The trapeze dress

This photo from the Sartorialist really stood out for me this week. I don't like the outfit but there's something particularly lovely about the image that I can't quite put my finger on... The hair is great - I love the the gamine cut offsetting the girliness of the pink dress, the cardigan is lovely - the vintagy grey wool works nicely against the sheer fabric of the dress, the pose is perfect, and the shoes are cool, but the dress, or what I can see of it, does absolutely nothing for me. I'm not a huge fan of trapeze dresses as they do nothing for a woman's body, but often they can look stylish and modern. Perhaps here it doesn't quite work though because the cardi is a little too long. The thing is, even though the outfit doesn't quite work for me, there is something special about this picture!