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You go to the bridal shop and try on a sample and let the saleswoman take bcbg dress outlet your measurements. You stare at yourself in the mirror and try to picture how the dress will look when it's three inches shorter and in a completely different color. It's not bad, you admit. Your friend wasn't lying. You hand over your credit card and go home. It's just a matter of time before someone asks the inevitable: "Would you wear it again?"
If you're like me, even if you've just acknowledged how inoffensive it really is, you answer no.
In similar fashion to the well-known scene from Sex and the City the movie where Carrie has the girls over to dress up in the contents of her closet to assist her with deciding what to toss, I hosted a "Take or Toss" party with my friend Christine. After narrowing down things a bit and painfully parting with many of my "I'm-sure-I'll-wear-this-one-day” articles of clothing I felt refreshed. It's a real sense of renewal opening your closet doors knowing bcbg dresses for sale that everything hiding behind them is something you would put on with pride.
Carry a shawl that can add texture and weight visually to your outfit. Use it to complete your look if you are forced to shed layers. You'll look fine even if you get down to just your tank top.
Use loosely woven and crochet items to add a visual layer and texture. They add weight to your look but breathe to keep you cool.
Say yes to casual clothes in athletic fabrics that wick away sweat.
Wear dresses, skirts and easy pants; they allow air flow and do not confine you.
Wear leather-lined boots and avoid fleece and insulated ones.
If you perspire heavily when you heat up, dress in items that will absorb perspiration and not show it.
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