Celebrity Re-Hash

An alternate name for this blog could be: Things I Actually Wore in Public, and Will Probably Wear Again.

Today's theme: Celebrity Re-hash.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a white, turtle-necked sweater ... smock. And it's slouchy.

I've been trying to pinpoint the decade that this smock belongs to. After all, what does this smock-thing remind us of, darling nerds? Princess Leia in A New Hope, perhaps?

Leia's smiling 'cause she ain't giving anything away. You'll have to wait until Return of the Jedi for that (something about an infamous gold bikini?) 

And just like Princess Leia's robe, this, uh, replica has no shape. Or rather, it's a bag with a potential for shape. The challenge for today is: is there a woman under there?

What's the verdict? Hag in a bag? Not once you've rolled up the sleeves and cinched the waist with that magic accessory of womanhood - a belt! An oversized sweater dress like this just needs a good ol’ oversized belt.

Voilà! This dress also needs a place to put your hands when they get cold. Those pockets are false advertising, sister.

But wait, what about the second half of this outfit? How does one complete a Princess Leia dress? With space boots and a stuffed Wookie? No, with Beyoncé boots, of course! Flats would be too understated and classy, and thus a waste of your discount shopping time.

 

I guarantee that these are bona fide mustard-yellow Beyoncé boots (pay attention to the phone booth scene!), which for some reason no other fashionable young professional ... shopper wanted to add to his/her shoe collection at a discounted price. So I bagged 'em.

And where did this heap of sartorial destiny, if you will, originate? Well, that I can't tell you. But I picked up the dress, belt, and boots at the Salvation Army. And I found the hair ribbon (points if you noticed it!) and ribbed red tights (which, dear reader, are actually a secret unitard) from the Goodwill bins.

And that's the magic of celebrity re-hash.