We've all seen them hanging in our favorite stores since February. The perfect, easy summer dress. Throw it on with a pair of wedges to dress is up or flip flops to bum around on a Saturday afternoon.
I have been coveting these dresses since I first saw them in Target in February. I had dreams of floating through Manayunk with JEGs on a sunny Saturday afternoon, popping in and out of little stores. Girls would stop me on the street and say, "Where did you get that dress?" and I would reply "Oh this rag.. it's just something I threw on". Or bring it to OBX in August; coming home from the beach and putting in on and hanging out with everyone in the living room. Or even walking on the beach late and night....*sigh*
That was it, I needed to have one.
So a couple of weeks ago I had some time to kill and I stopped by my old favorite NY&Co to try on their verisons. I grabbed a couple colors and skipped to the dressing room. However, I forgot one minor detail:
I am not 5'10. Or a B cup. Or super skinny.
No ma'am. I am in fact a curvacious 5'2 DD.
This is the monstrosity that ensued:
These pictures are taken with super high wedges on too, so flip flops were out of the question.Don't get me wrong, I have curves and I am totally fine with that. I love my curves, and I've gotten pretty good at dressing them (or so I think). But once in a while I get blinded by the fashion magazines and have to try on something that I should know will never look good on me.
So I slowly returned them to their racks and with my head hung low I left the store.
Always & Forever,
ME
HAHAHA. That is a totally bad look. I did the same thing at Old Navy.
ReplyDeleteLet's face it, our "girlies" need a proper home. If you know what I mean ;-)
Did you try on a solid color one? The patterned maxi dresses look like tents on me for some reason, but the solid's looked better. I don't even care if they look like crap, they are soooo comfy!
ReplyDeleteduddddde, i feel you. I knew these dresses were a bad idea as soon as I saw them EVERYWHERE. But over the past couple months, whenever I'm shopping, I give them a quick little eye and think...maybe. They're all so bright and colorful...But to this date, I've yet to try one on and now, thanks to you and your braveness, I will not. It will look 100 times worse on me and my precious little self esteem can't handle that kind of torture. So thank you LB, thank you.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I had the same issue. All of the patterned wispy light linen ones are so heinous on me. (I'm 5'3" and also rocking the curves.) But then I found a very friendly SOLID colored maxi made of a fabric that had a little weight to it, as well as had an actual strap to support the girls a little bit...it worked SO much better.
ReplyDeleteDo not give up hope! You will find one! :)
Hello, by the way!
Thanks to all for the comments about the solid colors. Perhaps if I'm feeling brave (and skinny), I'll try one out..
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