Persimmon Tree Dress

There it stands in your backyard, bereft of fruit until next season. But just because your beloved persimmon tree is bare doesn't mean you can't have a treat. Going to your closet, you pluck out this darling dress in an orangey hue speckled with touches of tomato red. You admire its pattern of pink flowers and its perfect pleating at the shoulders, waist, and the V-cut front, then slip into its soft embrace, securing the row of plum buttons up the back before pull... More

There it stands in your backyard, bereft of fruit until next season. But just because your beloved persimmon tree is bare doesn't mean you can't have a treat. Going to your closet, you pluck out this darling dress in an orangey hue speckled with touches of tomato red. You admire its pattern of pink flowers and its perfect pleating at the shoulders, waist, and the V-cut front, then slip into its soft embrace, securing the row of plum buttons up the back before pulling on a wool cardigan and thick sweater tights. Early next fall, you'll don this beauty with a light jacket and collect the ripe persimmons in your roomy side pockets, but for now, this delicious delicacy of a dress will satisfy with its sweetness. By Many Belles Down.