What Not To Wear

My nephew is getting married in August and although I have seriously considered wearing the same dress to his wedding that I wore to my nieces wedding last summer I think that may be just a little to faux pas'ish even for me.
I never really go anyplace fancy so if I buy a dress to wear to one occasion that's the only time I'll ever wear it so I just figured I would wear that one fancy wedding guest dress to all the weddings I go to and then I would have sufficient bang for my fashion buck.

But I can't do it.

Maybe someday I'll be called to jury duty or be featured on the news for some kind of local scandal and get to wear my fancy dress again.

In the meantime, I'm on the lookout for something appropriate to wear to an evening wedding in downtown Seattle.

I was initially thinking something like this...

Casual and comfortable yet stylish with a current feel.

Yes I said current.

Have you seen Tori Spelling?

But then my nephew said he would prefer if nobody wore purple.

At least on our side of the family.

But ruling out purple also ruled out this...

And probably this too.

Ok so I need to go in a different direction.

Maybe something a little younger with a splash of color.

A romper maybe?

But that would mean shaving the top AND bottom of my legs, so that's out and so is this.

Plus, I didn't know if the black one was a little dress or a big bikini.

Back to the drawing room

I know you're never supposed to outshine the bride, but I can totally see myself in this.

Or maybe even this

Buuuut.... Since we're driving up and back the day of the ceremony that means a lot of time spent dolled up in a 97' Ford Escort with Wendy, Wyatt and the Neighbor and these dresses would probably encroach on someone else's leg room.

Scratch those two.

Then I thought, I'm pretty crafty, maybe I could whip up something myself.

Trailer park tie dye anyone?

Mmm... No.

How about a little Stevie Nicks?

Hides a multitude of hips.

Then again maybe no.

Since I ruled out a romper maybe a jumpsuit that doesn't require anything more than armpit shaving?

What do you think?

I'll tell you what I think...

I think I'm going to stick with an old stand by.

The little black dress.

Homemade.

Upcycled.

And maybe I'll have Wyatt put a new twist on the old favorite with a strip or two of duct tape.

Not just plain old silver of course, I was thinking purple pink or yellow.

I haven't commited to anything yet, so let me know what you think.

Peas.