I’m wearing my wedding dress today for no particular reason. I stood there at my closet thinking to myself that I had absolutely no clothes. I had failed.
Either…I’m not a good bride, or what ever reason you can fill in here _________ . Today, I just decided to wear my wedding dress by Jennifer Gilpin. It seemed to be the most logical thing, pale grey, soft fabric, comfortable, and easily goes with a million things in my empty closet. Fair enough, this dress is pretty, but it can be dressed down….but what about all those pretty dresses in my closet that never see the light of day? Blue sequins, red chiffon, pretty ruffles with beading, silk flutters. They’re there, they probably make me feel pretty when I wear them, so why not wear them more often?
Sure, people might stare, they might ask, ‘Where are you going?’ ‘What’s the occasion?’ they might say things like ‘Trying too hard.’ Like, if we’re not trying too hard, we’re not trying enough. But the special things in my closet, they need to come out, otherwise they become precious.
Dress: Jennifer Gilpin • Caridgan : Thrifted • Leggings: Topshop • Boots: Aldo • Cuff: Market Publique
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OMG, that is a FABULOUS outfit! Are you serious? That was your wedding dress? You go, girl. I love that! Ok, so where are the leggings from? I’m desperately searching everywhere for cute printed leggings & I can’t seem to find any that I think are cute. I like those, though. I love the boots, too. Did you feature those on your blog recently? They look familiar. Anyway, cute look.
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That’s how I feel about my shoes too. What I like to say is “You are the Special Occassion”. Come to think of of it.. I need to get my Philosophy of Closets series going…
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Oh the grey in grey in grey is just beautiful. Sabine x
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I vote wear special things when you want, for whatever reason you can (or cannot) come up with! Too many items are saved for “best.”
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I love that you’re wearing your wedding dress. It’s my goal, if I ever get married, to make everything I wear on that day something that can convert to regular wear. Not only is it financially impractical otherwise, but it makes you feel more special to think, “I wore this on one of the best days of my life!” It’s like a superheroes cape–something that only you know how special it is, and can erase anything bad from that day.
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I love the thought behind that…it is so true, our most special articles of clothing are the most neglected! You look lovely and did your beautiful dress justice!
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I agree with your post. Bring out the special occasion dresses and wear them on a non special occasion just because you love them. Oh and your leggings are my favorite! I may have to steal the idea and paint some roses on a pair of my own.
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That is a gorgeous wedding (and everyday!) dress. You look lovely.
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I couldn’t agree more! Beautiful things are meant to be enjoyed and loved, not admired from afar. Thank you for the reminder
btw- love the outfit and wedding dress!
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J, that dress is gorgeous. You look gorgeous.
I’m jacking WendyB’s line, wear what you want!!! Screw what other people think. If you love it, wear it. You don’t need an occasion.
What a lovely dress – I love the pale shade of grey, so beautiful. I designed my wedding dress which two pieces – I swapped a fitted cap sleeved jacket out with a strapless corset bodice for different parts of the night (hard to explain). But anyway, I wanted to have the jacket made specifically so I could wear it again on another occasion – such as an anniversary or holiday party. I think it is important to have special pieces of clothing in your wardrobe and wear them every once in awhile. Even if it’s a regular old Thursday!
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i bet no one will steal from your cart at Target if you’re wearing blue sequins!!
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I honestly wear special things for no particular reason almost all the time. Perhaps because I have a habit of buying special things all the time – can’t have a closet full of things that I can only wear to weddings and parties and such! And I love that you can wear your wedding dress. My wedding dress is green, so I can wear it and not look like a bride, but it’s still pretty fancy, like high tea fancy. But it’ll at least get more than one wear.
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i think this is one of my absolute favorite outfits of yours! the leggings make the outfit.
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Absolutely stunning! I love that you went with a untraditional wedding dress, and that you aren’t afraid to get more than one use from it! This look is soft and doesn’t come off as super dressed up at all to me.
And I love your little bit about wearing those special items so that they don’t become too precious and untouchable. Motivation to keep dressing up for school and to believe in my outfits more!
Spread peace and happiness.
-Nikita
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This is my newest favorite look! I love the hair up, and the outfit is so flattering. It looks sophisticated yet comfortable and accessible, totally a style I would wear.
