I have successfully met the requirements of a second color theme gala. I feel like a trophy is in order. At the very least, a ta-da.
It took me two months from the time I got word that my husband and I would be attending an organization’s annual gala and I Googled pictures from past years and saw that virtually every single woman was wearing red. I started a search for a red dress, since I’m not one to pooh-pooh a theme. I know my role at these things. I don’t need to dress so that I look good. I need to dress so that I play along and not mess up the entire room looking good.
Easier said than done. I was willing to wear an unflattering dress to play along with the red theme, but there’s a limit. As if buying a floor-length formal gown wasn’t hard enough. We’re talking about an item of clothing that went out of fashion 100 years ago with everyone except for the Monopoly Man’s wife. Telling a woman in 2015 that she has to wear a formal gown is ballsy. Telling her that in addition to it fitting her, being a non-hazardous length and being age appropriate, it has to be a specific color is downright aggressive. [Read more…] about Actually, You Do Have to Put on Your Red Dress, Roxanne