A 30th in Tassie winter: where to find a nice dress to suit the cold ??
I’m turning 30 in a few months and I’m gonna be in Tassie with family. I’m having a hard time trying to think of something to wear for it. I didn’t do much for other big milestones so far, so am thinking of wearing something embellished (or at least really nice if not embellished) – because when do you get the chance to do this again?
Because of my height I think it will need to be a minidress as maxis etc are too long on me and I am short. But the minis I have seen on Rachel Gilbert etc are all spaghetti straps (apart from one), which is simply not going to work for a Tassie winter hahah. Leo Lin has a nice sleeved embellished mini coming soon which I like but is out of my price range (mildly tempted to buy anyway).
I usually gravitate towards cool colours because of my skin tone – am a fan of wearing “black with bright colours”. Sometimes I layer different fabrics / textures and people compliment it. I think it could usually work for that weekend too but I just wanna go wear something different and slightly more outrageous haha. The events won’t be too fancy (just nice lunch/dinner with family and maybe afternoon tea another day) so I might be overthinking it all. But I am worried I am missing out on some brands or ideas as to how to dress for this.
Any tips? I work casually so kind of smallish budget (but also I have enough saved to buy whatever… including that Leo Lin dress). Nothing on Depop in the Rachel Gilbert/ Leo Lin department is in my size (14) that is really what I’m after. I guess 14 is a niche enough size that there isn’t much I like on the dress hiring websites either, as I haven’t seen much that I like. Other brands like Shona Joy and Aje / Acler etc seem like the fabric is a little…. thin?…. for Tas weather.
How would you approach this?