Well not quite a geisha girl but get a load of these sleeves aye! I could do one heck of seductive dance with those.
Funny story about this dress. First saw it on the rack, (Missioni style chain store rip off) - and LOVED IT, but...it was $90 a little more that I was willing to pay for something from a chain store, and I was poor, so I didn't bother even trying it on, because then I would probably want it. Later - it went down to $40 - I thought, score! tried it, and it looked horrible!! made me looked pregnant and was way too short, so I thought, hmmm not for me. Then it when down to $20, and I thought, maybe give it one more go, it's pretty cheap, but I was good - and just because it was cheap doesn't magically make it look better on me, because really it didn't.
So I put the beautiful on the hanger dress with the amazing sleeves out of my head and went on with me life, fast forward a year later and I'm in the local Salvation Army store and what do I spy - THE DRESS, and it's in my size! I think, hmmm maybe I should try it, just give it a go, I mean it was marked as $4 so why not? And by some magic trick of time and someone else wearing and owning it before and stretching it out - it actually looked good on me - I swear it had lengthened out because when I tried it on it was super mini indecent length. So score Dress was mine and for $4! I have to wonder what amazing dress changing adventures it had to go through to change to become my dress, but I am so happy it is mine now!
Moral of the story - good things come to those who wait - and you should never just buy things that are cheap that don' t look good, and also sometimes clothes go through a magic morphing process and change from ugly caterpillars and come out magic clothing butterflies
Off to go flutter my sleeves seductively.....
(oh and yes that is a pom pom on my head - isn't it fabulous, I highly recommend wearing a pom pom on your head, you'll love it, mine is attached to a headband)
6 comments:
You must be the luckiest person alive haha.. I do love the dress though :)
score!love the sleeves!
I love the sleeves on the dress! They are to die for. It's hard but I understand, sometimes waiting for something is better because it goes on sale or you find something even more perfect.
Yes I totally understand about the tattoos! Having one just seems so lonely though!
wow! quite a long history with that dress, and I do love it on you!
seriously cool sleeves!!
That is an amazing story of thrifting serendipity. You must have been thrilled to re-find it!
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