My
skepticism was correct, though; there was nothing wearable about this
dress. It had an unflattering U-shaped hem leading into side vents, and the front looked like it
had just been sewn together in a couple of places as an afterthought. I
suspect that it had started out as a vest and the original owner had
tried unsuccessfully to convert it to a dress.
I
converted it back. It was a simple matter of removing 5 lines of
stitches from the front, and then I had an open-front vest!
I
wore it over my sequined white dress (because all-over sequins can be a
little too much for the office) paired with white shoes and greenish
lucite heels.
My photographer spoke
disparagingly of the vest as a "smock" (I'm surprised he was willing to
take my picture at all, considering how much he apparently hated the
outfit), but I still like it. I might do something about the U-shaped
hem, though. Although splitting the front made it less obvious, I'm
still not a fan.
The smock looks nice in the pictures. I'm not sure if it the outfit itself or the photographer's amazing talent to make anything look great.
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