The Burnt Ochre Dress from Last Summer & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #756

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are a thousand pictures worth? According to the principles of mathematics, the answer would be one million words. Although I am certain that I could write one million words, I don’t really feel like it. And you probably have little interest in reading the one million words that my very noisy and chaotic brain would string together anyway. So I will leave you with some words (far less than one million) and many pictures (a lot but much fewer than a thousand) of little ole me wearing one of my favorite summer dresses.

Last summer, I purchased this dress in deep black with a batik sun print and I loved it so much that I ordered it in a pink retro autumn blossom floral print as well as this solid burnt ochre. I haven’t worn the pink floral one yet but I will definitely share it here when I do. As much as I love the black batik and the pink floral print, this burnt ochre dress has emerged as my very favorite of the three. When I bought it, I never imagined all the things in my wardrobe that it coordinates with.

If you recall, I wore this burnt ochre dress with an orange and green floral kimono robe for our last Style Imitating Art challenge. I have also styled this orange dress with a black butterfly print kimono robe which I will share soon to showcase the versatility of this dress in my wardrobe.

I wore this particular outfit in September for the drive home from our weekend date in Troy, New York. We took these photographs at a pull off spot on the side of the road which led to a hiking trail entrance.

For this simple bohemian styling of my burnt ochre dress, I wore this floral kimono robe which I always perceived as a red on black floral print. Upon closer inspection, however, the flowers actually are more orange than red and coordinate perfectly with the color of this dress.

There are tiny bits of green in the floral print so I wore my oversized green straw hat and my olive green Birkenstocks. To complete a true boho look, I wore my big feather earrings and then I layered on my tree of life necklace, my wooden owl pendant, my Shelbee mala beads, and my green mala beads (which have since broke, thereby also breaking my heart).

This outfit combination of a long dress and kimono robe is my go-to formula for the warmer months. When the weather starts heating up and the humidity increases, it is time to put my leggings away for the season and pull out all of my sundresses. I am not a big of fan of shorts and while I love big flowy loose fitting pants they are not really fans of me, so my summertime wardrobe consists mainly of long dresses and lightweight robes for sun protection.

My style aesthetic definitely changes with the seasons. Does yours?

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