Have you ever tried on an outfit, LOVED it right away…thought you looked smokin’ in it only to take a photo of yourself wearing it and ask yourself what went wrong?
Yep.
What is that about?
I don’t have trick mirrors in my house, which is what I swear some stores have.
Now that I shop almost exclusively thrift often those mirrors look like they may have been ripped right out of a circus. I look all warped and bendy like Gumby on a bad day.
My gut feeling is what I need to rely on rather than my reflection in the mirror at those thrift shops.
I almost always come home and try on the piece again just to be sure I’m happy with it before removing the tags. I did that with this skirt and loved it, so off came the tags, which again leads me to ask,
“Is my mind tricking me? Or is the camera lying?”
When I chose this chocolate brown suede skirt I was attracted to the extra details with the contrasting stitching and front pleat. It fit me perfectly and I thought it accented my positives, until I saw photos and realized that it turned me into a rectangle with an arrow pointing just below my crotch at the slit in the skirt. Let’s be clear about that last bit.
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All is fine when I’m sitting.
With all that pattern and colour on top I thought that the eyes wouldn’t be distracted by the top stitching…but my eyes go straight there.
The fact that there isn’t a waist band isn’t doing me any favours.
It’s not as high waisted as I normally wear and the hem sits right at my knees. I thought that was supposed to flatter the legs, not fatter the legs.
It’s the skirt. It’s not me.
That’s the difference between picking a winner that makes you feel great about yourself and picking a loser that makes you want to hide under a rock.
As a woman over a certain age that wants to remain visible there will be no hiding under rocks for me.
I only saved one photo of me standing with the skirt on after I saw the photos.
Everything else was, “Delete, Delete, Delete” while swearing under my breath.
My pug told me she can’t see the difference and for a mere handful of treats she’ll tell me anything I want to hear. How much do I love my pug?
There are three possible solutions for this skirt.
- Sell the skirt so someone else can have an arrow pointing like a roadmap to their neither regions. Maybe it’ll suit them.
2. Try darkening the stitching with a felt pen.
3. Simply remove the stitches hoping that they won’t leave holes in the leather.
I think solution #3 is out. I’m pretty sure there will be visible holes in the leather. The felt pen idea could work, but do I really want to risk it?
I haven’t decided what to do yet.
I’m leaning towards selling it.
Have you had instances like this when you were sure you’d made a great choice on a clothing purchase only to realize later it was a mistake?
Did you get rid of it immediately?
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