When
I first got this skirt as a hand-me-down, it was a tube dress. It still
is a tube dress, but I refuse to wear it like one, because it has a way
of making me look short and stubby with hips a mile wide, and plus, we
all know I avoid strapless dresses like the plague.
With
this dress, I was fortunate enough to not have to do any alterations. I
simply pulled the top portion high up on my waist, folded the elastic
band under once, and magically had a maxi skirt! This skirt is so long
that I can't wear it without my highest of heels, and because of this,
it's completely changed from making me look short and stubby to making
me look tall and slender.
I was really keen to wear this skirt, but it took me a while to figure out what to wear it with.
It was not until the phrase "black and white and red all over" popped
into my head, that I knew I needed red, because that would give me a
cool title for a blog post, and sometimes that's all that matters.
While I contemplated topping the skirt with my red blazer, that piece has been too recently used,
so I decided to break out one of several new long-sleeved T-shirts I
bought in another push to build out my wardrobe with solid colors. A
downside to a solid T-shirt is that it's quite plain-looking by itself,
but that becomes an upside when it allows you to showcase a fun scarf or
vest! Today I chose a white knit vest.
Now
for the footwear. I have to admit that when I conceptualized this
outfit, I'd hoped to wear red shoes with it. But when I tried them on
and saw their crimson toes poking out from under the black and white
stripes, all I could think of was Ronald McDonald. For the record,
Ronald's stripes are yellow and red, not black and white, but mental
associations don't listen to logic. So I wore a much less exciting pair
of black boots instead.
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