My blue velvet dress
is one of the oldest things in my wardrobe (not necessarily by actual
age, but the thing I've had the longest) that I still wear in public. It
was out of style even when I got it (which might be how I was able to
score it new with tags for just five dollars, if I remember correctly),
and by the beginning of last winter, I was getting ready to send it out
to pasture when the velvet trend struck. So I kept it around, but honestly, I can't remember if I wore it at all that winter.
This
year, fortunately, velvet is still going strong...and I happen to have
recently acquired a pair of blue, crushed velvet, thigh-high boots!
When
this outfit idea occurred to me, I thought long and hard about whether I
really had the guts to wear a blue velvet dress over blue velvet boots.
That's a lot of blue velvet. It might be overkill. But then I decided
overkill is what the Unfashionista does best!
I
wore the velvet dress and the velvet boots! I briefly contemplated also
wearing big blue earrings, but I decided enough was enough. Since my
clothing was kind of bizarre, I'd just go conservative with the jewelry.
I put on a classy silver necklace, courtesy of my boyfriend (he's
pretty much the only reason I have any jewelry at all that's not outlandish!) and some subtle silver drop earrings.
I like it! I can't explain why but this works! One of my favorite outfits that you have posted!
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