batik dress Akua African designed to highlight both tradition and modern elegance Cassandra Plus Size Adire Silk

and since Im a big fan of outfit of the day posts, I thought Id smurf two birds with one stone and take pics of myself from head to toe

For this look, I paired this gorgeous red summer dress with an Old Navy Rockstar denim (mid-rise skinny leg jeans) in a size 2 as Old Navy jeans have a more generous allowance (read this review)

Footwear included slippers, sandals, and leather shoes, but it is thought that most Greeks walked around barefoot, especially in the house

Vogue later described the contrast as a playful complexity against the sheen of the dress

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Specifically, the designer was quoted in a 1997 text by Richard Harrison Martin for the Gianni Versace retrospective exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, saying that the eye-popping safety pin dresses in the collection were inspired by the punk subculture (hence the safety pins) and the Indian sari (as seen in the wrap-around design of the silhouette)