What a beautiful post, Lin. The dress is gorgeous but the memories attached are everything. I feel the same way about so many of my clothes; the sentiment is irreplaceable.
I so enjoyed reading this and completely relate to it. I haven’t come across anything close to this kind of experience with anyone else. Reading this today gave me a sense of space, freedom and personal understanding. A truly wonderful piece of writing.
I don't have many occasions to dress up, and it always freaks me out a little bit if an event creeps up on me. I'm so out of my comfort zone with event dressing. Some of my extended family members said to me years ago that they were always looking forward to seeing what I wear when there's a family event, and yikes, after that I've mostly been freaking out in advance when I'm about to see them at a family gathering. They're very nice people but they put a lot of pressure on me to look my part!
It sounds very nice to get the compliments but I can imagine feeling slightly mortified and anxious about it as well! I miss the days my mum and my sisters would get dressed just to go out and have lunch or coffee on weekends, we did this maybe once or twice a month. We have a shared love of getting dressed and we would test our style experiments on each other.
A postscript on event dressing: my friend sent me a gif of the two of us singing our hearts out to Rihanna's "Diamonds" at her wedding after-party, it made me smile. I think that dress is forever sealed as a core memory as far as clothes are concerned.
I was really inspired by Chloe's statement of unadornment at the Oscars that year. Let's all find our own statements of adornment, whatever that looks like, mainstream 'dress codes' be damned. PS your dress is so lovely and very you, and I'm glad it holds such multitudes of meaning and happy memories. x
So true! I think it's again that need to separate admiration from emulation...my friends looked amazing all glammed up but it's not my vibe and it was good to affirm what works for me.
Such a beautiful post, it brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for writing it and sharing it x
Thank you. I was not expecting for it to become sentimental but it did!
What a beautiful post, Lin. The dress is gorgeous but the memories attached are everything. I feel the same way about so many of my clothes; the sentiment is irreplaceable.
Agree. When I was packing the dress, I had forgotten about the photo with my mum, and it only hit me later. A lovely moment.
I so enjoyed reading this and completely relate to it. I haven’t come across anything close to this kind of experience with anyone else. Reading this today gave me a sense of space, freedom and personal understanding. A truly wonderful piece of writing.
Wow thank you, that's such a lovely thing to hear. Really appreciate this :)
A really beautiful piece of writing, Lin.
I don't have many occasions to dress up, and it always freaks me out a little bit if an event creeps up on me. I'm so out of my comfort zone with event dressing. Some of my extended family members said to me years ago that they were always looking forward to seeing what I wear when there's a family event, and yikes, after that I've mostly been freaking out in advance when I'm about to see them at a family gathering. They're very nice people but they put a lot of pressure on me to look my part!
It sounds very nice to get the compliments but I can imagine feeling slightly mortified and anxious about it as well! I miss the days my mum and my sisters would get dressed just to go out and have lunch or coffee on weekends, we did this maybe once or twice a month. We have a shared love of getting dressed and we would test our style experiments on each other.
A postscript on event dressing: my friend sent me a gif of the two of us singing our hearts out to Rihanna's "Diamonds" at her wedding after-party, it made me smile. I think that dress is forever sealed as a core memory as far as clothes are concerned.
I was really inspired by Chloe's statement of unadornment at the Oscars that year. Let's all find our own statements of adornment, whatever that looks like, mainstream 'dress codes' be damned. PS your dress is so lovely and very you, and I'm glad it holds such multitudes of meaning and happy memories. x
So true! I think it's again that need to separate admiration from emulation...my friends looked amazing all glammed up but it's not my vibe and it was good to affirm what works for me.
You're completely right, the memories are what makes the outfit. And your priority should always be the creation of wonderful new memories. 🖤
(I have a wedding to attend this summer and this post reminded me I need to book a haircut ahead of it, so thank you!)
Glad this post struck a chord! And yes, a haircut always before all important occasions!
So good on so many levels❤️
thank you :)
I loved reading this, Lin!
Thank you!
A beautiful reminder to live our lives with the things we already own. :)