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ellarienThe trouble with shopping online is that they don't always tell you everything that, in hindsight, you might have wanted to know.
Like the fact that the dress that finally arrived today weighs nearly 2lb. It's linen -- which I knew -- but heavy linen: tea-towel heavy, if not curtain-heavy. It's also in a style amazingly reminiscent of one my mother had in the late 1950s or early 60s, in which I used to play dress-up in the seventies -- full skirt, wrapover bodice and a concealed side zip -- but I don't mind that. The person who gave it a bad review because they couldn't figure out how it went on was either not trying very hard or was a bit fuller in the bust than me (not uncommon) and couldn't find the side zip. I actually wriggled into it before finding the zip, and then had a sticky moment when I couldn't work out how to reverse the process.
I usually spend my Tucson summers in lightweight viscose challis dresses from Sears. Natural fibers are supposed to be cooler, but I'm not sure about this.
Like the fact that the dress that finally arrived today weighs nearly 2lb. It's linen -- which I knew -- but heavy linen: tea-towel heavy, if not curtain-heavy. It's also in a style amazingly reminiscent of one my mother had in the late 1950s or early 60s, in which I used to play dress-up in the seventies -- full skirt, wrapover bodice and a concealed side zip -- but I don't mind that. The person who gave it a bad review because they couldn't figure out how it went on was either not trying very hard or was a bit fuller in the bust than me (not uncommon) and couldn't find the side zip. I actually wriggled into it before finding the zip, and then had a sticky moment when I couldn't work out how to reverse the process.
I usually spend my Tucson summers in lightweight viscose challis dresses from Sears. Natural fibers are supposed to be cooler, but I'm not sure about this.
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