Daily Outfit -- 16th June 2009
[ 17 June 2009 ]
This must have been one of my most popular outfits to date, at least in Alphabet City! I wore it to the coffee shop & the grocery store & lost count of how many people — young, old, men, women — told me they liked it. Let’s just say it was an attention-grabber!
My favourite thing is when 60 year old men tell me I look good, it is mad cute. The whole thing makes me feel so great that I always make a point of telling other people when I appreciate their style. You have to keep the whole cycle going!
White frames from a street vendor (I also bought the same pair in blue)
Cupcake silhouette necklace from Cupcakes & Mace
Tea party dress from Forever 21
Floral-print belt from Forever 21 (off another dress)
Suspender belt & ripped stockings
Boots from TopShop
Tarina Tarantino rings
Long black cardigan from Ricochet (not pictured)
Magenta handbag from Matt & Nat (not pictured)
P.S. Forever 21 has an extremely rad selection of dresses right now; if you’re near one you should go & check it out! You will not be disappointed!
Love letters & feather headdresses,
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Aw, Gala, it’s important not to underestimate how happy this outfit makes me! You look stunning, as always.
PS: I am ridiculously happy over the final results of NZNTM!! MAN, I can hardly believe the winner is only 16! I had just STARTED my awkward stage when I was that age! haha
I don’t know how you manage to look so lovely in tattered leggings (especially paired with such a pretty dress), but you do!
Oh my gosh, I have been eyeing that dress for a few days! It’s just so lovely. I must say, it suits your hair well!
That dress is smashing! It creates such a fun, retro silhouette.
Gala, so cute! I love that dress! =)
your hair matches the dress almost exactly!
Gala, you look so beautiful! I think that dress is perfect in every way. No wonder people stopped you to comment on it!
But, though I’ve never met you, I have a feeling that part of what makes your outfits so noticeable is your attitude. You’re probably wearing everything with a confidence & ease that makes all the difference!
Adorable outfit!!!!! I love it!
I hope I can get to a Forever 21 soon.
p.s. you have gotten me hopelessly addicted to Polyvore. But since I am using it as an inspiration technique to help flesh out some of my characters in a story I am writing, I like to think it’s a somewhat productive addiction. ;)
You loook gorgeous dahling!
Your hair is so much darker the last few posts! And this dress matches it almost exactly. Screw matching your shoes and handbag.
Super cute!
Ms Constantine — I had my roots touched up & my colour re-done in Toronto! Which is why it is ultra-vibrant right now. I love it when it’s raspberry.
so cute!
All I have to say is: adorbs. That outfit makes me want to frolic in a park all day.
Okay, the raspberry hair color is gorgeous on you!
I absolutely LOVE the dress, too. My friend and I were going to check out Forever 21 this week. I have a trip coming up where I need a couple of new outfits.
Here’s my question to you, the fashionista! And, be honest!
What do you think the age limit should be on someone wearing this adorable dress? I may be older than a lot of your readers. I’m ‘fortysomething’ but still feel ‘twentysomething’, but don’t want to look like a forty year old trying to look 21!! Make sense?
So, be brutally honest. I think I’m too old to wear this dress.
you look amazing. & i LOVE that dress! i want one too! :P
every single time i walk into forever 21, i can never ever ever find any dresses. they’re on the web site. they’re on the mannequins. but they’re never on the racks in the store. EVER. does anyone else have this problem?!
Just bought that dress in orange YESTERDAY!!
That dress is so cute! I like it in orange as welll. I just posted about buying a dress from F21 lol.
I love how the dress matches your hair!
Oh, I wish we had F21 over here in the UK!
Looks really, really good on you!
I saw that dress the other day on the site and thought I would totally buy it…if I had any money at all heh.
you look absolutely fabuloso Miss Gala Darling. i also wanted to tell you that i’m in the middle of reding Dangerous Angels (inspired by your Francesca Lia Block post that i stumbled across recently) and absolutely adore it. thankyou so much for the reccomendation. it’s a completely beautiful and inspiring book. xx
omg, lovely dress. there’s a forever21 near me thats two floors…and well i died of happiness (: lol.
Gosh you look amazing. This outfit makes me realize how boring my outfits have been lately. Time to step it up! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love, love, LOVE that dress on you. It’s amazing.
And I’m with you on the old man thing. The other day a frail old guy held a door open for me and when I thanked him he said: ‘It’s not every day I get to hold the door open for a pretty girl like you.’ :3
D: I love your outfit. omfg. Beautiful. =D
Gala you are absolutely stunning. As boner party would put it, you “should really be the spokeswoman for the Dont Change A Fucking Thing foundation”
love your tattoos. could you take a closer photo of them, please? Mosu bat ( 1 kiss)
That dress looks awesome on you. And I completely agree. Forever 21 has some GREAT dresses right now. Sadly, I’ve already been there twice this week and picked up a few… ;)
That is a really, really lovely dress! I’m going to the US in a few days, and now I want to visit Forever 21 if I get the chance.
