Rate the Dress: Blue & Brown Bustle Era
It’s always so interesting to see why people do or don’t like a dress: because it appeals to them intellectually, or on a purely aesthetic level. Because it would look good on you, or wouldn’t. Because you can imagine it on you, or because you can imagine it on exactly the right person who is very different to you. Because you like the era, or don’t. Because it reminds you of a dress you owned and loved, or something you got made to wear, and hate. So many reasons… Last week: a 1910s dress in peach pink and cinnamon silk Last week’s dress rating was really one that lived and died on people’s associations. It got some really high scores, and some really, really low scores. And a lot of middling scores, which rather perfectly match the final total of… The Total: 7.3 out of 10 And the score droops and deflates like the limp drapes of the dress itself… This week: a brown & blue bustle-era dress I have a fascination with historical dresses …