WHAT WE WORE - Utah Opera, Il Trovatore

 

Images of the most recent Chanel (Spring 2013) runway were definitely in my mind when I put together this look. No Chanel runway is complete without the famous boucle jacket. But it was the pairing of the huge, pearl, bauble necklaces all over the line that stuck with me while dressing the other night. Although my necklace is no where near such a statement piece as those, I do think it kinda gets the idea across. I had another look ready to go pairing black lace with chiffon (Dolce and Gabbana inspired) but decided that I wear a lot of black. So, white it was! I thought about amping up the heels, but in the end decided to keep them understated.  Chiffon dress is from a NY boutique (and is surprisingly old in my closet), jacket is thrifted, shoes are Aldo (also old), and the necklace was from the nicer Target jewelry lines a few seasons ago. By the way, this white chiffon dress is quite amazing and is only $30! Pair with this white boucle jacket or this one from Zara and you too can complete the look. And why not add a nice big bauble necklace while you're at it?

UTAH OPERA OPENING NIGHT - Capitol Theater

Alycia from Crowley Party in Michael Kors dress

Shannon from Style with Shannon

Loving her Enzo Anglioni shoes

Shannon in lovely Tory Burch dress

Cara Loren from CaraLoren in Jodi Christopher from Dillards

Cara's shoes are Kelsey Dagger

On the left is Emily over at Creamy. She's wearing Eliza J. from Nordstrom.

Being musicians first and foremost, we have to admit we were excited to be part of the Utah Opera's opening night red carpet event. We've all heard bits and pieces of Verdi's Il Trovatore, but I have to admit, I've never seen it live (even with all of my metropolitan opera days in NYC). I wish we had a picture, but the lighting and set design were the best we've seen at the Utah Opera, so kudos to those taking cues from the likes of the Met opera designs. And I have to admit, I particularly loved the control and passion of Scott Piper's voice (the Tenor playing Manrico).

So onto the style, We met a few other bloggers out for the event and we have to tell you that they were all very beautifully dressed. You might already be following some of them, but they are beautiful aren't they? For particulars on what they're all wearing and where to buy, definitely take a look at their individual sites. Somehow we missed Alycia in that last picture, but she was wearing a gorgeous sequin Michael Kors dress (seen up top). Stay tuned tomorrow to see what we were wearing....

And congratulations to the Utah Opera for a beautiful night out. (P.S. I am LOVING the upwards lighting beneath the stage! Well done [couldn't disagree more with the Tribune's review of it])!

ROUND SUNGLASSES

OK so although we're liking the look, we're kinda feelin the sunglasses. We may have to be on the look out for spring. We took this shot before Rochas SS '13 showed in Paris (see the runway shot), so this lovely lady was onto something. By the way, we're kinda loving that Rochas look. The dress is pretty amazing (and what is that fabric?). Oh and we've got a look coming showcasing the white collars seen on so many runways. So keep a look out....

THE DESERT

 

This look was supposed to be the outfit I wore to the Grotto concert in Moab. But I realized only right before, that going down the river in a speedboat, walking through sand and hiking the rocks to the "first tier" (the natural ledge of rocks in the grotto amphitheater), that maybe this was not the best pick (hence, contributing to my bad packing in that post). So here's the outfit that never got seen, and would've looked a heck of a lot nicer in pictures. By the way, the dress is vintage, glasses are Quetee and everything else you've seen before. 

LOVELY VALENTINO

Oh Valentino.You have been the modest girl's friend these last few seasons. We couldn't let the fashion month leave without posting some of our favorite Spring lines. And of course Valentino always seems to be near the top of that list. We feel these looks are very 30's inspired. Which is nice since so many of the other lines were very edgy (think lots of leather and graphic/bold prints). We saw these last week while we were boarding a plane and were definitely fawning over them. We know that some of the linings are a little too sheer, but please don't fault us for that. They are still so beautiful. We know we tend to gravitate towards modest evening wear (since that is what we do), but we hope one day high fashion modest evening wear is not far out of your reach.

THE 80's JEAN

Now isn't she just so cute? We LOVE her top. We also like the throw back to the 80's wash jean. We don't know if we're quite so brave to sport them, but by all means, if you do it like this, we say go for it!