Ah, finally, after that day of dressing like the Woman that Time Forgot, I was free to cast off my artifacts and embrace a current trend! Not just current, but blazing, smoking hot (and also warm!)
It's velvet!
Every
fashion publication from here to everywhere has been hammering into my
head that velvet is the fabric of the season. Fortunately, they started
said hammering way back in the summer, giving me plenty of time to stock
up on two new velvet dresses from Swap.com and a skirt from the thrift store (in addition to the blue dress I've had forever—I'm such an early adopter!).
Today,
I'm wearing the first of the new dresses—a highly ornate velvet shift
with slightly flared sleeves, in black and various shades of red.
Had
fate not intervened, that would have been the extent of my velvet
getup, but then I found the JustFab Black Friday sale. I filled up my
cart with my olive ankle-strap flats,
one more mystery shoe which I'm sure you'll see soon, and these
burgundy crushed velvet sandals. They also came in blue, which I wanted
so bad, but since I've somehow filled up my closet with red things
this year, I thought the burgundy was a more sensible choice. I figured
I'd wear them for a more formal occasion (where sandals make sense,
even in the middle of winter), but then V-day came around.
Nothing would have given me greater pleasure than rocking a velvet sock boot (they're
everywhere!), but alas, I haven't found one in my price range yet. So
it was velvet sandals or bust. I tried them with tights and I tried them
with thigh-highs (even for the sake of fashion, I won't sacrifice my
toes to the gods of winter!), but eventually I decided sandals over knee
socks was the cutest (although admittedly unconventional) way to finish
off this outfit.
An Aside: Were
you, like me, an avid fan of The Velveteen Rabbit when you were a kid?
Did you ever wonder just what the heck velveteen is and what makes it
different from velvet? And, for that matter, what velour is? Well,
wonder no more, because I did the research for you! Most of the answers I
found were quite confusing, which is why I felt like this answer on Quora (which
admits that they "defy categorization") was the most satisfying.
Basically the only thing that's constant about any of it is that
velveteen is made from cotton, feels stiff, and has a short pile. As for
the others, anything seems to go, so, in my expert opinion, you are
safe referring to any shiny-ish fabric with a short furry pile as either
velvet or velour, and no one would be able to contradict you
unequivocally.
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