This is poly charmeuse that I bought online. When I first saw it I admired it but didn't add it to my basket because it just didn't seem like something I'd wear. I mean, it's orange and pink and yellow, for cryin' out loud! Most definitely NOT my style. But I kept coming back to the online swatch thinking, "...you could use some color in your wardrobe--plus there's that whole orange pantone thing going on this year that I can't get down with...perhaps this would be my one piece where I dipped my toe into trendy."
Okay, I know, let's not get carried away. It looks like something my grandmother would have worn.
After all that, I finally bought it and thought that I'd give it a try...at the very least I could make satiny lounge pants out of it and no one would ever have to know I purchased such hideous fabric.
Fast forward to today and it's now a nice little shell. Unlike yesterday's shell, I decided to leave the neckline plain (i.e., no cowl-neck) because, let's face it folks, this fabric is B...U...S...Y and does not need any help in the jazz-hands department:
Believe it or not, I ordered an equally hideous sweater from Lands End that actually goes with this darned fabric:
The online description of the color of this sweater was "hot pink." They got the "hot" part right, but I think this color is closer to "flaming hot gingivitis." I mean, it's a painful color, folks. Painful like a deadly sunburn. Literally. I was going to return the sweater until I put it up next to this fabric. Painful sweater + granny fabric = ??? I hope I can work it.
This poor little charmeuse didn't know how close it came to being pajama bottoms! Right up until the very moment I started to cut out the shell pattern. I wasn't sure which way this sucker was gonna turn out. Now, we all know.
Honestly, this is THE brightest thing in my wardrobe. It'll be interesting to see what people say about it when I wear it this week!
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