Hello! So, I was looking at red and black dresses online a little under a week ago, when I found this one that I really love:
I think it's pretty. Because I am not a huge mini skirt fan though, there is an option to add a third skirt layer so that it reaches my knees. I also have a small, black bolero in my wardrobe that I think would look good with the dress. So, everything's good, right?
Well, it would be if I wasn't so indecisive on color! While the model is wearing a black and red version, this dress has a ton of color options (easily more than 30) and you can pick whichever of those 30 colors for the shirt part and for the skirt part, no extra charge or issue at all. The skirt and shirt can also be the same color or different colors (or different shades of the same color). Nice! I have narrowed it down a bit and decided that I want to use one or more of these colors: (white, red and/or black).
What I need help deciding is which colors to use (one, two or all of them) and where to put each color on said dress (skirt, shirt or flower). Using each color comes with some pros and cons I'll discuss below (outlined in points two and three). I'd like you to consider the pros and cons when giving the advice but do whatever you want. I would make a poll, but with the number of options, I figured it would be more efficient not to. If you have any questions, especially ones that would impact the advice you give, feel free and ask me.
Red - I have decided I want to use red no matter what, and I would like to use it on the skirt or shirt (undecided on which one, but one of those). Maybe on the flower too/instead, but I'm not quite positive.
White - I think using red and white together would look really cute. As far as the colors themselves, aesthetically, that would probably be my favorite color combination (out of the three color options for the dress). I could also use the dress for a bunch of different holidays too (Christmas, Valentine's Day, 4th of July) as well and it would match the colors for each holiday, so that's neat.
However, there are so downsides to using white too. White fabric shows dirt and stains easily (I don't plan on getting the dress too dirty, especially since it is not a super casual dress, but life happens), so I'd have to be extra careful with it. There is an ivory option that is close to white, so that might help ever so slightly with the dirt option, but not a lot and I'd much rather use an actual white. Not only that, but I am slightly worried that if I use white on a larger section like the skirt or shirt part, it'll look too much like a wedding dress (especially considering the silhouette of the dress already) and that is the last thing I want. Maybe that's just me being irrational and overthinking though. Lastly, if there was no black on the dress at all, the bolero I plan to wear with it may not look like it fits in with the rest of the dress (that can be partially fixed by wearing a ton of black accessories, like black shoes and black jewelry and stuff like that, but I don't know if it will be enough to balance things out or not). I suppose I could get a white bolero if I cared enough, but I don't know that I want to spend money on one right now.
Black - Using red and black would match my bolero shrug much easier and with no problem. Black with also hide dirt and stains better. It definitely won't make the dress look like a wedding dress at all. Basically, it solves all the potential negatives of using white (makes sense, since black and white are considered opposites).
The downsides of using black is that while it is more practical in a lot of ways, using only red and black wouldn't feel like "me" if that makes sense (since I'm much more of a cutesy person and white is cuter than black in my opinion) and I may or may not find it as pretty. Who knows for certain? Not me. I can't think of a ton of cons for using black to be honest.
So basically, this boils down to do I focus on practicality (black) or appearance (white)? If I use both, how do I split it to get the best of both worlds? Any advice? I'm curious to see what you guys will say, as I've been stuck and undecided on this for days. Have a great day/night!
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