Floral dresses are all over the place, we know this. It's a trend I am all ready to shove my face into, but lately I have been hit with a conundrum. First, I saw this dress on Moderniteter:
I looked for it at my local H&M and lo! They had it (that never happens). Unfortunately, the boyfriend said it looked like Mimi from The Drew Carey Show. I pouted, as now I felt the dress might be ruined. I tried it on and it was cute. I'm not in love with the fabric, but I love the print more than a lot of things. Then today I saw it on Le Blog de Betty and am rethinking it all:
But it gets more complicated. Trotting into Forever21 on my break, I spied this little floral delicacy:
Forever21 24.80$
It is significantly cheaper, and I have to say a bit more flattering for my form (it has a tie just under the bust which is very nice) that the first. But I am not in love with the print. It's fine, it all sort of blends together more in person but it's so dark and I feel like I ought to own a pair of doc martens if I'm going to wear this on. The alternating patterns of flowers also put me more in the mind of the following:
Obviously this is an added plus. All the same though, my heart is divided. I am trying very hard not to buy more than one item of clothing a week at mall stores, if at all, and I haven't had much trouble just yet (I have instead transferred my obsession to Passion Tea Lemonade from Starbucks, which is delicious and wonderful), but perhaps I will dip into my little bit of gift money and splurge for both of them. At least the H&M one is returnable, which is the main thing holding me back from the Forever21 dress.
I mean, one can never have too many floral dresses, true?
I looked for it at my local H&M and lo! They had it (that never happens). Unfortunately, the boyfriend said it looked like Mimi from The Drew Carey Show. I pouted, as now I felt the dress might be ruined. I tried it on and it was cute. I'm not in love with the fabric, but I love the print more than a lot of things. Then today I saw it on Le Blog de Betty and am rethinking it all:
But it gets more complicated. Trotting into Forever21 on my break, I spied this little floral delicacy:
Forever21 24.80$
It is significantly cheaper, and I have to say a bit more flattering for my form (it has a tie just under the bust which is very nice) that the first. But I am not in love with the print. It's fine, it all sort of blends together more in person but it's so dark and I feel like I ought to own a pair of doc martens if I'm going to wear this on. The alternating patterns of flowers also put me more in the mind of the following:
Obviously this is an added plus. All the same though, my heart is divided. I am trying very hard not to buy more than one item of clothing a week at mall stores, if at all, and I haven't had much trouble just yet (I have instead transferred my obsession to Passion Tea Lemonade from Starbucks, which is delicious and wonderful), but perhaps I will dip into my little bit of gift money and splurge for both of them. At least the H&M one is returnable, which is the main thing holding me back from the Forever21 dress.
I mean, one can never have too many floral dresses, true?
i say buy them both! they're both lovely, and no, you can never have too many floral dresses! but hey, i really should seek professional help for my spending habit, so maybe i'm not the one you should take advice from : /
ReplyDeletei love the second dress!
ReplyDeleteArlene,
Puyallup florist
hey! I have that forever 21 dress! it's very loveley with all the flowers and lace...I have a pic of it on my blog as well, funny!!
ReplyDeleteINDIGO
I'm in favour of the H&M one. Get it. Cos you'll be sorry when the sun's shining and you want to feel all summery. It's sweet!
ReplyDeleteI certainly don't have enough floral dresses. And those ladies certainly rock the H&M one.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful floral printed dresses!! Floral dresses are my first choice for spring season... I'm just thinking about picking up some good stuff from Avenue...
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