Every time I hear the term “spring florals” or basically just those two words in the same sentence, it brings to mind a quote from one of my favorite love-to-hate-it movies, The Devil Wears Prada. The line of course being “Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.” Delivered with such dry wit from the inimitable fashion magnate, Miranda Priestly. It really does make you think though, like pulling out a floral-print blouse or pleated skirt for Spring brunch date doesn’t seem original at all. And yet.. it works. Every time. As you may know, I’m perfectly fine rocking floral prints year round, but there’s just something so sweet about wearing those designs when the flowers are actually in bloom.
This dress is another loaner from the curve-friendly rental house Gwynnie Bee. I’ve been enjoying renting from them for the past few months, but I think my experience is soon going to come to a close. It’s just too expensive for me at around $75/mo. for 2 items out at a time. There are some perks to the program.. For instance, you can alert them that you’re going to be sending something back and they will automatically start preparing your next shipment. You’re not getting that with Rent the Runway. RTR has a couple days turnaround, and that’s AFTER they receive your items back in house. I also like that they updated items on a near-daily basis, so there was always lots to choose from and to add to my wishlist. I’ve purchased a couple of the items they sent, and at a considerable discount off retail, which is awesome! The negatives would be that not everything is available in my size.. I’m a 12, and when I would pull up the new items, I’d click on something cute, only to find it wasn’t available in anything smaller than a 1X. So I’d have to remember to plug in my size to filter the results, and that would always end up taking away several cute options. In all honesty, if I didn’t have the admittedly overfull closet that I do have, and was looking for things to wear to work meetings or on business trips, I would definitely continue on with my subscription. Since I do have an abundance of things, I generally look to rental houses for special occasion pieces to wear to events, which I find Gwynnie Bee was really lacking. Their clothing is definitely more of an everyday, wear it to work or even a night out or for a date type feel, and I feel that I need something more upscale for that price tag.
Dress / Gwynnie Bee // Heels / Victoria’s Secret // Necklace / LA find
Shot by Holli Zenko Photography.
