Tuesday 28 December 2010

Off the vintage path





I've been naughty, yes. I've strayed. I meant to sell this dress in order to buy vintage stuff - it's the way I choose to "update" my wardrobe since I lack the spare money. I have to sell something I have - usually modern clothing - in order to buy something else -usually vintage. But I think I've change my mind, and this one might stay with me a little longer.
All lurex, clingy and with a slit down one leg, it's enough to make any lady-like-wannabe wrinkle her nose in dismay. Yet there's something about it which still appeals to me, as it did those years ago when I bought it and worn it to my high school graduation party. Highly inappropriate, I think now ( I must have become a lot shyer since), which probably accounts for its success at the time.
It was for a long time the only dress I owed, and something I knew I could rely on if needed for the occasional wedding or glam New Year's Eve party.
And it's been with the New Year now approaching that I forked it out from the suitcase under the bed, to see if it still works its sparkle...

6 comments:

  1. this looks like the perfect new year's look! so sparkly and sultry!

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  2. I agree - perfect for a new year's eve party! And it's not any more clingy/revealing than a 30's evening gown...

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  3. Very nice...even though the dress is modern you still have a very old time Holly Wood glamour vibe. I think to many people worry about ohhh am I "vintage" enough? I think people should just have fun with fashion while staying well dressed.

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  4. Brooksie,that's very well said. It is only clothing/fashion at the end of the day, and if one loses the sense of fun, then indeed what's the point of it all. Not a notion to be too righteous about, fashion - vintage or not- should be enjoyed for its endless possibilities and the way it makes us look and feel, rather than transformed into a set of rigid rules. Too many people, including myself sometimes, forget sometimes to have fun.

    Thanks all and Happy New Year!

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  5. Wow - lurex can look so cheap - and you make it alluring and just beautiful!! :"o Love it!! So: go on - be naughty!! ;")

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