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WIW: Dress challenge week day 1-3

Ingunn

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I love a good challenge, and since I also love dresses, this one was perfect for me. Thank you Sona and Shannon! I decided to make it a bit harder by allowing only one dress for the whole week, to work out how many ways I can wear it within the current weather conditions (snowy, cold), and without buying anything new. I chose my black wrap dress for this, a similar is still available from the BR website. At first I thought it would be difficult to style due to the ties, but it turned out to be quite simple, actually. This is what I've come up with so far:

#1Monday: Teaching all day plus meeting afterwards.
Black wrap dress
Grandma's pearls (love)
Black tights
Black oxfords
Blue puffer (I know, not good with skirts, but it was COLD)
Black flat boots
Black bag
Beanie
Traditional Selbu mittens

#2 Teaching, formal meeting, office
Black wrap dress
White button down
Leopard scarf
Boots with heels
Red coat
Brown hand warmers

#3 Home office/running errands
Black wrap dress
Striped tee
Blue cowl
Blue patterned tights
Black ballet flats
My old grey/blue coat
Black bag
Black flat boots

#4: Day 1-3 seen together.

This is loads of fun! I have planned more outfits based on the black wrap dress, and my goal is to continue all the way until Sunday. I have to wash and dry the dress overnight, so that might be an obstacle. Otherwise, I'm good. Happiness factor so far is vey high! What is my best result so far, in your opinion? All comments are highly appreciated. Thanks for looking!

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Latest reply was from saramir

Suz

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Ingunn, what wonderful outfits. I love the way that the quality of your pieces shines forward. Everything is simple, tasteful, yet personal, and what we see is someone looking impeccably polished yet relaxed. Beautiful textural mixes, too! I love your coat collection as well!

The dress looks almost charcoal on my monitor. And what is the fabric? Does it have a wool component? It looks a bit different from slippery jersey.

Love the blues in the last outfit.

PS: those MITTENS!!!!!

catherine

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That's a great dress. You look so stylish and put together in every outfit.

Jules

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Very inspiring! Thanks to your other thread I also got out my black wrap dress. It turned out I hadn't physically put it away with my spring/summer stuff (I have a small closet and rotate most of its contents), just mentally. I put a golden yellow blouse and thick plum leggings underneath. Something a little different to perk up my mid-winter warddrobe, thanks for the inspiration!

pil

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Beautiful as usual! You've inspired me to try a blouse under my faux wrap dress now.

Ingunn

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Thank you, Suz! I think my camera overexposed a little to compensate for the black in the dress, because it really is black. However, it has a slightly grayish cast to it, and I worry it will wash out too soon. It is probably possible to dye it black again if it happens. The fabric is rayon, and it gives a nice drape because it is a bit heavy.

Thank you, Catherine! I'm happy that you think so.

Jules and Pil, I think it's wonderful if you find inspiration in my little games. Please post pictures if you would like to share!

TraceyLiz65

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All three looks are fantastic. love that you showed us three ways!

Transcona Shannon

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You are really selling me on the versatility of a wrap dress Ingunn and I think I need to take back what I said in your other thread about it not being as versatile as a sheath!

These outfits are all absolutely perfect - you know how to add a piece here or there to make each wearing of the dress unique. I find your style also has an understated "chic-ness" to it. I don't know how to explain it - it's like your outfits are never over done.

And now I want an animal print scarf to wear with my black sheath dress!

Anonymous

Do I really have to pick a favourite? 'Cause I don't think I can! I love them all. It's a very flattering dress shape and I love all the different textures you've incorpoated too. Fab

Anonymous

I love that you're wearing the same dress all week! Now that makes it interesting. That's a really good idea to wear the long scarves as a cowl so that they don't compete with the detail on the front of the dress. I love all of these iterations and I can't wait to see what you come up with for Thurs and Fri.

