It’s A Wrap!

voltee ♦ September 21, 2010 ♦ 2 Comments

Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Black/print, polyester Designer: Espirit Where Purchased: Kensington Outlet Mall, MI Years Owned: Maybe 8?

Well, I am going to try to make tonight short and sweet. I have this weird sore throat that refuses to leave, and I’m going to try to sleep a lot tonight to see if that helps.

This dress is a find from one of my outlet mall excursions with my sister Kelly. We got ourselves into much spending trouble in the brief time we lived in the same state as adults. I can only imagine how bad it might be if she lived out here with me. I think we could do some serious damage together at Woodbury Common…

I found this dress in, surprise, the clearance section, and I liked its slight Asian flair. Plus the wrap style is very flattering. I have worn this dress many times, and lots of church occasions, since it’s rather demure. But I haven’t worn it in a few years. The last time I remember wearing it was a work day at Next Boutique. It was at the start of this skinny-jean phenomenon, and I had a pair, but didn’t really feel comfortable wearing them yet. An athletic build like I have can be tricky in the skinny-jean. I felt like a stuffed sausage. It was just a large amount of BOOTY. I have to capitalize it, because it felt like it was yelling at me and the world.
Anyway, I knew I needed to wear something longish on top, that at least covered the BOOTY. But I didn’t really have any tunics that worked. So I thought, well, why not a knee length dress? That should solve the problem.
And it did. The BOOTY was successfully covered, and I sort of liked the way I looked. I wore red heels and lots of bangles, and I think I pulled it off.
I haven’t worn the dress since, because I had an incident with a cup of coffee that day, and it ended up spilled down the side of me. I had a difficult time getting the stain out of the thirsty polyester fabric. And so it sat for a year or two in the dress closet, until I pulled it out last week and decided to try to clean it one more time. I told myself that if the stain didn’t come out, I would toss it. I wasn’t hopeful.
However, Tide with Bleach did the trick! No trace of coffee left. So the stain has gone- should the dress?

**I still am really fond of this one, but haven’t worn it.  I’m torn.  Help!