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Is this trashy? WDYT?
So this weekend my H and a friend are having a Beerlypics party with teams and competitions. They did one a year ago, which I missed due to a friend's wedding (someone he only met once). I don't drink often (or much) due to my migraines, so I would be a bad teammate. However, since my H is one of the organizers (
) I feel like I need to be there.
My thought was to be the referee and wear a ref outfit. Everyone else is wearing colored shirts that my H and his friend so thoughtfully bought and painted when he said he was going to be cleaning the house, but I digress.
I looked at Party City and found this. Keep in mind, I have neither the boobs to look very sexy nor the shoes. So I thought it would look ok and make it look like I'm trying to have fun and play along.
However, when I went to get it last night and put it on, due to my height (or bad representation on the picture) it looked more like this in terms of length. Now, H loved it for home, but agreed that it was too short. It didn't even cover my bum (and I was going to wear little shorts underneath).
So my two questions are:
Do you think I can cut off the skirt and wear it the top with my skirt or will the fabric unravel? (I believe it's all polyester)
Will I look stupid/slutty/like I'm trying too hard for attention or will it look cute and like I'm trying to be involved since I can't pull my weight as a beer drinker?
Re: Is this trashy? WDYT?
I think it depends on the crowd. My friends know I like to get festive for things so I think they would expect me to wear something fun. A beer olympics crew would probably think it's fun.
In terms of the cutting I'm not sure since I am not thrifty but it sounds like it could work
I think it's perfect. Don't cut it if you don't have to. if you can wear your skirt over the top, just do that. It will stayed tucked in nicer the longer it is. Only trim off what you have to and then it won't matter if it unravels a bit. If the fabric bunches or seems too bulky underneath, try just making a slit up the sides so you can overlap the side edges under your skirt for a neater fit.
The problem with trying to tuck the skirt in is that it's too ruffly. But it's too short, even to wear with shorts because it just looks dumb since the ruffles are only covering about half of my ginormous rear.
I'm afraid the fabric might have some issues, I thought maybe if I took my thread ripper and ripped along the seam... I'll have to look at it more tonight.
As for tights or leggings, I thought about that, but the only leggings I have flair at the bottom, so it looks weird. Plus, I wanted to be able to wear the knee high socks with my red sneakers, which would look funny with leggings.
I'm just relieved you all aren't on here calling me a whoore for dressing up!
ditto mimi. go grab some short athletic shorts
http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/#l=shop,pdp,ctr-inline/cid-100701/pid-282651
or
http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/#l=shop,pdp,ctr-inline/cid-1/pid-238427/pgid-238429