We Need to Talk...

What we want from going out dresses is quite similar to what we want from men. We want it to be good looking, interesting and make us feel fabulous and like our flaws don’t count. When we fall in love with a dress, much like a man, it could be a brief, one night fling. A fling with something fashionable at the time that can be looked back on with admiration of bravery or regret, or a sophisticated LBD that you will love forever and have many cherished moments with.

Unfortunately, ladies, I have fallen out of love. Not with my boyfriend, thankfully, but with the dress I raved about on my Going Goth post.

I think I always had my doubts, as I have never removed the tags and have the receipt still. It should be perfect, but it’s the little things that niggle at me. The first is that I know it is meant to be a sundress, I bought it knowing that, but I can’t help but wonder if I got the idea that I could spin it into autumn wrong? I just keep imagining it on a beach with a wide brimmed straw hat and nude wedges and giant retro sunnies instead.

Secondly, it feels too long for a night out dress. It skims my knees and I feel that there is too much black material floating about. Maybe because I’m a short arse! I also have very dark hair and quite pale skin, and when I do it up according to my previous gothic imaginings, I feel like I look like a corpse. Fake tan might solve that, but then it might not.

I’ve also dropped 10lbs pretty quickly due to starting work, running about constantly and occasionally not eating as much or as healthily as I should. Now the mesh bit looks too big and wrinkles, and it just exacerbates the aforementioned extra material issue.

And finally, it just doesn’t look as expensive as I would want it to for £36. I mean, I know it’s not exactly designer, but I just feel like I can do better and I didn’t really look around or explore my options!

So, I and the dress are going to part ways. It was a difficult decision, but I deserve better and don’t want to put up with an ill-fitting dress and doubts about timing. I mean, is it a bar dress or a beach dress?!

Dress, I just don’t know who you are anymore and think we want different things. You deserve someone who will appreciate you for what you are, and I deserve something that will make me feel fabulous and that I didn’t rush into buying!

P.S, I consoled myself with shoe boots that I wrote about yesterday, they've been on my mind for a while and I think we will be very happy together.

From my Wish List! See! I did buy something I said I would!

Much Love, I hope we can still be friends…

Crimson. x