March 1, 2013

the yellow wallpaper.


My last semester of college I needed a few extra general education credits to graduate & my criteria for picking classes came down to: not before noon, not at night, & not on a Friday. Like, duh. I ended up taking a Women's Lit class which I was completely unexcited for because at the time I was fully convinced feminism was all about angry lesbians that don't shave. During said class I read the short story The Yellow Wallpaper & the dingy, dirty yellow color of this dress immediately reminded me of the old yellow wallpaper from the story. Which I love.

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Posted by devorelebeaumonstre. at 12:07 PM

64 comments:

  1. cocoMarch 1, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    wonderfu !

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  2. cocoMarch 1, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    l :)

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  3. BERTHA NATASHAMarch 1, 2013 at 12:10 PM

    I do love this combo. Love the way you rock that sweet dress. Love!

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  4. trendiingMarch 1, 2013 at 12:17 PM

    Cool dress!!

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  5. clairesdiaryMarch 1, 2013 at 12:18 PM

    lovely dress ;)
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  6. Kerys MarieMarch 1, 2013 at 12:33 PM

    Love the dress, & I love the fact its genuinely reminded you of old yellow wallpaper :)

    Kerys -xo
    www.littleboblab.blogspot.com

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  7. AnonymousMarch 1, 2013 at 12:33 PM

    I seriously love your style and your blog but I can't help but disagree with your comment about feminism. I couldn't think of a more ridiculous and ignorant thing to say. I'm not lesbian, and I shave(which, doesn't really have anything to do with being a feminist and everything to do with personal choice), but I am a feminist. I would hope that considering the fact that your reader base is predominantly female you would be in support of a continuing generation of women fighting to keep their basic rights.

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    1. devorelebeaumonstre.March 1, 2013 at 12:47 PM

      I fully agree. But you must have missed the part where this was written in past tense. Meaning those were my thoughts BEFORE taking the class & knowing anything at all about feminism. Also, just in general, please don't ever take my sarcastic tone too seriously.

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    2. AnonymousMarch 2, 2013 at 4:22 AM

      Ooh you're right, my apologies. I totally misread your comment. I just get a little worked up over this subject especially! So sorry! x

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    3. devorelebeaumonstre.March 2, 2013 at 12:43 PM

      No worries!

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  8. Chloé JMarch 1, 2013 at 12:40 PM

    This dress is so pretty!! x

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  9. HollyMarch 1, 2013 at 12:41 PM

    ohhhhhh I love your dress so much! Great styling.

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  10. Cassidy ShortMarch 1, 2013 at 12:41 PM

    Love this look, perfect balance of feminine & edgy!

    Xoxo
    Cassidy

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  11. UnknownMarch 1, 2013 at 12:46 PM

    This is gorgeous, love your outfit so much!

    Much love,
    Jennifer x

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  12. Pardon My FashionMarch 1, 2013 at 12:51 PM

    You are a styling genius. Love that you took the ultra femme dress and hardened it up. Great juxtapoition. Love ya

    xoxo
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  13. AnonymousMarch 1, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    Wow this dress is cute/beautiful. I remember that yellow wallpaper story. Mmm, I think I read it my freshman year of college. I'd forgotten it until now. Now I want to take a women's lit class.

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  14. YasminMarch 1, 2013 at 1:13 PM

    this dress is amazing, love the pattern and colour
    xx
    yasmin
    http://noise-and-confusionn.blogspot.co.uk/

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  15. Charlie BonesMarch 1, 2013 at 1:20 PM

    Oh, what a lovely dress, great outfit and the colour of the dress is so original ! Would have loved to see how it looked with the jacket on though !
    Have a wonderful day !

    Charlie xx
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  16. CharissaRae March 1, 2013 at 1:29 PM

    This dress is amazing, you always look so well xx
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  17. JodieMarch 1, 2013 at 1:34 PM

    You look fantastic and amazing dress. I need to read this book
    Plus I totally joke that's what feminists ate like that ha ha ha although I AM a feminist and not at all angry of lesbian and do occasionally shave my legs- but it's funny how stereotypes stick even though you know their false :)

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    1. devorelebeaumonstre.March 1, 2013 at 2:12 PM

      Thank you for getting my terrible humor. I'm a feminist as well, & I think fundamentally always have been, but at the time was just too ignorant or careless to understand the term. Which only shows my stupidity considering I was about to graduate college. Ha.

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  18. Sophie LambertMarch 1, 2013 at 1:42 PM

    You look amazing, I love the dress!x

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  19. UnknownMarch 1, 2013 at 2:03 PM

    lovely dress :3

    xx

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  20. Sfizi e Sfarzi Moda March 1, 2013 at 2:04 PM

    Outfit perfetto !!!

    E' un piacere conoscere il tuo blog ti aspetto da me, se ti va. Kiss Marcella

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  21. UnknownMarch 1, 2013 at 3:01 PM

    Beautiful dress & great outfit. I recently read The Yellow Wallpaper as well for my lit class and I quite enjoyed it.

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  22. kayzeeMarch 1, 2013 at 3:02 PM

    love the pattern on the dress xx

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  23. LinaMarch 1, 2013 at 3:12 PM

    love love love looooove this <3

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  24. UnknownMarch 1, 2013 at 3:18 PM

    i definitely had to read that in college too!!!! this dress makes me a lot happier than that story did though haha!!
    brooke @ what2wear

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  25. 24March 1, 2013 at 3:20 PM

    Love the dress so much! What nail paint are you wearing in it? It's so bright!

    lisatakespictures xo

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    1. devorelebeaumonstre.March 1, 2013 at 4:40 PM

      Thanks! It's some generic brand of neon yellow I found on Ebay!

