A Frilly Valentino Couture Garden Party Frock: Girlie-Girls Everywhere Are Advised to Steal the Look ASAP. FASHIONTRIBES FASHION BLOG

    Valentino Couture Spring/Summer 2007 - Valentino.com

Without the right accessories, this ultra-feminine, ruffle-covered confection could threaten sugar overload. However, Valentino got the recipe exactly right with metallic shoes, substantial chain jewelry, smoky eyes with glistening nude lip set off against a porcelain-perfect complexion, and, most interesting of all - a prim & proper ladylike bun plopped directly atop the head (if your tresses are too short or nature didn't endow you sufficiently, pin in a fall).

The overall effect: Finishing School on the outside, badbass rock 'n roll bass player on the inside.

Get a Valentino Couture frilly frock look for less:

• Love Brigade Namehato dress - LoveBrigade.com
• Guiseppe Zanotti bronze metallic whipsnake sandals - Zappos.com
• thick-braided chain of gold, silver, brass & stainless steel chains with chrysophrase briolettes - GemmaRedux.com

• HairUWear by Danilo hairpiece - UltimateLooks.com
• Vidal Sassoon bobbi pins - Drugstore.com
• Napoleon Perdis Re-Touch Skin Smoothing Cream & pore/fine line/spot minimizer - NapoleonPerdis.com

• BADgal smoky eye pencil - BenefitCosmetics.com
• Focal Point mascara - Smashbox.com
• DuWop E-lix-r stix sheer infused gloss - Sephora.com

- Lesley Scott

(Valentino runway detail shot: style.com; bobby pins: istockphoto.com)

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