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Putting my hand on my hip like so helps counteract the fattening effects of wearing a floaty empire-waist dress. |
Up until now, I had been mostly focused on this dress' brown aspect, but
a closer inspection reveals that it is really full of pinks and muted
greens. I was somewhat surprised to find that this dusky rose necklace
looked better with the dress than any of my brown ones. Astonished and
pleased, because goodness knows, wearing all brown gets me down.
Although adding straps made this dress much more work-appropriate than
it had been when it was halter-tied, I still felt conspicuous wearing it
(besides, it's not summer-hot any more), and wanted to cover up with a
sweater of some sort. The discovery of the additional colors freed me
from feeling like I needed to wear it with my brown bolero (which
clashed with the shoes anyway) and experiment with pinks or
greens...which I don't have. I went with off-white—a
color-coordination stretch, but not a complete snap.
I
headband-curled my hair again, but I vow that this will be the last time
I try to wear curls, at least until winter. Long high-speed bike rides
and precarious hairdos just don't mix.
I am proud to say that my
modifications seem to have worked—I wore this dress all day
without it sliding down, and it even helped hold up my too-large
strapless bra!
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This is one of those instances where ankle straps really do make your legs look shorter. |
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