Reunited, And It Feels SO Good!

voltee ♦ November 11, 2010 ♦ 4 Comments

Item: Dress/Blouse/Tunic Color/Fabric: Cream/Nylon Designer: Free People Where Purchased: TJ Maxx Years Owned: 3
Oh, it’s nice to be home! I’ve missed Trixie, and this. I am tired, though. I am so looking forward to my fluffy, squishy, very un-European bed, so I’m afraid this first post back might be a little truncated. But, yes. This feels nice!
Today I offer to you something I have a hard time deciding what to do with. This piece is something we had at Next Boutique years ago, except in black, and I loved it. So I was thrilled when I found it at TJ Maxx on clearance, for much less than I could get it at Next.
And then when I got it home and actually put it on my body, I realized it’s sort of odd. It’s so transparent, and it’s hard to find the right thing to wear under it. Is it a dress? Is it a tunic-y blouse? It’s just a little too short for the former, and a little too long for the latter. This is a situation I find myself in frequently, being neither tall nor short myself. There are worse things, I suppose.
The first time I remember wearing it was to New York City. It was winter, so I decided that I should wear this over black skinny jeans, a black turtleneck, and cream flat boots. It was sort of Sixties mod-ish. To this day, I’m not sure it really worked. But if there’s ever a place where you can get away with trying something different, it’s the City. No one will even look twice at you.
We were going to see Spring Awakening with Kevin and Michael, and our fabulous friends Bob and Grant. It wasn’t that long after the show opened, long enough for it to have gained some pretty fierce hype, but before it started winning awards.
I can’t remember being more excited to see a show. I didn’t really know much about it, except the dark subject matter combined with good time rock music by Duncan Sheik, whose music I enjoy. I wanted to be surprised, so I didn’t even listen to the score before hand.
It was a cold, crisp winter day, and we filled up with amazing Italian food before the show. I can’t remember where we went, but I do remember the deliciousness! We always have a great time with Kevin and Michael, and Bob and Grant are friends that we don’t see frequently enough, but when we do, it’s always a riotous fun time, and I love them so.
After the splendid dinner, we headed to the theater. There was an energy I’ve never really felt before in an audience before the show even began. It was exciting, a sort of thrill electrifying the air. The excitement was palpable, and I know I wasn’t the only one who felt it. It was contagious.
Especially when the celebrities started coming.
First was Liev Schriber and Naomi Watts. They were both ridiculously attractive, and endlessly glamorous- I was enamored of Naomi’s leather jacket. They smiled graciously at all us gawkers, and we had nice seats to watch the action- in the back part of the orchestra.
Then, not long before the curtain came up, Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman came in. They were tiny, and seemed jolly and friendly. They were sitting on the side of the orchestra toward the back. But quite swiftly they were upgraded to the front, which is nice. Since they’re short.
Randomly, there was a pair of men dressed in full-on S&M wear. It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen at a Broadway show. And gave me a little more confidence in my own outfit.
As for the show, I was enraptured from the very first note. It was truly a cohesive and beautiful work of art. It’s the first time I’ve been brought to tears simply by the lighting in a show. It was transcendent. The stage simply crackled with energy and youthful passion.
And I was so surprised by the music. I didn’t expect it to be so modern and current, given that the story takes place in the 1800s. But I loved the contrast.
Finally, it was one of those moments where I didn’t want to speak after the show ended. I wanted to sit and absorb it all. I just felt overcome.
I loved it.
This lacey thing, though. I don’t know. I keep trying to get it right, and I’m not sure I ever do. I lost even a little more faith in it when I saw a picture in a tabloid of Britney Spears wearing it. She wore it as a dress, of course, with fishnet tights and heels. It was when she was a little more nuts, and the hair and make-up was a mess. I could not help but wonder if that’s how I look wearing it, with a little less skank.
My favorite way to wear it is over skinny jeans with a long short sleeve velvet blazer over it, so there’s just a little bit of lace poking out at the neck and at the bottom. But I feel like there’s more I could do with it, if I was more creative. Thoughts?

**This one stays.  I wore it to a pretty alright audition, so that in itself is a reason to keep it!  I will find a more creative way to wear it, someday,