Beginning with this evening, I have three days of slightly out of the ordinary events to dress for:
- This evening: Awana Leader Appreciation Dinner. The food will be BBQ and I am on the board of directors, making me a hostess and part of the set up, serving, and clean-up crew.
- Tomorrow evening: My older daughter is one of the graduating seniors being honored at another BBQ-style dinner at the same location. I’m looking forward to an evening with no duties.
- Friday evening: Opening Night! My younger daughter is appearing in Beauty and the Beast (as a dancing napkin!) and, while I did have responsibilities (such as constructing the bedding for Belle’s canopy bed), I am now pretty much off-duty until strike. After the show, the families of cast and crew traditionally go out for hamburgers.
If it’s warm enough, I think I’ll wear this outfit this evening. What I love about it:
- I feel dressed. I’m not worrying about whether my shirt is long enough, whether my dress is too short, or anything else. I can freely bend over and get something off the floor or lift something off a top shelf without being immodest.
- Not only do I feel dressed but, because of it is a dress, I feel dressed up.
- The black and white color combo is both “spring festive” and “Be Our Guest” at the same time.
When I bought this dress (for $1), it was with the thought of wearing it over a ruffled skirt. Then I washed it. I laughed out loud when I pulled the (rayon) dress out of the washer to hang it to dry, only to find it had shrunk a foot in length (that’s no joke)!
But, as serendipity would have it, I’ve been in love with the idea of mid-thigh dresses over shorts ever since I tried one on last summer; now I finally one in my wardrobe. Will you be trying this look this summer?
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Rebecca, I think you’ve summed up how I feel about wearing a shorter dress with leggings or truly opaque tights. But I don’t think the shorts & dress combination will work for me.
Enjoy the special occasions!
Thanks, Kira.
Wendy- Hmmm. I have pink leggings that are just the color of my shoes, but somehow I think that look would be less balanced (all the while acknowledging that I have no idea why this works, balance-wise).
That’s cute! It’s not at all my look, but I would completely admire anyone with the style and verve to think of it. Godspeed!
This gets a thumbs down for me… but I don’t mind a skirt a little above the knee, and it’s hard to tell the proportions of the outfit from the picture of you wearing it. To each her own! : )
I though I was game for anything but this… nooooo. 😀 Cannot picture my own self in this.
Hmm…I guess this isn’t a popular look from your comments so far, but…I really kind of like it! I’d like to see a better picture though. 😉 In fact, I have a maternity shirt dress that was given to me that is too short but cute! I’ve been toying with the idea of wearing some kind of pants/capris/shorts underneath kind of like what you have pictured. After looking at your picture, I’m thinking if I hem it a bit it that might be what makes it work.
ahahahaha…. Was in downtown Philadelphia today and Macy’s window had pritned lettering advertizing a fashion forward look: a top almost as long as a mini-dress over bermuda shorts!
LOL … how’d I do that?
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