A lovely quote from my brother, describing my outfit this Friday. I guess he has a point, seeing as this dress completely covers my feet and would be totally appropriate for living in a compound/cult in Utah. (with no offense intended towards anyone in this particular situation) Then again, this is the same brother who said that my little black dress made me look like “Audrey Hefburn”.
Anyways, onto the clothing…
This dress was another recent thrift-store find. I was planning on turning it into a minidress, and maybe using the leftover material for a skirt, but I ended up being too lazy to do anything with and decided to keep it as a maxi dress. I still can’t figure out exactly what it is – it sort of looks like a cheerleading outfit or a basketball jersey, with a couple extra yards of fabric. Maybe it’s a graduation gown or some school-related garment. At any rate, it’s almost certainly from the 70’s and is made of 100% polyester.
(sidenote: I don’t know if this is related to the fabric or just the length of the dress, but during the day, the hem seemed to pick up a ton of dust, dirt and stray hair (???). Gross, I know, but has anyone worn a maxi dress and had this happen? Or is it just me?)
This outfit looked better at the end of the day, when I added a flower in my hair (we dissected them in bio class, hooray.) I’ve realized that I really like long, hippie-ish dresses and I’m in the middle of making another one right now. We’ll see how it goes…