Best of all, it has such sentimental value for you, I’m with Ashe on the whole secret superhero cape concept. I would so love to wear my wedding dress again, but where can you realistically wear a Reem Acra ball gown? Not the E train.
By the way, love the lipstick color, whose is it?
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❤nickie..ooh the leggins are from top shop, of all places!
❤poochie, that is the best reason of all! i’ll have to steal it!
❤sabine, grey is my favorite at the moment.
❤enc..so true, we cant always save the best, because who knows when that will be.
❤clare, thanks!
❤stylized, well, it seems to be such a waste!
❤alicia, wendy is very good at wearing what she wants and looking great!
❤andrea, that was such a great idea! really, so then you can have that piece!
❤violetville, you’d think that would be a deterrent…
❤steff, i get dazzled by the occasions too, it makes it so hard to have basics!
❤paper, oooh thanks.
❤nikita, thanks, you know what’s odd, is both my weddings had unconventional dresses, i’ve yet to wear white! but yes, it makes things more fun at school if you’re dressed up for it.
❤39th..haha can you imagine? well, i doubt i could pull it off if it were a gown like yours..it sounds gorgeous! the lipsitck is by lipstick queen, it’s far away from my desk right now, but it’s a color i’ve been reaching for a lot lately.
it’s beautiful, why not wear it?
that’s why i want a black wedding dress, so that i can wear it all the time.
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I am, to my core, a rather ‘cheap’ person and the idea of buying something for several hundred, or indeed thousands, of dollars to be worn only once freaks me out. So to see that someone is brave enough to make use of theirs more than once is an inspiration to me! Plus the outfit looks fab!
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Love the tights; I don’t always do it–but I’m with you, special things should be worn out on more than just “special” occasions.
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Fabulous – dress up always!!
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Shades of great is my soft spot! I love the look and the accessories are perfect! You inspired me to look for some pretty clothes too in my wardrobe…
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That is the best feeling in the world, I love wearing special things for no reason it makes you and your whole day feel special. And those boots are to die for!!
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Love your blog! Am now following thru bloglovin’! I also want to throw on my wedding dress for fun- so good for you, chiquita! I just want to wear it with pink cowboy boots…as they didn’t let me the first time around :/
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MG
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You look lovely. Come to NYC to New Year’s and then you’ll get to wear the glitzier stuff at my party.
I am wondering how some other outfits involving wedding dresses might look, but your wedding dress just happens to be a beautiful, amazing little number that is sophisticated and lacking all the cliches of a traditional dress, so the outfit is amazing. I really like this idea though, pulling out “special” pieces and giving them a whirl. If they are so special how come they get worn the least?
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I agree, the leggings make the difference! your wedding dress is so fresh, I love that you can use it for an everyday outfit!
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I would love to see how you wore this dress for your wedding!
xoxo
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Here in Seattle, there is no wearing of dresses without questions about the special occasion. It’s slowly changing, but not quickly enough for me.
You look lovely–I have a good friend who was married in a very informal setting who loves being able to wear her wedding clothes whenever.
You look beautiful. But OMG how did I miss that you got married? Congratulations almost half a year too late! xxx
love love love everything about this outfit! i’ve included it in a “best dressed bloggers” post…you should check it out!!
❤pret, i can see you i a black wedding dress!
❤clothes, that is divine!
❤mg, that’s such a bummer! brides should be able to wear pink cowboy boots!
❤wendy…sounds fun!
❤kristen good point, i wonder if you could integreate a more traditional dress in daily attire
❤mer..hehe these leggings get a lot of wear!
❤ambika, oh, i’ve heard it’s changing pretty quickly!
❤prety face, oh no worries, i only mentioned once or twice…
LOVE!!!
i love A) that your wedding dress is so pretty and low-key and B) that you wear it for no special reason other than its wonderful!
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absolutely amazing…
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i may have said this a few times now but i think this is my favourite outfit of yours. and the sans makeup thing. you look lovely. and now i need rose covered tights!
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I love that you have a wedding dress that can be worn again! It looks especially good with your subtle layers and those Topshop leggings I love! Wonderful.
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