Very very gorgeous! I just love it – so summery. Is there a slip/underskirt thing going on? (Personally I love to see you like this in less black . . . but that’s just me.)
i’ve been looking at that dress on the website… i need to get my butt to the store and try it on. i hate not knowing what size to order…. stupid crazy hourglass figure!! haha
and compliments are nice coming from anyone!!
I always stop and tell people, both men and women, when I love something they’re wearing. It’s a guaranteed way to brighten someone’s day. :) Just today, there was this dude in an awesome white suit and a pimptacular fedora in the elevator at my job, and I said “You, sir, know how to pull a look together!” He smiled really big and seemed to really appreciate it!
It’s pretty awesome that your look can transcend decades! I thought that most old people would scoff at candy-coloured hair but your charm must have captured them ;)
Love it! I really should get more neon pink!
You’re adorable as always! Heehee, aww that’s cute about the 60 year old men.
I love that you just used the word “rad”. :P
More than “beautiful” can even imagine.
Ha! Even before I saw what this post was about, I thought, “Gala looks amazing!”. I think it’s a combo of that dress just being the sweetest cut and it matching your hair perfectly!
Compliments are always wonderful, but when you get a great response from different ages or types of people, you know you’re doing something that is universally awesome!
A++ would stare at you enviously again!
the cut & colour of that dress is gorgeous :)
That really is an adorable dress! Very flattering :)
Awww, I love that your hair and your dress match PERFECTLY! Socute!
Freya — I love that you just said ‘adorbs’, it was… adorbs :D
LilSis — Hee, thank you! As for the dress, I don’t know. It is a very “young” style, but without looking at you it’s hard to say. The best thing to do is try it on & have someone whose advice you can TRUST with you! That being said, it’s very short, so if your legs aren’t your best feature (& they certainly aren’t mine), you should consider it carefully! But there’s no harm in trying it on, so I say, try it on & see what you think!
tiffany — Sometimes! It depends though, some F21s are better than others! There’s one in Soho that I don’t even bother walking into…
Kelly — Yay, twins!
Linz — I do too. I was actually thinking about buying another one & dying it black or something. The cut is so great!
Hayles — They ship internationally I’m pretty sure!
Maya — That’s one of my all-time favourite books, I’m glad you’re enjoying it :>
Ashley — I have been totally slacking lately too, I am living out of a suitcase AGAIN & so choices have been limited! But on Monday I went shopping, haha.
A Girl Named Steve — That is awesome, I love it. See! Things like that reinforce why we should a) dress up & b) be gracious all the time!
lyra — Hahaha I read your comment as I was walking down the street & totally laughed out loud. Thank you!
Nadine — Yes ma’am, I’m wearing a black slip underneath because otherwise when I bent over it would be all “Hello knickers!” ;D I love to see me in less black too, thankfully right now the shops over here are FULL of colour so I have no excuses!
tiffany — I’m normally a small or extra-small at F21 but I have this in a medium & it’s about right!
Teresa Jusino — A pimptacular fedora should always be acknowledged ;D
Katrina — I just started using the word ‘rad’ again recently & I CAN’T STOP, it’s like a disease! The radtacular disease striking residents of Radville only!
Oh my, I think the cuteness of this outfit is cardiac-arrest inducing….in a good way!
I simply adore dresses like that and your are rocking it, m’dear. Very cute. And I love how your dress matches your hair. XD
I love how asskicking you made this sweet dress look by combining it with the ripped tights.
Very inspirational i know exactly what my wardrobe needs now… a dash of raspberry sweetness!!
I love this outfit. The first thought that popped into my head was wow she looks amazing!
Oh god oh god oh god
12 days till I get to the States….....and Forever 21! Holy shit they have the cutest dresses of all time. I may go a wee bit crazy..
There’s nothing more beautiful than a pretty girl in a pretty dress on a summer day. And I think everyone can relate to that.
I also get the same thing from all types of people when I’m out in my favorite sundress. It IS mad cute!
GALA! they ship internationally? as in australia????
wow your pink sequined loveliness has just totally brightened up this lacklusture day :)
Hi Gala,
I have just listened to your 2nd Love and Sequinns,
I have to say that this is the best half hour of inspiration I have come across.
You really do have yourself together.
Not just a pretty face but brains as well.
I am sooooo looking forward to the next installment.
By the way the daily outfit today is awsome.
