Alternative Xmas Dress

rachylou

This was my other option for Xmas. Lol, I’ve reached that point again where I’m trying to entertain myself, but in lockdown there are no office restrictions... I will mop the kitchen floor in this.

5 years ago

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rachylou

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This is btw, the hardest dress ever to put on. It’s a slip dress with a sewn on sheer overlay. First I put it on slipdress right side out, overlay inside out... you have to imagine this. Then I had the devil’s own time trying to sort the layers out. Then I got it back on, but the straps somehow double looped on my left arm... I will not address the tiny buttons at the neck with loop button holes...

5 years ago

Angie

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You are ready for NYFW

5 years ago

Anonymous

You entertain us But you're turning into Angie if you're mopping in that nice dress!

5 years ago

rachylou

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Lol, Angie, I may just have to keep it on until then. I’m sure it’s not coming off again because I may need the fire department to get out of it... lol

5 years ago

rachylou

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Haha , Suntiger. Now I feel better about the upcoming marathon wear, altho I’m pretty sure Angie wouldn’t sleep in her dress. I plan to. I fear the removal process. I may be trapped for life here.

5 years ago

Anonymous

*hugs my pull on stretchy clothes*

5 years ago

Helena

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Well that's gorgeous. NYE ready defo!!

5 years ago

Firecracker (Sharan)

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Another festive option, and I love the stripes under the dots. I love your quirky take on traditions, Rachylou. And your sense of humor. I have struggled with two-layer dresses like that, too!

5 years ago

MsMaven

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I love this dress! Even for cleaning. Today I wore 2 cashmere sweaters, a crew neck and cardi, matching of course, to clean 2 bathrooms. But your outfit is far more elegant.

5 years ago

Jaime

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That dress is wonderful! Just don't get bleach on it!

5 years ago

slim cat

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Fab look - total love from the first sight!
I wonder if the slip could be separated from the dress and the process of dressing broke into two parts - first slip, then - the dress ( used to be that way for some of dresses ).

5 years ago

Jessikams

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Ugghhh I can totally imagine the entanglement...you may have to just scream and claw your way out of it when the time comes (this is my solution with some sports bras). But it looks great!

5 years ago

rachylou

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Jessikams, Midsomer Murders is on the tele right now... and it occurs to me this dress could be the plot of a murder mystery...

Slimcat - entangled with the dress bunched over my head, that thought did come to mind! But I didn’t go through with it because I have very slopey shoulders and slip dresses always slip off. It’s a bit of a conundrum.

5 years ago

rachylou

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This dress will not go to the bakery or do bathrooms because: bleach. But I could garden in it. It’s rather sturdy, I must say.

5 years ago

Bijou

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You look wonderful! Such a shame that this dress is so difficult to get on and off. I have been caught out with wet racer back bathers that would not come off and was worried that I would be stuck forever in the change room at the gym begging for someone to bring me scissors so I could cut my way out. These items definitely require a strategy for safe entry and exit.

5 years ago

rachylou

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I have a tale of middle school mortification for you, Bijou, which I can only tell because it didn’t happen to me, involving skinnies and swim class...skinny jeans should probably have a warning label...

5 years ago

Minaminu

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Rachylou, this would be fab for a New Year party! Shame that it is diffficult to get on and off!

5 years ago

Ledonna N.

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Nosy certainly ny ready. You are so fancy.

5 years ago

Janet

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New Years dress! I love that you have fun with fashion, practicality be damned. Here I am worried that I’ll ruin a cashmere sweater wearing it to cook. LOL

5 years ago

Mirjana

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That dress is wonderful!! You look gorgeous as usual.

5 years ago

Jane

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It’s a great dress. Love the dots and stripes.

Maybe you need a pinney (sp ?).. perhaps a Japanese one to add to the complexity of straps.

5 years ago

Suz

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Such over the top splendiferous fun! I love it.

5 years ago

rachylou

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Haha, Janet! Go on: make yourself some new cashmere potholders. Haha! Yeah, no, bad idea

Omg, Jane... and I should sew the pinafore ALSO to the shoulders. Haha! Triple the challenge!

Thank you Suz, Mirjana, LeDonna, Mina, Shevia, MsMaven, Firecracker, TG! All right! Less than 24 hours to go now!

5 years ago

Anonymous

Love the nod to romanticism. Dreamy dress. <3

5 years ago

kellygirl

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Haha. You make me laugh. The dress is great--and I can relate to the lining issue. I have a top like that. It looks great on but the effort it takes to get it on or even think about the contortions required to put it on make it kind of a buzz kill. I want to look like a glamorous princess like you! Happy new year!

5 years ago

LaPed

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Such a fun dress! But the feeling of being trapped in one's clothes is so stressful; this is why I never wear boots with only a zip closure. I had a cast mate in a play once whose costume's zipper got stuck during a quick change. Trapped in a vintage dress -- nearly disastrous!

5 years ago

Jules

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It’s a lovely dress and really suits you.

5 years ago

lyn67

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Totally Rachy and fab this one, too!!(especially the stripe top underneath included!)-and why not(moping the kitchen in it)? Angie used to do home chores in her mesh dress, too!:-)

Then, Rachy, didn't you dare to simply cut appart the slip dress from the outer layer and so then put them on separately? Much more easier, my dear...(I always do that when they are attached!!)

5 years ago

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