Welcome back to Fashion Friday! When packing for vacation I look at a few key things – the temperature, what kind of things I will be doing, and what items will pack well. I know some girls who travel with steamers and full size garment bags of carefully pressed items but I do not think I will ever be one of those! I am a huge fan of washable fabrics and items that can be easily folded into a suitcase and then put on without too many wrinkles and I have a few Ellie Kai dresses that fit the bill!
I was first introduced to the brand in the Spring of 2014 when the owner came to New York City and I had the chance to meet her and pick out a dress which I featured here. I fell in love with the brand, their materials, and the adorable patterns and have since purchased three more including this blue and white one. I packed it with me for my family trip to the Galapagos and wore it one night to dinner and a South American wine tasting.
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The boat we spent a week we only had local food and that extended to the wine so I when I ordered Pinot Grigio it was from Chile instead of France or California and it was quite delicious So you can imagine when I learned one evening we would be having a South American wine tasting and the opportunity to taste a whole array of wine of Chile and Argentina and it was delicious! My favorite was actually the rose and while I found one brand I liked last summer most are not to my taste! My second favorite was a Carmenere, which is described as a a medium-bodied red, and it made since why I had not heard of it as it is almost exclusively grown in Chile! It was quite a lovely evening!
It was great to be able to try so many wines and by the end of the night I was definitely appreciate the stretch in the dress. Don’t believe me? I brought this same dress with me to Spain last year and you can see pictures of it from my travels in Barcelona here and here.
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Emma says
I have a favorite dress like that and I liked it so much I bought it in three colors!
Amanda says
I love a good rose!
TAMMY says
Happy belated St Patrick’s Day to you. Hopefully you went out to celebrate in NYC yesterday. I don’t believe in work on that day. I am Irish and I love to celebrate my day. I was in the parade, then stopped by Dorrians Red Hand, then I stumbled into the stumble Inn for a while. After that I went to Mercury Bar to have great Shepard’s Pie, then it was off to 230 5th before I went home. Great party day with my boyfriend and our friends. As for Wine tasting its so much fun. Its always a fun event to taste various different wines that I never tasted. Some are not so good but most are good to outstanding. Plus its a good social outing to meet new people. Which wine was the best for you there. I love your dress and those high heel sandals look awesome on you. Wine tasting is a dress up event for me. St Patrick’s day is a green dress down day for most.
Pam says
Most of my go to dresses are from J. Mclaughlin and they seem similar to yours….no wrinkles, no fuss, goes with everything. Cute photos!
Lucy says
Such a cute dress and I love wine from Chile!
Andrea Nine says
LOVE that dress to pieces and how fun is this!! Happy weekend beautiful babe!!
Mónica Sors - Mes Voyages à Paris says
This seems so funny and delicious dear!
xx
Mónica Sors
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