It's...My Forbidden Dress Week!

You know it, you love it - Dress Week is back!

Customized by me - the original stars Ava Gardner and is called "My Forbidden Past"

For this week's Dress Week aka "My Forbidden Dress Week", I'll be featuring shoes that did not get worn in the 2012/2013 "30 For 30 for 12" Capsule Wardrobe Challenge.

And the dresses are not really forbidden, but I have a penchant for using movie titles (usually horror movies) for my Dress Weeks. You can check out some of my previous Dress Weeks here (scroll down to "Dress Weeks", duh) - I've been doing them since 2008, making this my 5th year! Holy moly, where does the time go?

Feel free to participate! Wear a dress this week!

Anyway, let's get started. I've been to the gym and there's stew to be made and "Game of Thrones" to be watched. Time's a-wastin'.

First up, these Oxford-style lace-up pumps.

Oh, right, the dress.

Yes, it's by O'Lala and I wore it twice in the September 2012 capsule (recap here), including for my last Dress Week, "Dress Week of Horrors!" It's a nice dress - I get lots of compliments on it. It hides everything quite well and has a funky pattern. I don't totally love it, but that's cool.

I had to work today, as I mentioned, which sucked. I was not in a good mood this morning, and neither were most of my coworkers. So when I'm feeling grumpy, a dress that is comfy is a good thing.

I've had these shoes since October 2009 when L and I took a quick trip to Seattle for my birthday. I paid $22.50 for them at a consignment store in Seattle; they are by Steve Madden. I snagged them out of the store's window, heh.

I tend to wear them with "sexy librarian" looks or ultra-fem ruffles. I first wore them in October 2009 with a whole bunch of clothes I no longer have (tweed and ruffles), although I still have the necklace. I've worn them quite a bit, including in November 2009 (with pink angora, plaid trousers and floral socks), in January 2010 (with orange tweed and my cranes cardigan), in April 2010 (I am so glad I got rid of those pencil shorts), in June 2010 (mixing patterns), in September 2010 (sporting a riding jacket and my brown lace skirt, and a hideous sheer top that I got rid of), in November 2010 (doing the old lady chic thing with tweed), in June 2011 (with that lace skirt again), and in August 2011 (with a skirt that is slit too high).

So it's not like I haven't gotten a lot of wear out of them. I did the bare leg thing today and they were fine, although a bit on the high side. I do still like them, but just never found the right capsule to put them in last year. They are also a smidge big in the heels, which could be remedied if I weren't so lazy.

What do you think? Love 'em? Lose 'em?

The stuff (and a better look):

The shoes are a cotton canvas with leather trim.

Dress (O'Lala, thrifted), cami (Esprit), shoes (Steve Madden, consignment), necklace (thrifted), belt (Club Monaco), earrings (Aldo Accessories).