I don't know how I ended up with 17 dresses. I should purge some of them. Or find ways to dress them down. Don't judge based on fit or condition as most of these are old photos.

Candidates for purging:

1) Plum print dress. Worn 7-8x. Tired of this.

2) Black/white dress with teal sash. Worn 4x (maybe 5x). Tired of this too.

3) Pink cotton dress. Demoted this to loungewear.

4) Orange flouncy dress. Worn 6x. I still like this but it's hard to dress down.

5)&6) Black and red slash neck dresses (bought in December): I would like these better if the sleeves weren't belled, the necklines weren't so deep and the hems were longer.

Safe from the purge:

7) Grey workhorse dress thanks to sleeve removal.

8) Black/white workhorse dress.

9) Blue/white workhorse dress (great for travelling)

10) Black "pinafore" workhorse dress

11-14) My beautiful amazing Elie Tahari dresses, 3 of which are silk. If you can suggest ways to dress these down so I can wear and enjoy them, I'd love to hear them.

15) Desigual dress

16) Blue long sleeved dress. This is hard to wear as well. Any suggestions on how to dress it down?

17) You haven't seen this one yet but I just received it yesterday and I love it. It's the eventual replacement for #3 and fills my "red/orange knit dress" hole, even though it is neither red nor orange.

Your candid opinions are appreciated!

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