Sometimes coming up with copy for an outfit post is painful. While I wanted to write, “I bought a dress and I’m wearing it,” that’s glossing over what’s really noteworthy about this little frock.
It broke our closet.
I came home with the dress, eager to pack it in my suitcase for our trip. However, packing over 30 days early seemed a little premature, so I stuck it on a hanger and pushed it into my overstuffed side of the closet. I heard a rumble when I shut the door, but I figured it was just the closet settling at night. (That’s reasonable, right? I mean, a house settles…) Shortly after, I heard a loud crash and threw open the closet door to discover an avalanche of dresses carpeting the floor. Apparently my dress collection had reached critical mass and this eight-ounce piece of polyester (I weighed it) put the closet over its weight limit. I looked at Dave and whimpered, “I think I have a problem…”
The problem, of course, is a shoddy closet in our rental unit that we now have to fix. Because there’s no way I’m going to give up on dresses.
Dress: Old Navy | Jacket: Lands’ End (old, similar) | Shoes: Louise et Cie (sold out, similar) | Bag: Tory Burch (similar) | Sunglasses: Karen Walker (take 15% off with code BIGEVENT16) | Necklace: Gorjana | Earrings: Vrai & Oro | Bracelets: Hermes, c/o Julie Vos (similar) | Ring: c/o Julie Vos | Lips: Stila “Bella” | Nails: Zoya “Blu”
OMG that is my biggest fear lol, so sorry but yesterday I started doing a little pre-spring cleaning because I felt like the closet was just too stuffed. That dress sure is pretty and doesn’t look like it;s from ON. Love it!
xo
PinkSole
Sadly, this happened after I cleaned my side of the closet! Apparently I didn’t get rid of enough stuff… 😉
Very cute dress! I’ve had the same thing happen in my closet before too!
Oh man, so Alex and basically share a closet currently because he moved into my apartment last year when his lease was up. We totally need more space but are really liking how much money we’re saving…We haven’t broken a closet yet but I wouldn’t be surprised if this happened, good luck getting it all fixed up!
Laura | Laura Aime Vous
That dress is the cutest! I love the purple and yellow together!
And oyyyy! Darn closet! (I’ve been having that problem with the shower rod, keeps falling in the middle of my shower, haha. But that’s because my cousin who owns the house is stupid and wont hire someone to put in the door for it -_-)
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I’m so jealous of all the spring you are having, and that dress could not be cuter!
Sorry to hear about your closet disaster, and I hope it isn’t too much trouble to fix. My closet rod has been drooping in the middle since day one… fingers crossed it holds!
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Such a pretty dress and what a marvelous backdrop to feature it.
I admit that every time I hang yet another dress in my dresses closet I do it so very carefully and quickly… as I take my hand away I always wonder: “Will it hold?”
I turned one of our bedrooms into a closet (the actual closets in our house are tiny and the bedroom is in the attic) so everything is on those stand-alone clothes racks. My dresses have their own rack, while all my tank tops, tees and other tops fit on one themselves. Dresses do take up more space, but still…
That’s exactly what I want to do! We’re house hunting right now and love historic homes, but those closets are awfully small! We definitely need to add another bedroom to the wish list for a closet.
Lol that’s fantastic. I didn’t have a closet in my bedroom in college so I went through a series of cheap clothing racks that all would eventually collapse in the night when I put one too many 8oz dresses on it.
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the print on this dress is so perfect!! and i love the pairing with the jacket!
xo
allie
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I’m waiting for the day my closet pole gives out. My closet is WAY over stuffed and I have clothes EVERYWHERE. I really need to do another purge. Anyway this dress is super cute and love it with the trench
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heather
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Hahahahaha that is the most adorable story I’ve heard in a while 🙂 something similar but not quite the same happened to me 18 years ago. My man and I went back to Borneo to visit the parents, and that night, we settled into bed to sleep. The bed frame broke. It just splintered and broke. My parents came rushing over asking what had happened. I opened the door to show them the damage. You can imagine the expressions on their faces. I couldn’t even look them in the eye GRIN