Ingunn

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TraceyLiz, thank you! I love to play with variables. Once i was an avid quilt maker and loved the juxtaposition of colors and patterns in the quilts. Variety and unity creates harmony:)

Shannon, how very kind of you to say that. I aim for "less is more", but I am no true minimalist. Maybe it is my Norwegian cultural heritage shining through - being "too much" is very wrong over here

Diane, no need to choose! Thank you:)

Claire, that is true! Thank you for pointing that out. The blue cowl is an infinity scarf, but the leopard one isn't. The black wrap dress has many more outfits in it, wait and see!

Anonymous

I think it shows how if you have a perfect basic you can come up with limitless ways to style it. I love how each look has its own distinct character!

Angie

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All renditions are stellar!

Are you wearing the same frock four days in a row? I don't think I could do that. Good for you.

Ingunn

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Ceit, that is very interesting to me, too. I feel that some of the renditions represent the old me, the way I've dressed for years, whereas some represent the direction I'm aiming at. The second rendition is quite dressy and thus a bit overdressed for my workplace, but I really like to wear that outfit. I also love the third, but it is a lot more "academichic" which is quite all right too, of course. I find that incorporating more classic pieces has been very freeing style-wise, and it is a wonderful track to be on.

Angie, thanks! I'm not wearing the same frock for four days, I aim for seven. This is not something I would do on a regular basis, but I find it interesting as a means to explore my new limited wardrobe core. I plan to find out whether this dress can be useful as loungewear, workwear, date wear and doing my chores. No less!

Ingunn

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I just want to tell you that the wrap dress is now washed and hanging to dry - hopefully it'll be ready to wear again in the morning! I actually find this challenge very interesting - how far can I go before I find the dress unattractive, repetitive or over-worn? I think I will need a break from it after coming Sunday:)

Day Vies

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This is fabulous. Not much more to say than I love how you've styled this dress. What a resource! Thanks for posting.

Angie

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Okay! I was wondering how you were going to feel fresh in the frock! Love how you are having fun with this little project, Ingunn. That's the spirit - and you have KILLER style Ms. Euro Modern Classic Queen

Ingunn

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Day Vies, thanks! I'm having fun with this:)

Angie, I would never wear the same garment for that many days without washing it. But as I change the layers a lot, I find that I easily can wear this dress for about three days without problems. I consider this project as a little piece of fashion science:) Thank you again for my royal title - I rule in Capsule County, I guess!

Caro in Oz

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Love them all - I particularly like how all your scarves & toppers work with the dress to create very different looks. You are queen capsule.

krishnidoux

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That is impressive! Good ideas too. Thanks for posting!

Beth Ann

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Love this! A challenge within a challenge, eh? You look terrific in the dress, which is a plus if you're going to wear it all week!

Aida

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That is a Serious Challenge, I am impressed Ingunn! You have three great outfits so far, looking forward to seeing the round up of all 7.

Adelfa

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Oh wow! This is how I wish I dressed! Can't wait to see the rest of the week.

Elizabeth P

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Wow, great job! I'm reading these in the wrong order, but you're now really making me think I need this dress. I can't wait to see what you do for the next few days!

Did you by any chance see the blog by someone who is wearing the same dress for an entire year? I think she had several, for washing reasons, but the idea was to see how many ways she could wear it.

http://theuniformproject.com/upweb/#!about

Ingunn

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The wrap dress would be a nice addition to your wardrobe, I'm sure:) Thank you for the link, I've heard about it, but never read the blog. Will check it out! Did you see today's post on my dress?
http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....days-day-4

Carole

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What a beautiful and versatile dress, Ingunn! I have a similar one I have had for years that still looks great, I'm sad I couldn't participate in the dress challenge because it would have given me an excuse to wear it. I love how easy it is to dress up and down. All versions are fabulous, if I had to pick a favorite I would say the lst one in the 4th set would be it! Thanks for the inspiration once again.

saramir

You are my style icon, lgunn. That is all.