29 August 2013

A Hot Sundress


You don't see the sundress much...Like it's simple partner, the shirt dress, it has a way of perking up a hot & humid sidewalk in Manhattan. I certainly get perked up when I see one. Understated and cheap. But elegant ...especially with pearls and a hat.

They met at the Old Spanish Fort on a Friday afternoon in August. Her hot pink Papagallos matched her strap belt and her sundress looked like a Bonwit Teller shopping bag. He sweated in the thermal inversion of the fort's swampy court yard but she was cool... white... and crisp.

It went without either saying where they were headed after lunch.  To a hotel room - with air conditioning.  But for now... they just drank in what they were going to do to each other.  

14 comments:

Hackett said...

One of my favorite shorts stories by Irwin Shaw: "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses".

bark collar said...

Fantastic smile

M.Lane said...

Very nice. How can anyone not adore a nice sun dress?

ML

Anonymous said...

Now that's a sundress description I won't be seeing in any J.Peterman catalog...

For the life of me I've never been able to understand why women forgo cool sundresses in favor of tight jeans, or even tight shorts, in the heat of summer.

-DB

Main Line Sportsman said...

The shirt dress is one of the sexiest things on the planet...when worn properly by the right saucy wench!

Smitty said...

Tintin, you put the GAH in swinGAH! Nothing like the heat of summer.....and I'm not talking about the weather!!

Grendel said...

Sundress season on the campuses in the south is the absolute best... Although not for studying, because who can concentrate with that walking around?

Anonymous said...

the most important portion of this entry is: "what they were going to do to each other"...love it. and she's a looker too.

Kcaj said...

Sundress spoken word from Coco Brown-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FlLH-WmAvc

Mason said...

Killer last line. We don't get too many opportunities to see either of those types of dresses in the rural Midwest (grumble), but they are inordinately appreciated when they do crop up.

Brooks said...

Tin Tin, you certainly have a knack for capturing nostalgia that I can relate too. I am from Florida and the sundress was worn to sexy perfection when it was the only choice. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Fall is upon us, the sundress is through
Come back from the motel, your next post is due!

Smitty said...

She looks German. Ya Tintin?

SMA IV said...

I do miss sundress season in DC. There is no sundress season in Cleveland.