Great jeans! I'd never really looked at BSides; now I want *all* of their jeans.
I think the dress is really fun. I'm loving overall styles and I think the curved hem and pieced/colorblocked fabrics are fun and unique. They keep it from veering into kindergarten teacher territory IMHO.
Also, I totally hear you on fourteen months of dressing only for yourself. Every time I try on something new, I find myself second-guessing the size, colour, style, whatever, trying to figure out how it will look out in the world. It's hard to know what "real world" dressing even is anymore!