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  26. Amy W. HemmingwayMarch 1, 2013 at 3:28 PM

    I am in love with this dress, and not even joking you are perfection :'(

    Dusterknuckles | Fashion. Beauty. Lifestyle.

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  27. Angelica LainisMarch 1, 2013 at 4:09 PM

    I love how different your style is. It's perfection. That dress is amazing x
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  28. UnknownMarch 1, 2013 at 4:18 PM

    I totally love the reference I had to do a presentation on the yellow wallpaper

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  29. KaylynMarch 1, 2013 at 5:16 PM

    That's my ideal schedule for school. Not before noon, not at night, and not on Fridays! Glad you found a class though. And you're right, it does remind me of wallpaper, but in a totally chic way. I love the outfit!
    Style Infatuation

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  30. FASHION SNAGMarch 1, 2013 at 5:23 PM

    I love how you choose your classes! That dress reminds me of the 60s and I love it.

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  31. JennyMarch 1, 2013 at 6:10 PM

    Love your dress not much my style but it looks so good on you with your hair colour really like the way you have styled the dress also with a black belt really nice xx

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  32. KalinaMarch 1, 2013 at 6:32 PM

    great outfit ! I love your jacket it's perfect for my ;)

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  33. CharityMarch 1, 2013 at 8:34 PM

    cool dress!!! LOVE YOUR LOOK! my criteria for picking all courses is not before 10:50 :)!!!

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  34. CharityMarch 2, 2013 at 12:58 AM

    this is a beautiful look. 1/2 tough & 1/2 soft. definitely going to check into the yellow wallpaper. thanks for mentioning it!

    cheers,
    charity

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  35. Maria João SilvaMarch 2, 2013 at 4:52 AM

    Love the look so much! :)

    xx MJ
    http://shopaholic-thoughts.blogspot.pt/

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  36. AyukaMarch 2, 2013 at 5:03 AM

    Love the look!!!

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  37. SaraMarch 2, 2013 at 5:08 AM

    WOW! Your style is a fantastic! I envy.. :)

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  38. Captain CharleyMarch 2, 2013 at 8:27 AM

    I've fallen in love with your dress <3 thank you for introducing me to LuLu's!

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  39. EmmaMarch 2, 2013 at 2:53 PM

    Ooh, The Yellow Wallpaper, haha. I've studied that story so many times! You look lovely, though, and not at all like that tragic heroine ;)

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  40. Oroma Roxella RukevweMarch 2, 2013 at 7:55 PM

    the dress is lovely on you <3


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  41. UnknownMarch 2, 2013 at 9:41 PM

    I love your new hair color! :)
    beautiful!

    Bella - http://sittingwaitingwishin.blogspot.com/

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  42. slavic lifestyleMarch 3, 2013 at 8:20 AM

    love the look ! and so great hair !

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  43. CharlotteMarch 3, 2013 at 11:05 AM

    Stunning dress!
    - Charlotte
    http://fashiongirl134.blogspot.com

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  44. UnknownMarch 3, 2013 at 3:30 PM

    The dress is cute and I especially like that your beanie hat is not neon! Peeps keep trying that as a lazy way to pimp an outfit xx

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  45. sMarch 4, 2013 at 1:24 AM

    Whoa WHAT the fuck, I just finished reading The Yellow Wallpaper.

    And glad that the class changed how you viewed feminism! Sometimes I'm like, maybe there's a large number of people who support equality but have just been fed anti-feminist bullshit. And then I read something on the Good Men Project and kinda just... cry and throw shit.

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  46. N@NYMarch 4, 2013 at 7:27 AM

    you just look great , love the hair sweetie , amazing put together look , cute dress 2 .

    Am following you with GFC , Wanna follow me back & make my day ?

    N@NY
    http://nanybuz91.blogspot.com/

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  47. Karolina GespucciMarch 4, 2013 at 8:31 AM

    <333 awesome !

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  48. HannindromeMarch 4, 2013 at 5:42 PM

    I remember reading that, ah good uni times. Hannah x

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  49. ModestVagabondMarch 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM

    This dress is really, really beautiful.

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  50. TeenyMarch 6, 2013 at 10:17 AM

    That dress is gorgeous! the details is love <3


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  51. A Marafada de Algodão DoceMarch 6, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    I love the dress!

    :)

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  52. ZADINMarch 13, 2013 at 9:34 AM

    You are a pretty girl.

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  53. UnknownMarch 13, 2013 at 4:23 PM

    gorgeous dress
    xx

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  54. Bernadette ChristinaMarch 14, 2013 at 9:32 AM

    Such a cute look!

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  55. Miss fashionmixMarch 17, 2013 at 11:13 AM

    Love your dress!!!

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  56. Hummingbird GirlMarch 19, 2013 at 12:15 AM

    I absolutely love paisley prints ! Your dress is beautiful !

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  57. lookcooktherapyApril 5, 2013 at 11:36 AM

    yellow and grey! j'adore cette association!

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  58. PimuApril 18, 2013 at 9:06 AM

    Beautiful dress!

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