Frankly, I Don't Give a Dress

There are a few things I rarely do:

1. Click on facebook ads

2. Buy something from a site with which I'm unfamiliar

3. Pay full price for something

Recently, I broke all of the above rules when I cam across modcloth.com via a Facebook ad. ModCloth sells vintage and vintage-inspired clothes, accessories and shoes as well as some home items. So far I've really only shopped their dress section, though the items I drool over the most are almost always sold out. Their products all have such cute and sassy product descriptions, like the How Green Was My Dress dress, No Occasion Needed dress, Reservations Required top, and so on. Recently, I decided to jump on a Frankly, I Don't Give a Dress, a gorgeous red cotton eyelet Marilyn Monroe-esque number, before it sold out. I also had the perfect occasion to wear it, and it was budget-approved through the hubs (their free shipping on returns helped close the deal). The sizing is a little strange; most items only go up to Large and they size them based on the flat measurements of the garment, not based on your body's measurements. Since I couldn't be bothered to dig out a dress of my own that fits properly and my tape measure (as the website suggests), I threw caution to the wind and ordered it.

We were flying to Indiana on Friday morning, and at first my tracking information said it would arrive Thursday. A day later, it changed to say it would not arrive until Friday. I was really disappointed, as I badly wanted to wear the dress to the wedding we were attending on Saturday. On Thursday, I arrived home from work to find a UPS notice on my door. The package had arrived! It was left at our apartment office, and I arrived home exactly 7 minutes before the office closed. I got the baby back in the car and raced up to the office and slipped in right as they turned their sign to “closed.”

I tried the dress on and it fit like a glove- a rather snug glove that doesn't have an inch to give- but it fit nonetheless. The downside was, despite being beautiful, it showed a LOT of cleavage. As in.... a LOT of cleavage. I debated long and hard; I consulted friends, tried it with different shoes (as if that would somehow mask the slit that went below my bra line), different accessories, a shrug, and so on. But all things considered, I decided not to wear it to the wedding. I ended up wearing a cute top and white pants to the wedding and I wore the sexy red dress to see SATC2 with my girls. There are some occasions one can get away with such a daring show of skin, and others that are simply not appropriate.

Happily, since I had another occasion to wear the dress, The Hubs let me keep the dress and I am absolutely in love with it. I had a great experience ordering the dress, and despite UPS lying to me about delivery date, the dress arrived promptly (I had ordered it on Sunday). This will certainly not be my last time ordering with ModCloth!