This is a new addition to my closet that I bought in San Francisco at this amazing store called Cary Lane in The Mission.
When I bought this dress, I wasn't really into patterns yet, but I took a chance because it was on super-sale and is by a designer I really like, BB Dakota.
I rarely wear pants to work but I have these awesome trousers with a faint pinstripe that every once in a while I try to dress up with a little feminine edge.
On this day I had a presentation to give at work, as well as a dinner with new colleagues I'd never met before that evening.
Freshly back from vacation, I wanted to wear something fun and festive but casual on this national holiday.
For this year's Madhatter's Ball, hosted by the Lookingglass Theatre Junior Board (I'm a member!), I went for a look I thought would match the madhouse theme of the event: Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games.
