My brother got married recently to a great young lady. Her family came to celebrate with us, and get to know her new home country, all the way from Thailand.
This happened a few weeks after we had left our old apartment, were living with my dad, and everything was a mess.
I was very happy I didn't have to think about what to wear - I had just bought this bamboo jersey dress from a sale in the winter and had saved it to wear to the wedding. I bought red ballet flats with leather roses in them. Both the dress and the shoes were chosen so that after the wedding I could easily wear them in more casual situations. The ballet flats became my summer shoes.
I put my hair up, put on some red lipstick and a necklace, and said "good enough". I found Indiana a dress that had been stored in the attic and was mold-free, and we bought her red canvas shoes, that she is also now wearing as summer shoes.
Today was our tenth anniversary and we went to eat in the only "nice" restaurant in town. I wore the red dress.
I have another wedding to go to this summer, and I will wear it again. In the fall it will work great under a cardigan as a casual dress.
If you want to keep things really simple, it's a good idea to have a dress that can be casual or quite formal, depending on your hairstyle and jewelry or other accessories. Clipping a flower in one's hair is a simple way to look more glamorous. After the party is over, so is the flower.
The red dress is the only dress I have had during the last three months and it has worked fine.
I got a lot of compliments on it at the wedding, although it was nothing fancy.
But you know what, I was very comfortable in my flats and the soft jersey dress that didn't wrinkle and didn't start to feel too tight after the cake.
picture from toast.co.uk
6 comments:
Your dress sounds beautiful, simple and long-lasting. I like your idea of buying clothes that can work for both casual days and dressy affairs.
Your shoes sounds cute too! :o)
I'm a bit opposite. I like multitasking pieces, but if it means I have to spice it up with jewelry or accessories, I'd rather just buy a separate item of clothing. In the end, I'd end the same # of items, so I prefer to have more clothing and few to no accessories :)
Sandra: I dislike owning clothes I wear only once in a blue moon so this kind of thing is perfect for me.
Minimalist Mommi: Oh no, I hate accessories too. Like scarves, bags, shoes, lots of costume jewelry.. But if you have just one nice piece of jewelry it's enough. And as I said, fresh flowers are always festive and you can put them in the compost afterwards - my favorite accessory ;)
I think this is beautiful and perfect. Plus I adore red!
I am decluttering all my costume jewellery, pretty but meaningless and the older pieces no longer attractive. In nearly 30 years with my husband, he has bought me a few simple but gorgeous pieces of jewellery, and now I just wear one of those, if I'm wearing any at all (I do wear the diamond studs 24/7, they go with everything!)...
That sounds absolutely lovely. I'm such an uncreative thinker that I have the Little Black Dress that I dress up with pearls for a fancy event or dress down with belt. The dress is also something I wear to work, social events, etc. I didn't think of red, but that is a lovely alternative! A great color for a wedding and still versatile.
nice and lovely and easy. i have a couple simple shifts that do the trick with the right accessories as well!
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