Pocket Power

Good news for girls who like to hide their hands and/or life in their pockets but still want to look fancy and dressed up!

I was watching E! News last night (It's my guilty pleasure.) and Giuliana Dipandi (whose name is very difficult to spell) was wearing this cute strapless dress with pockets in the front. And as soon as I saw it I gasped, because it reminded me of how popular pockets were at the Oscars (the most important night of the year for me, when I put on a fancy dress, do my hair, sip sparkling apple cidar on my couch, and enjoy two of my favorite things at once: movies and fashion), when Amy Adams and Sandra Bullock both wore gorgeous dresses with pockets. The pockets made the dress more fun and casual, but it was still very elegant. Amy Adams' dress was my favorite that night. I love brown, and the pockets just made it look so unique. Plus, they probably didn't have to carry a clutch, because those tiny clutches aren't much bigger than the pockets anyway. Slip a tube of lipstick in there and secretly pull it out on the red carpet. The paparazzi will think you pulled it out of midair.

Amy Adams at the Academy Awards, 2006

Anyway, I thought I'd use this post to scream out to the fashion world, "Bring pocketed dresses in style soon!" And I thank Giuliana for reminding me of how cool pocketed dresses are. Of course, it also diasappointed me, because, after waiting until the end of the show to catch the credits (which moved by way too quickly), and seeing that the dress was by Ya-Ya, and then looking it up on Google, I found that it costs almost $300. So that was just a reminder to me that even though GD's working the pocketed dress, I'll have to wait a while to partake in the trend, just like skinny jeans, ballet flats, and leggings. Isn't fashion satisfying?

The Dress