I just got my first fancy dress for Irish dance competitions. I love it. It’s velvet with a handful of rhinestones and I feel so pretty in it (NOT my usual style descriptor)!
Adults often just wear a simple black dress compared to the elaborate dresses the kids and teens wear. I started craving something a little flashier, but nothing that would look inappropriate in the adult competitions. The champion level kids and teens will pay well over $1500 for the latest creation, and even used, they’re usually close to $800. Not at all worth it for the adult competitions. But someone was selling this older dress on Facebook for just over $200, an incredible deal. It’s a decade old and the styles have shifted (newer dresses are lighter fabric, elaborate knotwork embroidery, and a smoother, shorter skirt) but it’s perfect for me. It is so, so pretty and the velvet is so soft. And fits like it was made for me.
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