I bought this dress about twenty years ago, what feels like a lifetime ago. I was living another life then. I lived in Michigan, was in high school. My last living grandparent was still alive, and I had endless opportunities in front of me, far fewer cares than I realized at the time, forever the anxious girl. When I think back, it sometimes seems like I was an entirely different person now, and often the memories are fuzzier than I wish.
I’m not sure if it’s good or bad that I have grown and changed so much as a person. I miss some of the good old days, but I’m happy that I haven’t stagnated. Happy I’m made progress in life and become a person who is comfortable with herself and always fighting to keep improving. I can’t complain too much about those days, really, or certainly the ones now, as different as they are.
I do have a few things in my closet that have in fact stayed the same. This dress is one of them. Yeah, I was always the girl who liked frilly dresses with giant flowers on them. I loved this dress so much when I bought it, and though it’s probably not my favorite dress anymore, I still love it. It still makes me happy to wear, and it reminds me of the old days and the person I was then, reminders we can all use from time to time.
I paired it with a old Chanel belt that I don’t wear nearly enough and far newer electric green pumps and tiny white bag because new and old mix well, because I carry pieces of that girl with me always. Her hopes and dreams, her wild fashion sense, her yearning for more, and some of her clothes. The best dresses always get to live more than one life, and maybe sometimes we as people get to as well.
Dress: Carmen Marc Valvo // Shoes and Bag: Christian Louboutin // Belt: Chanel
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