I’m back from my annual Ogunquit gallivant. It’s taken me a solid few days to get over not drinking at three in the afternoon, but ya girl’s powered through. I’ve got so many photos to post that it feels, just a little bit, like I’m still battling the surf.
I’d meant to finish this dress for my birthday back in May. Failing that, I set my sights on Maine, and I finished just in time. Guys, matching up bias-cut stripes is hell on earth and no one can tell me otherwise. How I tortured those poor pleats! But it paid off: my goal for this look was “off-duty nurse at Coney Island”, and that’s exactly what my mom, totally unprompted, said I looked like.
It was the perfect fit for my third annual Ogunquit Memorial Library photoshoot. I vowed two years ago that someday I’d buy this place, and – well, it would behoove me to be less grabbyhands about historical buildings. But the desire is there. Somewhere deep inside, a preservationist shrieks mutely about kids and lawns.
Dress: made by me, no pattern
Hat: The Vintage Hat Shop
My Kingdom for a Hat 
SWOON. I love this dress and everything about this photoshoot. You are, always, goals. You make me want to cut my hair so I can have those perfect retro waves.
Thank you for confirming my fears of lining up stripes on a bias. It is why I have avoided it, despite love, love, LOVING how it looks! You did a marvelous job and this dress looks amazing!
xoxo
-Janey