Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Trendspotting: Short Sleeve Patterned Dresses

Get your Fall 2010 inspiration, darlings, but wear the look now ~ short sleeve printed minidresses are magical!
Andy & Debb, via nymag.com. Other runway photos via style.com except where noted.
Bensoni
Blugirl, via nymag.com
Carolina Herrera
Chanel
Christopher Kane
Clements Ribeiro
Colette Dinnigan
Custo Barcelona, via nymag.com
Douglas Hannant
Erdem
Generra
Holly Fulton
Isabel Marant
















Issa
Jill Stuart
Kinder Aggugini
Loewe
Luca Luca
Manish Arora
Mary Katranzou
Matthew Williamson
Mulberry, via nymag.com
Nicole Farhi
Oscar de la Renta
Rachel Comey
Rodarte
Twenty8Twelve
VPL
Joseph satin animal-print dress; this and next eight at net-a-porter.com.
Emilio Pucci printed cotton-jersey mini dress.
Maje striped jersey mini dress.
McQ printed silk-satin dress.
Missoni knitted mini dress.
Pringle 1815 floral-print crepe dress.
Roberto Cavalli printed silk mini dress.
See by Chloe floral silk-satin dress.
Willow marble-print tiered wave dress.
Hervé Léger indigo batik cocktail dress; this and next three at shopbop.com.
Juicy Couture terry tunic dress.
C&C California striped scoop-neck jersey dress.
M Missoni zig zag striped dress.
Which print do you prefer, darling?
xoxox,
CC

80 comments:

  1. i love all these dresses. in particular the maje striped jersey mini dress.

    but with my tiny frame, theres NO way i can pull these looks off!

    xx.
    a.

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  2. Those dresses are so pretty. I need to update my wardrobe real soon. xoxo

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  3. Rodarte it's a nice nice dress i <3 it ¡
    xxx
    DELIA

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  4. Oh yes, I would wear so many of these- what a fabulous post darling! I especially love that gorgeous Nicole Farhi print.

    Florrie x

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  5. well, I am fan of dresses, so I love them all!

    check out my Alexia Admor dress giveaway, darling CC! :)
    xoxo

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  6. LOVE the Erdem printed dress! I need more patterned dresses :)
    xx

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  7. i love it! ;


    yellowscarff.blogspot.com

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  8. The Rachel Comey dress is amazing! :)

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  9. si son cortitos tipo los que has puesto en las ultimas fotos si, pero me tienen que gustar mucho, soy mas bien de colores lisos jaja :)

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  10. Wow, these dresses are all so beautiful. Especially the Rodarte, Bensoni and Chanel.
    Bad thing they're all pretty expensive.

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  11. Wonderful selection - seems that shprinted dresses will be hot for the autumn too!

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  12. Loving the pretty frocks! Can't wait to dust them out from off the bottom of the closet floor!

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  13. Yup these are definitely everywhere right now! I can't wait for it to warm up so I can wear one with my new denim jacket :)

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  14. I love the striped dress near the bottom. So cute!

    www.FashionSnag.com

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  15. I love combination of short sleeve and long gloves!It looks so chic! Wishing you fabulous week ahead!:-)

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  16. I like the sweet striped one at the bottom... perfect for the warmer weather!

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  17. Lovely selection of dresses! I was online last night selecting summer dresses =) I look forward to the warm days ahead...
    xoxo,
    B

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  18. gorgeous! love the leopard number in particular. so happy i found your blog!

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  19. i am so in love with these short sleeve, patterned dresses. i've been on the hunt for some for a while now!
    i'm especially loving the ones with longer, mid-length sleeves! :)

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  20. I love your Shopbop picks! These put me in the mood for spring, though we're already experiencing warm weather here in LA!

    Hope you are having a great start to your week!

    xo, becs

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  21. These are all so wearable! Nice to see things going down the runway that you KNOW you'll see in real life too!!!

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  22. Me gustan cortos para que el estampado no me recargue mucho!!
    Bss

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  23. I love the first look, and the ones with gloves.

    xoxo Mo

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  24. Fab post!!! I love the first one the most i think, and all of the ones towards the end are fantastic too!!

    http://www.hottheels.blogspot.com

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  25. perfect, as you know I already love and wear this style of dress a lot ;)

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  26. I love the piece from Jill Stuart - so gorgeous!! :)

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  27. these are really cool. Really lovin d old hollywood glam all these dresses with high necklines portray. Guess cleavage exposure is out of style.

