Monday 30 August 2010

Maxi, Midi, Mini - the return of the cool lbd

It would be fair to say in the midst of the minimalist hullabaloo, I like to think there is smouldering return of the musio - that music loving chick who hung out at the bar at gigs, never said much, looked uber cool and made you feel like a tongue tied nerd. I suppose Amy Winehouse could have had this accolade had she not got 'Blakeified'. I think Kate Moss aims for this attainment but the truth is this girl is a mystery, a dignified muse. The only time it was probably captured and embodied on film was Fellini's La Dolce Vita and the inclusion briefly of Nico.

Maybe this girl hung out at Bowie gigs, who knows but she sure did wear a simple little black dress to offset her nonchalant air and cigarette. It was all about the legs pre grunge and false boob era. No self respecting cool musio chick got drunk and fell over. They sipped, smirked and slunk off into the night...

Go for broke and the max with this Moschino number from Net-A-Porter embellished silk and jersey dress £1,155.

In the midi budget section is this Acne number from my-wardrobe at £270

And in the mini budget section it is Warehouse who turn up trumps with this little black dress for a mere 55 of your English pounds.

15 comments:

  1. Three excellent choices here, all black yet al so different, ..I actually like them all
    I would love to be the cool chick I have never quite managed that on xx

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  2. I befriended a very cool girl at Uni (I was obviously no threat in the cool stakes lol!) and she was so bloody effortlessly chic that I almost HATED her at times!

    Men flocked around her and she would just flick them off. And yes, she was all legs and slender coltishness.

    Ah - I think you're either born with it or not. I'm in the 'not' category.

    If I'd the cash, I'd go for the Max look here. Love it!

    Ali x

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  3. The Moschino one is utterly stunning. I do rather like the Warehouse pick too though.

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  4. I'm loving the Acne number here but they are all rather tasty. xxx

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  5. Like this look - though I do try to keep my rock chick tendencies in order, and I have been known to get drunk & fall over!

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  6. I like the Warehouse most of all - the sheer sleeves do it for me.

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  7. Ooh! Kate, I was obviously delighted when I saw the title of this post. You know I LOVE a black dress.

    I really like all your choices. I could never pay the Moschino price though although that would be the one I'd pick.

    I love the rock chick look too. I'm going to spend my money on accessories this year although I'm tempted by the Warehouse one at that price... xx

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  8. Love them all! I could never be the cool rock chick though...if the music is playin, I be dancin!

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  9. Love them all, would like my budget to stretch to that Moschino one but sadly it will not! I am clearly not a chic 'musio', I always get drunk and never slink off anywhere (normally trip and stumble)!!!! e xx

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  10. hi there-you picked out some gorgeous numbers here, am adoring the Moschino one, totally stunning!! x

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  11. "they sipped, smirked and slunk off into the night..." - the perfect description of Nico in Fellini! I adore the Acne number.

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  12. Moschino for me - so cheeky, so referential, so clever but so right! I always wore black when young and slim. It was the cool thing in the 1960s, when we looked to France for fashionable - before Carnaby street style London got going. Juliet Greco and Francoise Hardy. You almost got me looking in winter coat pockets for forgotten £20 notes (haha) and feeling down the back of the sofa for small change. Then I realised that I'm not that shape any more. Damn (now what shall I do with all that money I've saved...?)

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  13. Ok so now it is Warehouse for the black dress and Oasis for the red for me . I can hear my purse beginning to groan. Xxxx

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  14. The Warehouse one is actually my favourite. I love it's 60's chic hippy vibe.

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