Rumpled Olive in Tennessee

June 25, 2013

Olive green linen dress (similar here and here), Strappy leather sandals (acquired years ago at a leather shoe store at the fashion district in Manhattan…somewhat similar here), H+M necklace, Floppy crushable straw hat, Mixed jewelry…some gifted…some old

On the third day of our cross country road trip, I wanted to be comfortable and unrestricted. So I opted for this little old olive green linen dress (which I spent the morning ironing) in exchange of my skinnies. To my frustration, this dress crumpled as soon as I sat down in the truck. Embarrassingly, as we made a pit stop in Tennessee I looked like a cow chewed me and spit me out. As much as I like the light weight of linen for its comfortability, it is one fabric that is very difficult to keep wrinkle-free. I know it’s part of the allure of linen which I do appreciate, but having a touch of OCD makes it almost close to impossible for me to see/deal with the rumpled look of it on certain style dresses. I’m okay with it in bed sheets, white summer pants (also here) ordrapes, but I don’t know if it looks good on all types of dresses…perhaps because I realize that I’m not too fond of this particular style for it doesn’t drape well. So needless to say, it’s going bye, bye…