on new year’s eve my friend texted me that she would be wearing a pretty insane outfit for our night out. josh and i were still doing some last minute cleaning as we wanted to go into the new year with a spotless apartment. i didn’t even think about what i was going to wear. i noticed a lot of sequins online for new year’s eve outfits but i wanted to wear what i already had. i totally forgot that i had sequins in my closet. for my birthday josh went into my etsy favorites and bought me a few things. this dress from custard heart vintage was one of them. it worked out well because i wanted to follow the brazilian tradition of wearing white/ light colors to go into the new year. while i haven’t experienced new year’s in brazil yet. one of the traditions they have is that they wear white and throw flowers into the ocean for a prosperous new year. while i celebrated in brooklyn, i was the only person at hot bird wearing white. i got a lot of sweet compliments from some ladies at the bar. they also complimented josh for choosing such a great dress. (i didn’t explain the whole etsy favorites thing) i just got this dress back from the cleaners and i figured before i put it away that i would share it with you. my coat pockets came in handy as i didn’t wear a purse since we rode our bikes down to the park for fireworks before heading to the bar. gah i’m all over the place with this one but anyway do you have any new year’s traditions? 
outfit details: coat vintage via beacon’s closet, dress vintage custard heart vintage, shoes vintage thirteen bees vintage
*passes out from the beauty of that coat*
LOVE this coat! So gorgeous. Your dress and shoes are cute as well!
Super cute dress and I love that vintage coat.
Love your outfit! We celebrated NYE in freezing Innsbruck, Austria (it was snowing like crazy), but one of our Brazilian friends managed to wear his light white trousers to celebrate the tradition! It was quite amusing!
The coat looks great on you!
I know this is about the dress but i LOVE the coat!!!
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You are looking lovely!
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OMG that dress is brilliant!!
jen
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i love how you styled it! and that coat is pretty sweet too. i told tom and if he ever wants to get me something and doesn’t know he can always always go to my etsy
xo,
cb
You look lovely , stunning outfit:)
Nice dress and I love the coat.
Wow, you look amazing! What a great tradition you have, and you look stunning in the dress and the coat
I don’t have any traditions, I think I should start one though, maybe something small for next year.
Ahh, I simply adore the first image, Monique. xx
oh my… that coat is spectacular, as is that dress!!
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great coat xx
so glad when i heard you finally received the dress! what a sweetheart your husband is to be all sneaky in your favorites like that.
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That coat makes my heart melt!
I always love that coat & that dress is adorable too. So so sweet of Josh to go into your Etsy and find it. I’d never heard of that tradition but I really like it, a roommate we had in Venezuela was really into the meanings of colors w/ our energies so that makes perfect sense to me. This New Year’s we actually stayed in, cooked arepa pizza, and had two friends over- it was actually just what I’d hoped for, so relaxing but enjoyable at the same time.
Beautiful coat! wonderful colours
the dress is soo beautiful!!!!
*gasp* LOVE the dress!