Friday, November 30, 2012

Frock Fridays: Dress Yourself

One cold morning last week, as I was messing around on my laptop at the kitchen island while Jon read the paper and Charlie twitched with dreams at our feet, I pulled up this blog.  "Jon," said I, "remember that Frock Fridays I posted the other week - the one for our date night while you're here?"

"Um."  Jon replied.  "Yes.  There was a dress?"

(God, I love this boy.)

Long story short, I asked Jon what he'd want me to wear for our date if he could choose my outfit.  This could be dangerous, sure, but after reading Jenni's post on dressing for your man and its 125 comments - as well as the caustic inspiration from Raven - I thought I was in safe enough territory.  After all, guys love it when girls play up their most womanly assets, and how much more feminine can you get than a curvy red frock and pumps with smokey eyes?

Well.  It turns out that Jon, although ever diplomatic, would prefer to see me in something a bit more casual and classic.  "How about jeans?" he asked.  "Like the ones you're wearing now.  And a white shirt.  Kind of ruffly, maybe?"  By this point I was clicking through Polyvore.  "No, not like that," he said, rejecting a top.  "Less... frumpy."  (Ah, Jenni was right!)  Apparently he thinks it's sexy when girls tuck their jeans into boots, so we added a pair from Nine West and I chose a purse - the only direction he gave was "brown and practical. Why do women always carry such big bags?"  After picking out some simple silver jewelry, he sat back, satisfied.  "Yes," he mused.  "You could wear that."

jon's choice

In the end, I wore a charcoal dress from H&M with black tights and gold flats - we met up with a friend for drinks before having a delicious dinner at Circa and then heading to my high school's annual young alum reunion at a bar, which all seemed to call for just a little more glitz - but I've got an outfit for next time!  Jeans and a white top... who knew that boys like the basics?

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22 comments:

  1. Love the boots and the white top! SO classic

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  2. This made me laugh! Seriously, Alex and I have the same conversation everyday and it involves the word "frumpy".
    To be honest, I need to stop asking him if he likes what I'm wearing because most of the time he'll let me know before I even ask by laughing and going "what is this??"
    But I really like the outfit here! Good job, Jon! (aka Jon guided by Betsy)

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  3. This is amusing! Especially the bit of the bag - Aled literally cannot understand why i'd ever want to own more than one bag at a time. It's interesting to hear what they like us in!

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  4. Jon did a pretty great job! I love the classic casual, black blazer and jeans look :) I should ask Jurgen this same question sometime - would be so interested in what he would come up with :)


    xxx
    Jenna

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  5. haha oh Alex - I will say that Jon is slightly more tactful! I, on the other hand, am not when it comes to Jon's outfits. poor guy!

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  6. oh man yes - every time we go into a store and I try on a dress, Jon says "but don't you have one just like it?" THAT IS NOT THE POINT, MISTER.

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  7. he did - I should ask more often! seems they go for the classic over the trendy... we can do that, right? :)

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  8. jon has some seriously good taste! Everything about the outfit is lovely!

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  9. oh man, all these compliments are going to start going to his head... haha!

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  10. So this is my kind of outfit! I envision myself in classy, sophisticated garb like you normally post (and like you ended up wearing) but usually my "look nice" (assuming there's no actual formality to the event) ends up more along these lines!
    Paul would put me in sundresses. It's the one thing I can come home with 5 of and he never makes a peep about what I've spent. Lucky for him, they're my uniform come summer!
    This is a fun post- but what would YOU pick for JON??

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  11. that is a dangerous question. I'm not sure I dare - but maybe, just maybe... haha!

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  12. i have no doubt that my husband would love the look that you [and jon!] put together. time & time again, he has told me 'guys like jeans & a tee shirt.' and while i know not all guys hold this opinion, i've found many of our friends do.


    recently, i've been really into blazers. i love this one!

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  13. Jeans and a white top with a black blazer is one of the best outfits you can wear for a night out! Great choice!


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  14. He did a good job! It's always interesting to hear guy's opinions on outfits!

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  15. it really was almost entirely Jon! (okay, yes, the blazer was me... haha!)

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  16. What a great idea! Gregory and I are going out to dinner tonight and I'm going to have him pick out my outfit (I'm not necessarily going to wear it per se, but I'm curious to see what he chooses)

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  17. How cute! I think that Nick would probably choose something similar to this as well. I know he probably thinks that half of the things I wear are crazy!

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  18. I guess our boys are usually too polite (and/or respectful of our rights as women to make our own choices, damnit!) to comment... hehe!

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