Regardless of my weird relationship with shift dresses, I found this one recently and decided to give the style another shot. Boy, I'm glad I did! I originally was drawn to this dress because I really liked the roses on it. It reminded me of the rose in Beauty and the Beast, which is one of my favorite Disney movies!
But once I got it home, I totally chickened out of wearing it for MONTHS!! I think part of it was because it's a shift dress, but the other reason was because it's mostly black. And in the summer, that can get really hot! As I was preparing for this shoot, I decided to finally pull it out of my closet and figure out how I can wear it and feel great. After looking through my accessories, I found this belt (which honestly is probably about 12 years old!). I think a thin belt could easily be lost against the print of this dress, and a really wide belt would take away from it. So I'm really glad I kept this belt all these year, because it's right in between, and perfect for this!
Much like wearing a thin belt would easily be lost on this dress, I think a statement necklace could be lost as well. I think I can definitely wear a statement necklace with this in the future, but I don't have one that I think would go well at this point...stay tuned for updates! Since I don't have a necklace I liked with this, I added these black flower earrings. If they were red (or roses) it would have been perfect, but I really like them with this in spite of this. And to complete the whole look, I added my black strappy sandals. Anything more would have been too chunky or thin. And they give me a little bit of a lift, with the kitty heal (sorry Lauren Conrad, but I love these heals!)
I think I'll get a lot of use out of this dress for the rest of summer!
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