The Mystery of the Technicolor Shrinking Tunic

voltee ♦ September 29, 2010 ♦ 7 Comments

Item: Tee-shirt/Tunic Color/Fabric: Many, bright, Rayon/Spandex Designer: White Where Purchased: Marshall’s Years Owned: One

Today I have chosen this near tee-shirt type garment because I honestly don’t know what to do with it. Yes, it is, comparatively, a rather recent acquisition, and has not been cluttering up the closet for too long, but it puzzles me. Here’s why.
Last year I found this at Marshall’s not long before I was going to go to Hawaii. It was a tunic. I swear. I thought it would be perfect airplane fare, soft and stretchy and comfortable. I would wear it with a pair of leggings, be cozy and comfy for the entire endless flight, and then step of the plane and fit right into my tropical paradise.
That’s sort of how it happened. However, the flight was not nearly as much fun as I hoped. The only other very long flight I had taken had personal tvs on the seats, and you could watch whatever you wanted for no additional charge. I watched almost the entire first season of Mad Men during that flight. It was amazing! This flight had no personal tvs. We got to watch an in-flight movie, which was the Soloist, but I fell asleep. It was a really long, really boring flight- but the ticket was only $249 round trip, after taxes, so I really could not complain.
The other exception to my picture perfect flight plan was that my tunic seemed to get smaller and smaller. It turned into a tee-shirt while I was wearing it. This isn’t a lie! We had to take a separate flight to Kauai and by the time I got off of that flight I was a walking version of one of my very own pet peeves- the girl who is wearing leggings as pants. Because now my tunic did not even cover up my bum.
The upside of this travesty is that I was in Hawaii! After a quick second of panic when I realized I was a fashion disaster, I saw that I was in one of the most beautiful places on earth, and really didn’t even care if I was wearing pants or not. But still was glad that I was all the same.
At some point during that day we met up with Kevin, who had taken a separate flight. It was a very low key start to an unbelievable vacation, with numerous adventures I’m sure I will describe in future posts. The strange thing is that for some reason I feel like I wore this again for the flight home. And I think it just got even more mini. So I just don’t know what to do with it. The print clearly says “tropical vacation.” Will I wear this anywhere that does not have palm trees? Does it even work with this new scrunched up tee look it has now? It does look cute on Trixie. I’m starting to think everything does. Maybe it’s her lack of booty- perhaps that’s why clothes look so great on super models.
But what do I do with this tee/tunic?

**I have decided to part with this.  Who wants it?  It’s so colorful!