The Tenth Circle of Hell is a Dressing Room
I have two events this summer, one, the wedding of my cousin Holly and two, the 50th wedding anniversary party for my parents. The Great Dress Search of 2007 commenced today with visits to downtown boutiques and a schlump around the Fashion Square (that’s the name of our mall! Isn’t that a hoot?!) to see what I could find.
Fortunately, I found enough I didn’t hate to actually do some trying on. Fortunately, dresses are back in style and ’round these parts, it’s Foxfield season so sundresses are plentiful. Right off the bat I pulled a stack of seven frocks and tried them out. I have this intense sense of dread upon entering dressing rooms. The lighting is always bad, the pressure’s always on and because I rarely have the foresight to wear the perfect undergarments for trying on clothes, the result is often, well . . . disappointing.
If I were all about self humiliation, I thought, standing facing the three-way mirror of doom, I would have toted along the digi-cam and shared the results with y’all. You could then help me decide among:
- The brown and blue smokin’ hot halter dress (with matching cardigan so it’s church appropriate)
- The surprisingly sexy dress that looked like a mumu on the hanger but good on the bod (also blue and brown)
- The red and pink polkadot wrap dress (ruffled straps; too girly?)
- The brown and carmel patterned wrap dress (too seventies?)
- The turquoise print with matching beaded cardigan that almost didn’t make it into the dressing room but looked pretty good on
- The brown patterned skirt with the brown twinset
- The floral skirt with the pink twinset
This is not even a complete list of everything I tried on. I took home the skirts and twinsets and they’ll be worn to something — one to the anniversary party, most likely. I’m still undecided on the dress, though. The shops closed before I could go back and commit to one of the dresses I liked so the voting is open on that one.
The events aren’t until June so I know I have some time but May will be super busy and I know before I know it, June will be here.
April 29th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Ooh, I just hate having to shop for those kinds of events. And going to Fashion Square is just so painful. I tend to go online, order a whole bunch of stuff, and then try it on in the privacy of my bedroom (much better lighting). Good luck with finding the right outfits.
April 30th, 2007 at 8:56 am
I won’t even venture into the dressing room. Between trying to keep two boys out of everyone else’s dressing room and the fact that I don’t want to see that much of myself reflected back at me, I’ve become the queen of returns.