If you follow my personal Instagram, you know that I’ve been doing a bit of traveling lately. I’m currently in Athens, where I admired the Acropolis from a rooftop restaurant last night.
View from a rooftop restaurant.
I wore a vintage tiger-striped Clovis Ruffin dress that I got in 2008. (It was a maxi but I hemmed it.) I often bring it when traveling because it’s easy to pack.
What Wendy Wore
Dress: Vintage Clovis Ruffin (2008)
Shoes: Giuseppe Zanotti (2014)
Jewelry: My own designs
Lip color: So Chaud by MAC
Here are some older pictures of the dress.
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I didn’t actually wear it out in that 2008 photo in Los Angeles because I’d packed the wrong tights, but I tried it on for size. I wore it out and about in L.A. in 2010. The first 2011 photo was taken in New York; the second 2011 photo was taken in Miami. That was the year I decided the dress looked good with my onyx Queen of Scots necklace. If you take another look at this Athens photo, you’ll see that I still like that necklace with this dress!
In 2010, in Sex and the City 2, Samantha (Kim Cattrall) wore a one-shoulder version of this dress. I don’t have a screen shot of that, but Posh Vintage carried the same style, which is now on hold for a customer.
Click to view on the Posh Vintage website.
If Wilma Flintstone ever wanted to change out of that white dress of hers …
… the Clovis would be perfect!
I have several other Clovis dresses. You can see three of them here, here and here.
That dress is fabulous on you! What a fun print!
So easy to pack too! I can fold it up into a tiny square!
It looks better on you every year! OMG, those Zanottis!!! xxxx
I’m so happy I got these shoes! Paul had to practically beg me to get them. I was like “uh nooooo”
I just love that dress on you, Wendy! I’m going to be traveling in the fall, and am thinking about fashionable items like that, that will scrunch up small in my suitcase.
Whoop! My neck of the woods! Enjoy!
Loving it!
I’VE BEEN COLLECTING VINTAGE TIGER STRIPE pieces for over a year now. This post just blew my mind.
I am 25 years old – are there any other obscure designers who did tiger stripe collections before I could possibly remember???
I want to see your tiger collection! 🙂
Animal prints always rock, dear Wendy…but “tiger” is one we don’t see too often!! And how did you know it would go so perfectly with that stunning Athens view?! 😉
It was a surprise 🙂
I don’t do fashion blog anymore – but I do have some great photos from a shoot I did with a moschino tiger stripe skirt suit!
Ooh, wanna see!