Fashion as Escapism: The Floral Dress

Sometimes we have to deal with grown up stuff. Being a person who talks about/laughs at doo doo on the regular, I'd be lying if I said the grown up stuff didn't have the propensity to really, severely, cry-on-my-bed-and-pout bum me out. It's times like these when utilizing fashion as a form of escapism comes in handy.

Perhaps as a knee jerk reaction to the sussing out of grown up stuff in my life recently, I turned to this playfully youthful floral dress. It's one of those modernized, hemmed and trimmed vintage secretary dresses. I'm actually surprised there aren't photos of me twirling in this bad boy, because that's all I want to do when I sport it. The gal in this dress doesn't care about bills or resumes. She just wants to TWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRLLLL!

I suppose that's the lesson for today. When life hands you grown up bullshit, sometimes you just have to put on a girly dress and twirl like a damn 6 year old. 

Do you ever use your closet to escape? 

{Dress: Vintage, available at Westminster and Fifth} 

{Clutch: Thrifted Vintage (similar)}

{Boots: Vintage, Dolly Python (similar)}

{Glasses: Borrowed from my friend, Rynn (these are rad too)}

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