Over my (2) years of mommydom, I have developed a very important mathematical theorem. Much more applicable than the pythagorean, who was that guy anyway, mine has REAL LIFE RELEVANCE. Here is the equation:
The more time I spend with my children = The worse my appearance.
The less time I spend with my children = The better my appearance.
This cruel equation is the reason why I have to stock my half of the closet with easy to wear clothes that require little to no creativity, planning and DEFINITELY no ironing. Ironing is something single girls with no children do. That and wearing matching pairs of socks.
Today we highlight a huge life saver in my perpetual struggle to appear acceptable in society: the shift dress. I have ten, yes TEN shift dresses, I went through and counted them. I really like this one by Nicole by Nicole Miller.
The shift dress is the grown up older sister of the more whimsical fit n flare and skater dresses. She has a job. In order to make anything professional, I just throw a blazer on it. This is not a good fashion rule to follow but I want to embody quirk in the workplace so I am ok with it. I also was born with the shoulders of Rob Gronkowski. So a pantsuit style blazer, replete with shoulder pads, would look weird with a shift dress. Instead I wear less structured, often times cropped and 3/4 length sleeved blazers.
This print is visually interesting enough so I only wore one piece of minimal jewelry; I'm not trying to make my co workers dizzy.
This rose gold confection (and mother's day present!) is teeny tiny and has the initials of the yucca fruit prince and princess. Being a tall girl with Gronk shoulders, I never thought I could wear the dainty stuff, but I was wrong! And it's a good thing, because delicate pieces are having their moment right now.
This print reminds me of some contemporary North American indigenous abstracts I have seen somewhere...
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| photo courtesy: mother in law |
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| photo courtesy: mother in law |
Closet confession: The work friendly shift dress is an easy way to look like you did not just roll out of bed, breastfeed your infant, and drop your toddler daughter off at her grandma's house in her pajamas. Hypothetically.
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