ReplyDeletepretty skirt~
I adore this! so pretty. beautiful setting too.
ReplyDeletelove your blog! definitely gonna follow :D
what a fantastic outfit! and you look so perfectly preppy!
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