Cocktail Frock

Holler if “Troop Beverly Hills” is one of your fave flicks from childhood? I know, right?? My favorite line is when the mean, battle axe scout leader is yelling at Shelly Long that she desecrated her sacred scout uniform by “turning it into a little cocktail frock”. Her name was Velda.  Her delivery of this line kills me every time.

Well, this vintage cocktail frock is Marc Jacobs, one of my all time OG fave designers. I’ve had this for 12 years I think. It has been with me though different sizes and life periods. It has been in both Orlando and Monte Carlo. It playfully incorporates Chinese symbols in gold, so I wear it with matching yellow gold shoes and accessories. This dress delivers each time. It’s cute, has so much personality, and gets noticed despite its conservative cut. Navy and gold is always a crisp, chic color combo. You’d never know that I changed into this in a Porto Potty on Riverside Drive. Unless I told you. Which I guess I just did 🗣.

A smart cocktail dress that’s not an LBD is a terrific investment. Enough with the black already. And btw, conservative is nice sometimes. Sexy is not always the goal, or even not always the right move. Time and place. Options. Vintage. Let’s keep going with the key words... 

💙💛 Sending you double love, Marc and Moi (I have zero right to pretend I know him).