The Dress

This past weekend, Debi and I tried on dresses at Patsy's Bridal in Dallas. As I mentioned earlier, I had a specific dress in mind, the Freesia, by Claire Pettibone. After trying on nearly every Claire Pettibone they had, a very different dress (Lon no clicking that link!), the Etoile, was my absolute favorite. At last! From the moment I put it on it was Love. It is fun and flirty, and felt completely original and modern--fashion forward even. For my dress, I'll need to modify the bodice, reducing the plunging neckline to a more reasonable sweetheart. I'll also need to adjust the bottom - instead of the layers, the dress I tried on had the simple silk adorned with rosettes all the way down. I'm really looking forward to adding my perspective to the dress, who knows what it will end up looking like!

We'll try on more dresses next month, when Mom visits, so I anticipate finding yet another dress to love, but so far, this dress is the one I simply could not take off. If only it weren't $4,000!