I was in the mall yesterday (not shopping, that is done already) and all the beautiful festive dresses were out, tempting me to buy them for upcoming holiday parties. Just tempting me though. I didn’t buy.
I know that if I do buy, for most of the year, the dress will hang in my closet, unworn. If it is in a trendy color, it could easily be out of fashion by the next year. It would be dated.
So I stick with timeless. I have one little black dress and with the right accessories one little black dress is all you need. I’ve worn mine for the past ten years and it never gets tired (thanks to my recent trimming down, I can fit into it again).
Why?
Because I just possibly might have the world’s largest scarf and shawl collection (just joking, I don’t have a dedicated closet for them which I’m sure the world’s largest collector has… sigh, a girl could dream). Over the years, I’ve collected them from all over the world in all different styles. If people press me for what to bring back from their travels, I ask for a shawl or scarf to match a black dress.
There is a reason why French women with their limited (yet gorgeous) closet do wonderful and creative things with scarves. Because it completely changes an outfit (I’m not that skilled, not at all, but even I, with a different scarf, can pull off a different look).
A little black dress is an investment piece.
Comments (2)
I've beem reading your blog for ages. I found it fascinating to view some things from woman's (and usually correct) perspective. The only thing I was always complaining silently in my mind is - that your RSS feed is in one block. Oh... I was thinking about removing your feed from rss reader so many times, but then you would write something really interesting. Therefore, I am still here. And... accidently I clicked on the link to open your page (instead reading your article in rss reader). And oh my god ;-) you do not really write in one huge block. You actually divide everything into nice paragraphs. You are awesome. Keep on writing...
P.S. however, you could try to make your RSS feed more user friendly ;-)
Thanks!
Posted by Tomas | November 23, 2007 4:01 PM
Posted on November 23, 2007 16:01
I'm working on my first truly decorative scarf. I like the idea, but I don't want to get them just to have them, so I need to make sure I'll use them. :)
Posted by Mrs. Micah | November 23, 2007 9:18 PM
Posted on November 23, 2007 21:18