Dress

[smokingboot]

A little bit of vintage can be classy. And then there's this popping up in my FB feed:

https://www.shopcider.com/product/detail?pid=108072490&style_id=1169758&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=0818-w2plpcs-daba-asc-exapi270lfk-bg200-summer-dan-uk-a01-autoplacement-ciderglobal-lax-three&link_id=b203bb23e0104a9fa0b139cad944677a&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMAABHfVPPLB5sWvAdNlPohDyC90unJfhLJ7pNxHYZ1AbTUNLtWw2i3CPn9WrZw_aem_02yYsP7hoXeSPN4B8E8UUg

I gaze at it in wonder and awe. This is for the bride taking action to ensure the bridesmaids don't steal the show, though of course they still might if the wedding is barndance themed. I get a perverse pleasure in observing a piece of clothing that would make me look terrible in every single conceivable way. Most garments have at least one redeeming feature, something that might complement ones skin tone or flatter ones hips or something, anything, so it's a rare moment to discover something that dispels with any and all such notions. I quite like fearful fashion, it's at least as valid as haute couture, and the crossovers are more common than Miranda Priestley would admit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us52N76XA28

Still, this, this... No, I don't think so. Not even at the Met Gala. OK, maybe at the Met Gala. With the right belt and a balaclava.

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

The 20-year-old me would have loved that dress.

[smokingboot]

I'm sure the 20 year old you could have made it work... but there has been no time of my life when I could have looked even passable in it.