1. First, Carey Mulligan. Sometimes, we feel she gets a little lost in the fashion (particularly of late). We appreciate her effort very much, her youthful and quirky style and the fact that she often tries to make a look her "own". We even nominated her for the Fierce Fashionista award. But here, the blue suede shoes don't quite work for us. They're all we can see and that's just not right as the dress is entirely cute in its own right. We love pocketed dresses and we find Ms. Mulligan looks utterly charming, girlish and shy when she's got her hands shoved in pockets. Plus, we like the textured bodice with the black from the back of the dress peeking out at the shoulders. Also, we wouldn't have thought the mid-calf length would work on tiny little Carey, but she definitely tends to favor it and we think it works here and really highlights the fact...that she's wearing blue suede shoes. True, the shoes, on their own, are beautiful and they add some quirkiness to an elegant dress. Again, we appreciate it and we even kinda like it maybe, but think that there needed to be a pop of color at the top (some small sapphire or ruby earrings or maybe just a brighter lip?) to balance the strong color. Overall though, we say she's in.
