Dress, American Apparel [similar 1;2]
Pearls, vintage
Mint purse, H&M [similar]
Bracelets, DIYed
Flats, Lacoste [similar]
I wore this dress exactly one year ago on my graduation day. It’s amazing to think about how much has changed over the past year. And how much is exactly the same. Time + life are funny little things, ya know?
I can finally post this now that Commencement is over!
As graduation gifts for my roommates, I decorated eight little wooden memory boxes:
Unfinished wooden boxes can be found in a variety of shapes and sizes at pretty much every craft store. Using leftover green paint from rooms in our apartment, I sponged the outside of them all first and then stained the inside with wood stainer. To embellish, I modpodged a photo onto each (the antique looking edges are really just from ripping the paper!), and then stamped them with various Paper Source rubber stamps (like this one).
Finally, I tagged them all with gsg (for Green Street Girls) by modpodging newspaper letter cutouts onto the front.
Best part? Talia’s sister told her they looked “so Anthropologie” 🙂
Well, we did it! On Monday , Emerson College’s Class of 2011 graduated at Boston’s Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theater. It was a long day and an even longer senior week leading up to it, but so much fun and full of so many great memories (cliche much?).
As promised, here’s a fashion recap of my roommate’s commencement dresses:
Corey Jane in Urban Outfitters
Britt in Urban Outfitters
Amanda in White House Black Market
Natasha in J Crew
Samantha in Free People
Demetra in Anthropologie
Me in American Apparel
Talia in Urban Outfitters
Steph in Banana Republic
Such a wide range of tastes. Not. 🙂
It hasn’t even been a week and yet I miss all of my friends already. Some are flying back to LA, some starting life in New York City, others moving into grad school. I’m so proud of each and every one of them and am so excited for what they are all about to experience!
Have you attended any graduations this month?
Even though I graduated this past December and already have a diploma in hand, I’m excited to participate with my fellow classmates in our commencement ceremony in just under a month! With it coming up so soon, I’m of course stressing about what to wear… under the gown, that is (silly that I worry about something few will even see? Yes. Care? No.). I’ve finally found a dress I love, surprisingly from American Apparel— a store I tend to stay away from as much more of a prep than a hipster. But I love its vintage look and am so excited it’s purple to match one of my school’s colors (our purple and gold school wears all black graduation caps and gowns, next!).
As far as accessories go, it pains me that I won’t get to wear a bow or flower in my hair thanks to a certain traditional hat. But at least I’ll be prep with my pearls 🙂 Here’s what I’m thinking:
I also love the look because it reminds me of Mila Kunis’s 2011 Oscars dress, one of my favorites from that red carpet. In case you’ve been living under a rock:
Oh please let lavender be a big color this summer!
Post script: Emerson girls, don’t get any ideas! 🙂
