If last season was the year of the ruffle, September represents the Fall of the bow.I’m seeing bows all over, on blouses (to the right, a post[ahem]modern version from Charles Nolan):
On clutches (from Kate Spade),
On dresses with pluuunging necklines (from DVF). The actress Katherine Heigl wore this to an event recently.
While I like this look from a distance (say, from a magazine page to me), I can’t get past the Granny-chic element to incorporate one into my wardrobe.
In fact, I think that bows look best on beaux:
Hello, Mr. Darcy!
Lovely to see you, Mr. Ferrars!
These are some beaux I’d be happy to tie . . . umm . . . oh never mind!
10 comments:
your puns always make me laugh! i'm all about bows for fall since they're so versatile...at times sexy, other times preppy!
Yay for bows. But especially boob and butt bows.
I like them in magazines and on models, but whenever I try them on I think, "am I accidentally in an old lady store?"
I don't think Katherine Heigl looked very good in that DVF, which is a shame because I think it looks great on the model...
C/C, Once a pun takes form, I'm at its mercy.
Wendy, Try those bows as beaux and see what happens.
Kelly, I agree with you on KH--the bodice was floppy and ill-fitting.
You know, I've tried a few bows & while I actually do like the look, I always feel like it's not me. I really should try again.
& love Mr. Darcy! (who doesn't?)
Ahhh. It all makes me want to go home, curl up with the felines, and have an Austenfest.
I've always liked bows but I think as we get older we need to be careful about how we use them in our wardrobe.
I just want to be in a jane austen book now.
Oh how clever, "bows look best on beaux."
I'm 100% bow phobic. I think they look prissy and librarian-ish, spinster-ish and grandmotherly. Sexless in the extreme. Hugh Grant and Colin Firth excepted.
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