Fashion Lookbook : Day 10 - Dress-ing it Down

A few weeks ago my mom got the invite to her end of year function. It turned out a little lame because she had borrowed a stunning brown dress to wear for the occasion, and the invite stated the theme as 'black and bling'. It took all my powers to convince her that she could DEFINITELY not wear the brown dress, and soon we were off to the mall. Granny and I convinced her to buy the younger-styled, prettier, more expensive LBD at Foschini.

BEST DECISION EVER.

Some things in life you just can't compromise on, and this was one of them. The dress looked stunning on, and it definitely had wear-again potential (yay me!).

Yesterday morning was Rijk's dad's birthday breakfast, so I decided to dress the dress down and wear it as a maxi dress. A lot of the maxi dresses in the shops are being sold with a loose-ish top over them, so I decided to try it out.

I first tried an orange tee similar to the ones that come with the dresses, but you could see the bling through the material. Then I tried a sheer button-up collared top and tied it at the waist instead of buttoning it up. Perfect!

Here you can see my rendition, and below is my mom wearing the same dress for her do. 

The bling on the dress adds to the formalness, so the shirt over helped hide it a little, wothout covering it completely. It also added a nice pop of colour.

Once again, the moral of the story is that there are lots of possibilities, we just need to open our eyes and mix and match until we find them!

Have a grand week

Roxy X