weddings weddings weddings!
If you’re like me, then you may be at that time when a lot of your friends are getting married. What does this mean for you and me and every other female wedding guest? The dreaded: “I have nothing to wear!”
Here’s the thing: you don’t have to wear something new to every wedding you go to because if you did and I did, I’d probably be broke. That’s a lot of dresses, in addition to gifts, plane flights, etc. Find one or two or a few dresses you love and play around with accessorizing them in different ways for different occasions. This works especially well with one-colored pieces. Like the one I’m wearing below.
Although this is its first wear, I actually bought it at Loehman’s a few years ago for $30!!! The zipper was broken so I brought it to the tailor who fixed it for $15, so really the dress, still a fantastic deal, cost a total of $45! But I decided that for this wedding I didn’t want to go so formal as a bunch of gold jewelry or pearls and I needed some color with the blue (and the dress doesn’t hug quite tight enough around the waist and I was too lazy/cheap to go get it taken in). Solution: scarf around the waist. It solved my color issue, made a very evening-y cocktail dress a bit more day-to-night AND helped give me the shape I was looking for in the dress.
Do you like my artistic touches to this photo? :-)
Other ways to change up a dress:
- Think about what shoe/dress color combinations you can make. If you don’t want to invest in a new pair, borrow from a friend! Check out how different this dress looks with the cork vs. red shoes.
- If you go light on accessories one wear, go heavier and more colorful the next or switch up the focus of your accessories; if you’re wearing a black dress with a statement necklace the first wear, go with a great pair of earrings and chunky bracelet the next time around.
- Tights! Add some classy fishnets or lace tights for an alternative look.
- Makeup: your whole look can change if you decide to go light vs. dark and accessorize accordingly.
- Style your hair differently with the same dress and it’ll be like half a new you!
Do you have any suggestions of how you wear dresses over and over again?
P.S. I FINALLY GOT MY HAIR CUT! And although I didn’t cut much off, it makes a world of difference now that it doesn’t feel like I’m trying to grow out a mullet or something. Thank you to all for your kind hair comments.
