One And Done!

But it’s rarely one piece eh, for a cardi invariably comes too.


One and Done Dressing

There is a glorious feel to slipping on a dress.   Slip on a dress. Why, just those words alone conjure up an image of easeful elegance.
One dress and out the door, no faffing about whether this goes with that.  One and done.  OAD.

Of course accessories need to be considered.  Accessories create extra scope with the one-piece, extra dimension.
Accessories allow for occasion and mood changes.

And then comes cardi selection ...
Ok, one-piece dressing isn't quite the one and done it's cracked up to be but it does make outfit selection a whole lot easier when top and bottom selection is taken out of the equation.


FOMTS

Fear of missing the season.
Not so snappy an acronym as FOMO, I grant you, but this convoluted and clumsy  acronym is still real.


What Happened Last Summer

FOMTS is real because at the end of last summer, I suddenly realised I'd spent a huge chunk of summer in everything but dresses.

  Dresses are a one stop choice, OAD.  They're cool-wear on hot days as there are no tight waistbands to endure when the heat cranks up.
So why they had not been my go tos last year was beyond me.


My Strategy

Well, I don't need to think too much about the whys and wherefores of What Happened Last Summer.

I just need to put a strategy in place to avoid it this summer.
Which I did last week.

I hooked out about 15 or so dresses.  Awesome was the sight of freshly washed dresses in their summer hues, fluttering on the line against a backdrop of season-fresh foliage and deep cerulean sky.

  15 dresses gives me 2 wears per dress month max, as some

days I'll be in jeans, shorts or skirts.

By the end of summer (September) each dress could be worn eight times, max.  Let’s see if that’s how it pans out!

Off To A Good Start

Wednesday

On Wednesday of this week I wore a floral dress with ruffles for a dinner date, shown in my previous post, the-dress-that-keeps-on-giving, HERE.


Friday

Friday saw me slipping into yellow floral for a night out with girlfriends.

This duck egg blue cashmere cardi was rejected by The Photographer With Fashion Views. 

It was apparently "the wrong shape for the dress" and the remedy was to "best change into the yellow cardi you usually wear with it, that one works."

 Why I have allowed him to have views on what I wear flummoxes me sometimes, but on this occasion he was right.

Saturday

The day was HOT, the hottest of the year.

We had a family birthday celebratory dinner (absolutely super!).

I chose an aqua linen shift.  I usually wear it with heels but I felt glitzy sandals would be better for the warm evening

The grey and clear beads on the cardi are echoed through to the beaded sandals.  I felt quite smug about that!

This beaded cardi works so well as an evening cover up, for yes, it really rarely is one and done dressing, is it ladies?

There's always a cover up, always a cardi.

A taupe bag and I was good to go.

In Summary (or, In Summery!!)

So yes, I'm enjoying one and done dressing for summer, and my strategy for dress wearing through the season is working.  But it's early days eh?!!

Now it's your turn, ladies!

Are you a one and done dresser in summer?

And do YOU suffer from FOMTS?

And, AND, do you get good use out of YOUR summer dresses?

A la perchoine,

Mary x.