When arranging a shopping raid, I never set out on a carefully planned venture to find specific items for my wardrobe. Strategic shopping through estimating needs and investing accordingly has its benefits but it never works for me that way. Everytime I set out to find something specific it just never happens, while things are more likely to fall on my feet at the most unexpected time and places. I mostly make impulsive purchases. Plain and simply I fall in love and buy garments, but often end up with a closet filled to the brim with things I can not easily put together into an outfit. This time though, I had to get into the groove and go on a dress hunt to find a decent wedding outfit. So anchors away and the journey begins!
Dragging myself around the city in 40 degrees celcius with heat melting me away was not my idea of fun. Ok, I probably need some sun-roasting to gain a little bit of colour and exit the milky-white skin palette, but minus the swimming pool the experience just seems unfortunate. I can be a very impatient and picky buyer, so I had a very specific list of "no no's" when setting out for my dress search. I was thinking some sort of a lightweight, grecian-draped, floaty, silk-chiffon number or perhaps something in the latest smock / trapeze / sack dress shapes a bit more refined perhaps with some crystal embellishment or beautiful detailing. Something reasonably priced yet with designer qualities. Since my regular high street did not offer many options for some posh dress-up situation, I thought I 'd check out some of the local shops for eveningwear even though I was a bit sceptic about it all. And I did not stand corrected. I was in fact very baffled at the evening-dress stock and just to illustrate I 'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Almost every single shop seemed to follow the same concept and to say that I saw a lot of what I had imagined would be a lie. Along came lots of lame and shiny tafetta dresses in bulky shapes, cheap looking satin and wedding cake frills, heavy embellishments, zillions of beads and sequins and unnecessary excessiveness that made me want to tuck my money right away.
Looking like a bit like Tyra Banks and Nadja Bjorlin at the 59th Annual Daytime Emmy awards is not really my thing (now I am being mean!), so I think I might have to follow my initial shopping instincts and leave the dress hunt to a bit of luck. And if nothing comes along the way within the next two weeks I can always settle for some old rusty piece from my wardrobe that despite being already worn-a-plenty it will at least satisfy my aesthetics and taste
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