Watermelon Dress

Hello, welcome to my blog, 

and thanks so much for joining me!

Today, I decided to dress

 in the color watermelon-a little tribute to summer!

Every summer I look forward 

to the fresh local, seasonal fruit

available at the farmers' market

July is the best time ever for delicious

 ripe watermelon 🍉

 I love it, but recently I have discovered

 an allergy to one of it's ingredients-bummer!

At least I can still enjoy the rest

 🍑🍒🫐🍓

What is your favorite summer fruit or veggie?

The dress in my outfit today

is a classic and straightforward style,

a sleeveless fit and flare 

 with a V neckline and sash tie belt

The special part about it is the color-

It is a bright, practically neon watermelon hue!

Today I am wearing the dress

under a cropped, white lace topper

Carrying a special aqua color velvet bucket bag,

 with a fold over top that looks a bit like

 a picnic or lunch box

I love this vintage bag from the 1950's 

Although it doesn't get a lot of wear,

 I like to admire how sweet and fun it is

I would love to have a glimpse of it's life

 before it wound up in my closet!

 I chose some light and cool silver tone jewelry

to complement this look

A twisted pavé decorated necklace,

 and open cuff bracelet

I wear this bracelet a lot during the summer, especially

 I'm not sure what it is about it that I love so much!

It is shimmery and a substantial size,

but a very light and open design

 For earrings, turquoise colored posts

 with irregular shaped stones

to mimic the color of my bag

For shoes to finish this outfit,

 a pair of nude sling backs

 with metal decoration

Roger is joining me today

with a coordinating outfit

I realized when I loaded this picture

 his paisley tie was not visible at all...

so here is another

 

Although not a match,

 (surprisingly, no watermelon colored tie in his collection),

 a very nice blend

with orange, red, blue and white

There are not many items of clothing 

in my closet in the color watermelon,

but quite a bit of the similar color coral

Here is an outfit with a coral color jacket  

from summer 2020 that I still wear and enjoy

And here is the white lace cropped topper

worn over a different dress,

 an aqua butterfly print, from summer, 2023

I'll be back next week with another summer outfit

 and an item leaving my closet,

from my long overdue purge!

Hope you all have a great week,

appreciating all of your favorite summer pastimes!

☀️ 🏖️ 🛶 🌊 ⛵️☀️