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Fashion Repeats Itself: Money Stays in Style

May 15, 2018 by WendyB

Dollar prints on clothes and accessories are trendy again. Balenciaga is doing them.

Balenciaga scarf. Click to purchase on 24 Sevres.

So is Margiela.

Margiela high-top. Click to purchase at Bergdorf Goodman.

Whenever currency is au courant in fashion, I can shop my closet for my vintage Christian Francis Roth dollar dress.

The dress in 2013. Click for more photos.

The dress was created in 1991 …

1991 cover shot. Click for original post.

… but I bought it on eBay in 2009.

With my blogging friend Pamela in 2010.

I’ve worn this dress many times, including Fashion’s Night Out in 2010, when I bought a pair of sex-ay, over-the-knee Tommy Hilfiger duck boots. Of course, I had to take a photo of that bizarre dress and boot combination just for laughs.

I didn’t wear this combo all night, obvi. Click for original post.

Now I feel as if Demna Gvasalia, the creative director of Balenciaga, stumbled across my picture and said, “That dress does need a pair of appropriate over-the-knee boots.” Because … look!

Balenciaga boots. Click to purchase at Matches.

I’m looking at those like …

I can’t justify buying these boots, but my birthday is in December, and if you like to get your shopping done in advance, I’m a size 36.5. Just sayin’!

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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