Cocktail Dress & Blog Update

Hello darlings,

How are you? I hope you are doing
well. Have you noticed anything new to the blog? And yes, LaMoumous has now its
own domain: www.lamoumous.com . It was
long overdue! I hope that this will make it easier for you to visit more often.
Lately, I have been doing a lot of fixing and cleaning up around the blog to
improve your experience. The plan is to have everything fixed by end of this
month.

So in the beginning I wanted to ease the interaction between my readers/visitors with me as well as with other bloggers therefore I never moderate the comments I was getting and it was fine but during those years of absence, I got flooded with spams and unsolicited comments, as a result, Google AddSenSe demonetized my website for broken links and spams. I am almost done fixing the broken links except for one and I removed all those spams – or almost all of them- so I hope that I will be able to get my account restored as soon as possible.

Enough with the rambling…. Back
to fashion: We all need one of those versatile dresses in our closet that we
can take from work to a (business) cocktail or just a date night. Actually, I dedicated a section to those kind of those dresses in my closet. I reach for them not only to wear from day
to night but I also whenever I am either running late in the morning and can’t think of anything to wear or one of those days where I think I have nothing
to wear. Am I making sense? Anyway, I got that dress couple of years ago and it is a beautiful dress, I would say I find it classy and sexy in a very elegant way. I really like the details, those lace appliques are to die for. I never get to wear it simply because it was a little too big for me. It is a
size Small however; it needed some tailoring mostly at the
waistline. I initially got the dress to attend a first communion reception but
I ended up wearing something else since I did not have the chance to have it altered. Then came pregnancy and all that come along with it. I wanted to
have it fixed since I lost weight but lately my seamstress have been
unavailable…. 

So here’s come my birthday back in May and nothing went as I planned or as I wanted it to be: I ended up with a messy pre-pooed hair of 2 days, my nails were – let’s just not get into the details – and to top it all I had two important and short notice meetings that I couldn’t skip. I remembered I was so depressed on that day that when I woke up that morning I was like “whatever” but then I had to keep it together since I was meeting clients. So browsing my closet, I had a crush on that dress. Keep in mind that it is see through so I came up with that genius idea to wear it with one of my nude post-maternity spanx – way too big for me- but did the job. Not only it mitigate the see thru issue it also compensate for the baggy look at the waistline. I was also able to fix the top with some push up bra. To complete the look on that day, I added a navy blazer with some heels and one of my designer bag to elevate the look and divert the attention from my hair and nails. I was ok with the result (will see if I can insert a picture of the look) therefore, I went with that same nude spanx for the photo shoot. 

Although I lost a lot of weight, I still have some sort of an hourglass figure that will explain why the dress fit mostly at the bottom and not at the waistline. I always had that struggle with my waist – so thin and my thighs big enough comparing to my waist. With that said, I like my body shape and do not mind spending a few extra bucks for alteration to make things fit to my liking.

Dress (old, love that option) ||| Shoes (lace shoes option) |||| Clutch (option)  From BD outfit: Blazer (almost identical) ||| Shoes (same) |||  Handbag (same without the flower appliques)

Tip for the day: It is important to know your body type and dress accordingly –
Do not wear something too tight or too big. Nothing look more
put together or give you that expensive look than clothes that flatter your
figure.

An announcement before I go: starting next month,
I will publish once a week a new fashion series entitled “how to’s”. This
series will provide some tips on what to wear, how to wear, where to wear. I hope you will like it.

Thanks for stopping by. Until
next time,

XoXo,

Moumous

Photo Credit: @Vonvonphotography