On to the evening attire. My frame of reference – look in the closet the day before and pull out a dress. I KNOW I need to put a little more effort into my fashion sense. Even though I have none, my girls certainly badger me with a thousand questions…”does this look ok?”, “does this match?” Why me?????
My mom insisted on finding a dress for me because I was going to wear a dress she bought me a couple years ago. Well, one day she brought home the exact same dress with a different label. I laughed so hard and told her she finally found one that worked! If she didn’t remember what I wore, I guess it was ok to wear it again!
Back to the girls. They had a hard time finding things. My mom, who loves to shop, kept bringing dresses home for them to try. Annie paid for the above dress – a lace-covered “bum dress” that Mom found for $15. It looks really cute on Annie, but am I being hypocritical? I teased her about it but she insisted it was “grandma-approved.”
The green dress was found with the help of some dear, dear friends. I love the tiered, flowing fabric and the lovely green. I think it has a bit of 20’s flapper influence, don’t you?
Which is funny because the recent patterns by BurdaStyle were inspired by the 1920’s and I love them! This Mondrian inspired dress would be really fun for the girls!
This one combines the modern color-blocking with the soft fabrics and drop-waist of the 20’s.
I love the tie and look of this dress!
You can see all their Roaring Twenties Patterns here.
So what do you think? Am I a prude? Judgemental? Fashion freak? All I gotta say is, just wait until you have teen girls!
I have other names for those dresses besides “bum dresses”…not as nice as yours!!! 🙂 Oh, I hate the teen fashions right now…I am hoping they are changing…they have to right? I swear I don’t even think those girls care one bit what shows or doesn’t…how could they? I think that might be the whole point of wearing it in the first place. UG!!!
(And Annie’s black dress looks MUCH longer and tamer than the typical bum dress, by the way.)
hmm can’t tell from the front if the black dress is a “bum dress” or not – it is short, but it doesn’t seem as tight so not same effect?? I think teen fashion is the age old argument. I try to do the finger tip rule, but at the end of the day, I know my daughter is a good kid and I don’t see myself having HUGE arguments over it. I have explained image, modesty, responsibility over appearance,and the difference between class and no class in appearance, but since I’m not the mom of a teen who wants to wear those types of clothes, I don’t know how I’ll handle it when that time comes!! I do have to share though, that I was in the school office the morning of 8th grade graduation and a girl was there having to call her parents to bring an “appropriate” dress – apparently the cutouts on the side were inappropriate. The dress itself was pretty (vs “sexy”) but a rule is a rule, so I totally got where the administration was coming for. I don’t know why our girls feel this need to flaunt their bodies – it makes me sad. I don’t think you are being judgemental, I think you are just questioning or feeling sad that girls feel the need to dress that way. but only you can judge whether that black dress is a bum dress or not! 🙂
I am with you, Jane. As women, young or older, how do we want to be known or remembered??? I could go on about this at length, but you know how I feel. I think that the way many young girls, teens, young women dress today is very unfortunate. I often see that their mothers are not better examples, so how can we expect change. Should women dress as tv, videos, etc. etc. dictate, like sex objects? Or can we think on our own and dress ourselves and girls more appropriately?
Your daughters always look fantastic and you will always feel good about that!
Women do pay a price for this. I hope that it changes in the future.
I was so glad when short shirts vanished from the clothing stores… I think the bum dress is even worse! Your daughters look lovely. Honestly, the short dress on Annie is cute and still looks tasteful. I’m not looking forward to future clothes battles!