First off, I should say that I love Anthropologie. Seriously. Love. It. Like the sales associates know me by name and fight to be the one to get my commissions love it.

But every once in a while Anthropologie tries to force a trend or style on me and the rest of America that I’m just not sure about. This fall it looks like it’s going to be the long-sleeved maxi dress as evidenced here, here, and against all that is tasteful and good in this world, here. (Seriously – My eyes. They burn.)

Now I love the look of a cute, summery maxi dress on the right girl in the summertime. But no matter how hard I try, that girl, unfortunately, is not me. This maxi dress, however, caught my eye in the latest Anthropologie catalog:

(Credit for image from Anthropologie)

This looks fantastic and comfy – two things I love in a dress. But does it look fantastic because it’s on this model who is obviously A) beautiful, B) skinny and C) a giant? Or can we mere mortals wear this, too? After checking it out here, I’m not so sure.

So the Splendid Different Degrees Maxi dress – do we love it? Help me decide.

I have a confession to make. I HATE wearing suits. And yes, it would have been nice to figure that out before I chose a career that generally requires me to wear one at least once a week. But more than hating suits, I really hate the sensible, boring, black shoes female lawyers feel like they have to wear with their suits. So I am always on the lookout for fashionable, yet appropriate, pumps to wear with my suits. This morning I found these:

(Credit for image from Piperlime)

SO fab, right? (You can get them here) And my fave part is that nothing about these shoes could ever be described as sensible.  So the Michael Kors Benton pump – do we love it? I do. How about you?