Dress You Up in My Love
September 26th, 2008 @ 3:37 pm by Miss Sweet Tea
… Er, or maybe not. Sorry, my <3 of old-school Madonna compelled me to start off the post on my after-party dress this way. He he he…
So, I still haven’t gone over my wedding dress saga with you all, but at least one dress is set—a fabulous eco-friendly dress I scored at the Barney’s Co-Op Outlet last month. The shopping mission of the day was looking for Mr. ST’s attire (which we got!) but I came upon the last two of these Phillip Lim dresses, both in my size! The retail price is way over my budget, but thanks to the dress being on clearance sale at the already-reduced outlet store, I got it for a great price!
The dress is made of 100% organic cotton and is part of Lim’s mini-collection exclusively for Barney’s called Go Green Go.
It’s hard to tell on the mannequin (only pic I could find- sorry!) but it has a very fun and flirty Marilyn Monroe kind of look. The top is pretty risque for me, actually—the dress has no sides, only those straps up top. I’ll have to make sure the top panels don’t move that night or it may be an unintended peep show! Any tips on keeping the dress attached to my skin? Masking tape?!?
Since I will have a vintage-inspired hairstyle and these hot red Max Studio silk pumps on anyway, I think it will be a fun 50s look, perfect for bar-hopping after the reception ends!
Where did you find your after-party dress?
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29 Responses to “Dress You Up in My Love”
Use double-sided boob tape! It exists! (I think it’s called Hollywood Fashion Tape, but my name is funner, non?)
Victoria’s Secret sells “fashion tape” for 10 bucks
Super fun an flirty! I love the dress!
The tape works. But, since it’s December, do you think it will get cold? Erm….uh…what im trying to say is….Take my advice- the nipple tape works too. LOVE the shoes. Send them to Vegas when you’re done with them, will ya? =)
I love your shoes!! so hot!
I LOVE those shoes 
what about wearing a camisol under the dress?
Double sided tape does wonders… those shoes are fabulous!
i love those shoes, and normally everything other than cowboy boots looks the same to me! sexy time
Fashion tape and nipple petals. You can get both at Target.
Use toupee tape you can pick up at a beauty/hair supply store. Works the same way as double sided fashion tape. And then use baby oil to help soothe your skin when you gotta rip it off at the end of the night.
Love the shoes!
OMG…those shoes are great! I agree with the previous commenters…get some fashion tape and nipple tape too (NOLA can get cold blasts in December!)
Sexy!! Those shoes are also the perfect pop of color! I love it!
O. M. G. Those shoes are LUSCIOUS!
where oh where did you ever get those hotest of shoes?? excuse the drool.
fashion tape. they work great. just make sure you bring extras in your purse incase you need to stick some extras in places you didnt notice before.
Oooh…those shoes are sexxxy! Love the dress too! Lucky Mr. ST! 
argh, i can’t find a way to PM you, so I’ll just post here. I’m sure you have already come across this, but if not, perhaps a candidate for QWW?
@l3r0wnEyedGurL: I found them on sale one day while browsing in the Max Studio store! I think you can buy them online on the Max Studio website too, if they’re not sold out yet.
@alexinwonderland: thanks! I’ll take a look at this. You can PM any of us bees by going to the private message page through the Boards, the link is: http://boards.weddingbee.com/pm.php
If you search for “mssweettea” you’ll find me!
Can you tell me the name for the shoes? I love them and can’t find them anywhere on the site!
@soontobeewed: The style name is “Tucker.” I bought it at the Max Studio store here in SD way back in Feb/March so maybe they are sold out on the Max Studio site? Maybe try Ebay or Zappo’s? Good luck!
ooh! do you have a photo of the vintage-inspired hairdo that you are planning?
Miss Sweet Tea, San Diego/New Orleans
Age and Occupation: 26, Graduate Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Web Monkey
Engagement Date: December 1, 2007
Wedding Date: December, 2008
Blogging Since: July 14, 2008
Venue: Small church ceremony, museum reception
About Me: I'm an East Coaster living on the West Coast, planning a wedding in the South. I teach, study and write about pop culture, race, and sexuality for a living- now if only my dream job paid! After Mr. Sweet Tea, my other loves are scuba diving, traveling, being a semi-pretentious foodie, and fighting for social justice. I can't wait to have our best friends and family together in our favorite city to
celebrate with us!
hollywood double sided fashion tape. use it geneously!