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  28. so chic and adorable!
    love them all.<3

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  29. Very creative prints. I have to start filling my closet with some of this.

    xoxo
    B* a la Moda

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  30. I have this love - dislike relationship with the fashion on your site!Dislike in a very good way though! I love all the fashion, it totally drives me nuts! The dislike part is that I always want to go out and buy fabric and make all of them and spend money that I don't always have!LOL!So I am just going to curb my urges and "enjoy your show"!

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  31. the Andy & Debb dress is fabulous!!

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  32. I love every dresses !
    http://mimietnini.canalblog.com/

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  33. I do love tweed dresses (and suits, and jackets!!!) so I'll give my vote to the lovely tweeds in the round up.

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  34. Lovely-so feminine. A nice change from solids.

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  35. To think I used to fear prints...I love them now! Great choices.

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  36. Do you know, I love this style of dress, I've always had upper arm issues and this just works so well for me, and now you have given me so much to choose from. Thank you. xx

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  37. Love these dresses doll!

    Thanks so much for ur weight loss tips. Can't say I haven't heard those before but it felt much more real coming from u. So I had my breakfast today. lol

    Thanks again hun! Ur such a darling
    xx

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  38. So sexy and fun, I want some of these for my Spring/Summer wardrobe, it's in need of some flirty frocks.
    xo

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  39. That first row of dresses are stunning! I love patterns.

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  40. Oh I love them all a lot, Love Christopher Kane and Chloe!

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  41. I love sleeves!!! (my arms arent my fav) so these are perfect. xo

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  42. i say this on all of your posts but i really do love them all! so hot!!

    xoxo

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  43. I should wear more patterns&prints..Loewe has an amzing season i thought~
    xo*

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  44. I want them all!

    juliet xxx

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  45. These are all adorable! I have a few of these which I can't wait to wear. I really love the Oscar de la Renta dress!

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  46. Nice mix of patterns and color, dig the previous post as well CC! Always a pleasure.

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  47. i love the floral dresses! they're my favorite!! (:

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  48. Love this look because it's great for day and night. Just adore the styling of the Carolina Herrera and the Jil Stuart dresses. I am starting to warm up a bit more to prints, especially excited to wear them for springtime.

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  49. Chanel was loved! Dreaming about it every night :D

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  50. So loving this trend. Patterns are so much fun!

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  51. Gorgeous! I can't wait to wear this look in the spring!!

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  52. those patterns are so cute!

    Kisses,
    stephanie

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  53. The first two are my favorite!!!

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  54. i absolutely adore the first dress. :)

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  55. love stopping by you and seeing these masses of inspiration! love your blog.
    hope youre having an great week.

    xxx ediot

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  56. I love some of the short dresses, esp the one in pink, white and orange, just perfect for summer.

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  57. Love Twenty8Twelve! Your blog is fantastic. Great find!

    http://launchinitiative.blogspot.com/

    x

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  58. Love these! Not a fan of the Blugirl one though.
    Xx

    PS - How on earth do you get your photos to stay like that?! I have tried a million times and the format always gets messed up. :(

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  59. i just bought some similar dresses - can't wait to wear them!

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  60. Hi Carrie,

    Love all these cute dresses and just in time for Summer.

    Hugs
    Carolyn

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  61. Eye catching! Makes me even more anxious for spring.

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  62. Those first two are just so pretty! What an inspiring post CC. I love how it's a little more modest than the previous bandage dress trend, but still sexy with the mini length.

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  63. adore this look! It's ultra modern but with a hint of retro. So sorry to have not been by lately - have been crazy busy but will catch up on the wonder that is CC Sunday!! XOXO's

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  64. I lke the short tunic dresses, they are perfect for the Barcelona summer! xxx

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  65. In love with the Herve Leger dress. Leighton Meester looked fabu in it. =)


    www.closetcravings.com

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  66. These are awesome, Carrie!! Love dresses so this post is just plain awesome!!

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  67. Ah, loove them. I'm a big fan of Matthew Williamson and Twenty8Twelve, and the dresses you posted are just too fabulous. The Jill Stuart and Kinder Aggugine dresses are beautiful as well. I saw photos of Kinder's show at LFW...a-ma-zing.

    xxxx
    SH

    p.s. I love that TopShop dress too. It has something classical, but also a little rockish. Perfect for Soane.

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  68. I absolutely adore that short sleeve flared Generra mini dress with its lovely white, aqua, green and black pattern.

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  69. It's nice to see some things on the runway that I would actually like to wear. These dresses are absolutely gorgeous, for the most part. I especially love the yellow floral. Beautiful.

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