![]() Why would I spend $100 on a dress I’d wear once, and yet balk at spending $50 on something I’d wear 1-2 times a week for 2 years? I also try not to spend too much on those items and to save my money for upgrading my everyday clothes. I now try to buy something like that only if I have at least one specific occasion to wear it to. I have a few beautiful, flattering fancy dresses in my closet that have not been worn. You already have a ton of shift dresses, I assume? Of course they fit and flatter, but don’t keep them just for that! I would only keep the dress if its unique, which #1 seems to be.ĭress # 3 is gorgeous-but if you can’t think of where you’re going to wear it, you probably won’t. I DO however agree with buying clothes for the life you currently have-if your life changes, you can always change your wardrobe later! I disagree with Amy-I definitely look better today than I did 2 years ago! Sleep, more careful attention to my diet, exercise-it all made a difference. I have a somewhat dissenting opinion on the clothes. We bought a ton back when he had parties, I much prefer cheaper glassware to plastic cups! They are perfectly nice, traditional-looking glasses. On wine glasses, I have Reidel (wedding gifts) and put them in the dishwasher a lot and none has broken yet whereas my cheaper ones have all broken and feel less elegant. Alas I suspect the lace option doesn’t have this. Those are the dresses that I end up wearing constantly! I have a go to list of designers who do machine washable dresses (Ralph Lauren/Gerard Darel/DVF if you ignore the label which you can do safely) which totally removes the guilt as you don’t have the dry cleaning costs. If you think you won’t wear the lace one then return it but if you feel it is a “special” wear that will have a special place in your wardrobe for several years, then worth investing the money and enjoying it. You will never look better in the future than you do today, so if you find something fun that you like and can afford it, buy it! (It was on the basis of this advice from two much younger colleagues that I bought leather trousers and have not stopped wearing – and receiving compliments about – them.) The maroon dress is an absolute winner so keep that. I welcome suggestions of sturdy, reasonably-priced options. Also, I need to buy about 3 dozen wine glasses. So that is my big decision for the weekend. Downside: Most of the places I go involve being a mommy-of-four. There are times in my life when I do not like to look like a mommy-of-four. ![]() On some level this is kind of fun as it does not scream mommy-of-four. The fabric is stretchy but very, very form-fitting. Downside: price, plus I already have a maroon dress.įinally, I am weighing this black lacy one from Fuzzi. I have a maroon shift dress from Banana Republic, but I feel like this one is nicer (and higher priced, natch). (While it looks like it has a peplum shape in this photo, those are actually the price tags hanging off hip level - it is a straight-up shift dress with a small belt). ![]() The maroon neoprene dress from Tadashi Shoji is pretty and practical, with a nice embroidery detail. (I really need to get better at this - how can I be a modern iPhone owner and not have mastered the selfie?) This black and white one at the top of the post (Halogen) is a nice, weighty-but-stretchy material, and is also reasonably priced (well, for Nordstrom). I have narrowed the potential haul down to the three dresses pictured in these rather amateur-ish selfies. They do not spark joy for me! There was also an ombre-orange-sherbet-colored sweater, which I liked, but probably not to the tune of $300-plus. The trunk included a nice pair of black skinny jeans, but I have realized that I just do not wear skinny jeans that often. I got my second Nordstrom Trunk the other day, and have been pondering which of the items to keep.
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