{"id":1701,"date":"2014-09-20T21:08:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T20:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2018-07-08T09:54:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T07:54:59","slug":"last-days-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/2014\/09\/20\/last-days-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Last days of summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woops! I&#8217;m late to share this summer dress _ yet summer is late too, so maybe that makes us even. But it&#8217;s still summer here till tomorrow! Then this dress will enjoy some vacation time in my cabinets, sadly, because it&#8217;s one of my favorites for summer. I pinned a lot of dresses of this kind in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/carlottastrm\/summer-spring-inspirations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summer-spring inspiration board<\/a>, because they&#8217;re so fresh (it&#8217;s sometimes better to cover up than to show a lot of skin in the heat) and elongate the figure quite nicely. Most girls I know are into it, the boys&#8230; not so much (I think I heard the words &#8220;pregnancy\u00a0style&#8221; a few times.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2518 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003540_c-1.jpg?resize=525%2C786\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003540_c-1.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003540_c-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003540_c-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1149&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003540_c-1.jpg?w=1069&amp;ssl=1 1069w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Yet,\u00a0I never had any dress of this style until I made this one : I certainly tried on a lot of them, but ready-to-wear designs tend to save on fabric, and usually long dresses look a bit more like columns than like hot air balloons, and I personnally wanted my long dresses to have plenty of volume.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2519 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003542_c.jpg?resize=525%2C351\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003542_c.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003542_c.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003542_c.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003542_c.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003542_c.jpg?w=1240 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>I&#8217;m not used to this type of length, and nowadays, wearing a dress this long feels definitely princess-y! I have to watch my steps, and to hold the skirt with two hands when getting up and down the stairs : that&#8217;s funny at first, but beware if you&#8217;re visiting high, slippery towers in Florence. I always feel like I occupy a lot more space than usual when wearing this dress!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2520 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003585_c-1.jpg?resize=525%2C351\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003585_c-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003585_c-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003585_c-1.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003585_c-1.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003585_c-1.jpg?w=1240 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>I made it last year and,\u00a0sadly, it&#8217;s beginning to age a little : the black is getting grey-ish, and despite my care and occasional mending, some stitches are gone&#8230; No problem though : I&#8217;m more than ready to make a replacement\u00a0:\u00a0I now\u00a0know\u00a0long dresses are a\u00a0summer staple indeed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Pictures by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noctvrna.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noctvrna<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woops! I&#8217;m late to share this summer dress _ yet summer is late too, so maybe that makes us even. But it&#8217;s still summer here till tomorrow! Then this dress will enjoy some vacation time in my cabinets, sadly, because it&#8217;s one of my favorites for summer. I pinned a lot of dresses of this<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/2014\/09\/20\/last-days-of-summer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Last days of summer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[57,269,305],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/carlotta.land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/M0003551_c1-1.jpg?fit=1600%2C1069&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1701"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2559,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions\/2559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}