Love and kisses,
Janet
IT IS WOW PRETTY
Even though I love your style, It’s just something I’d rather watch you do…. haha and I would never try anything as visually strong
butttttttt todays loook is a tasty cosmoorgasm hahaha it is just so girly and strong and yeah, I was actually planning on visiting forever21 cuz I entered and got scared by the size of the store and got lost in plus sizes =S so I need more time to go back and find my way haha …
Question, is that dress, like… at stores right now?
Gorgeous outfit, Miss Gala! I am particularly in love with that dress.
Oh wowzers, that dress is lovely! It’s amazing how well it coordinates with your spiffy hair, too. :)
Thanks Gala!
You’re diplomatic and very smart, too! You’re so right when you say to take someone with you whose opinion you trust…If you say that it’s very short, (I didn’t even notice the slip before), it probably won’t be very appropriate for a family reunion! lol
But, just for grins, I’ll try it on when I’m there with my friend, whose opinion I trust. If she thinks it looks good, then I’ll buy it for a girls night out!
That’s a joke lizzette, isn’t it?
Well if it’s not a joke then you obviously don’t understand anything about beauty.
Gala IS beautiful because she is how and who she is.
It’s NOT about looking like the normal everyday girl.
All these attributes make her special and a lot of people are impressed by that because they would never ever have the guts to do so.
I think a lot of people respect her for dressing a little unconventional.
By feeling good in the skin that you’re in, you get a different attitude. Your eyes sparkle and your whole body seems to say:
I really do like myself.
And that is what beauty is about to my mind.
(Well again, if this post was a joke and I just don’t get it because it’s early in the morning in GER, I made a total ass out of myself but alas…)
Doctor’s Darling
dang I love your hair colour :D
WOW!! breathtaking, gala.
Omgosh, Gala! That dress looks amazing!
May I ask, what size is it?
On the website it only comes in s, m and l(And I’m Australian so I don’t know how much American sizes differ to ours) so I don’t know what size would fit a friend of mine who would adore this dress!
Oh, heavens! I finish exams, and I’m tired and bored and there it is, a glamourous little thing like Gala dressed all in pink to sweeten up our days…
You look fantastic! :D
Lookin’ superduper cute, Miss Gala!
I’m so sorry someone left you that comment Gala :(
Lizzette – wow, I’d forgotten there was only one way to be beautiful, and that it was 100% based on how you look externally! Thanks for reminding us!
Ugh, trolls.
May I say you look beautiful! Just perfect.
We don’t have F21 here in Australia. I was JUST thinking about ordering a sweet little dress for spring.
You guys are lovely for defending me, but that comment didn’t phase me in the SLIGHTEST! I love my nose & my tattoos & my hair! Hahah! “Lizzette” probably has a sucky life, she has my sympathy more than anything ;D xo
The first photo has you looking so yummilicious, I could lick you right off the web page ;)
that dress is so cute <3
i had that the other day when i was going shopping in my graduation ball dress. everyone loved it and was staring and all that. it’s so sweet when people are telling you that they like your style. i have to admit that im way too shy to do that. i always think people will react in a weird way when i tell them and i have no idea why that is :(
love
kamy
xxx
Great look, I like how the tights add an extra edge to a pretty girly dress. It all works so well!
Your hair is so vibrant! What is your natural hair color? Is it difficult to maintain the pink color? Just curious.
I am in complete love with this outfit!!!!!! Are the lenses pink in the glasses?! It’s perfectly adorable on you!
toodles!
Of course that dress gets attention! It’s stunning! I must invest…
Wow what a great dress!
Gala, can you post some tips for shopping at Forever 21? I always find amazing accessories there, but the clothing is often so strewn about and disorganized that I just can’t even begin! Same with H&M! If they hired some floor people to keep everything folded, I bet their sales would go through the roof overnight! How do you make such great finds there?
Love love it! Fab!
Aw, when will Forever21 set up shop in Sydney?! They seem to have the most divine pieces, and this dress is no exception – it’s stunning! Also, I love how you add your floral belt to so many pieces, Gala :) Clever, clever, clever!
Oh how stunning. No one can carry off pink like you do, Gala!
Simply perfect! I like how you paired it with the ripped stockings :). That’s balance.
It’s the contour and the matching hair—that’s what’s getting you noticed for sure :) I recognized this dress the second I saw your photo—I’ve been eyeing it for days (I’m thinking of getting it in orange, though). You look stunning.
We have the same dress!
I love what you did with it! And your tattoos make it that much better.
have you seen this gala?
www.vanityfair.com/culture/fea…
do you know what the dress is and where you can get the dress from?
Ooh la la! OMG that is the cutest, most fan-flippin-tastic dress ever and you’re working it! lol. I absolutely positively lurve Forever 21 (4 forever and ever and ever) and I have the same dress. I’m having a “mad” tea/garden party themed gathering and this is perfect. You’re style is always awesome! ;D