I’m a terrible blogger! Horrible! After being berated by a darling friend who sporadically checks in on this blog, I’m back with my tail between my legs…with a fabulous new find, though.

While I am overjoyed to have found, at long last, the dress that I will wear to the Italy wedding, I am sad to say that Lord & Taylor has not put this dress on their website. I think that they did it on a short run, since they didn’t do anything else in the same style. It’s by “Kate Hill” which is the L&T label that makes some very elegant and affordable pieces. My favorite things of theirs at the moment are made of this gorgeous silk dupioni, like this sheath dress…

I also love the fullness of this Kate Hill skirt (similar to the skirt of the dress I chose)…

And at less than $50 for each of these, elegance has never been so completely within reach!