My cousin’s wife was shopping on her lunch break and saw a maxi dress she thought I’d like. It wasn’t expensive and it was from a store she liked, so she very kindly and generously bought it for me. It was a very bright and loud peacock print – nothing I’d ever choose, but it was very pretty as well as light and flowy, so I excitedly branched out of my “black everything” go-to wardrobe choices. The first time I wore this magnificent dress was to run errands in my downtown Toronto neighbourhood. I got a LOT of attention! Some subtle, some not-so-subtle. And I swear at least two men got whiplash! I guess I have a new favourite dress!!

Obviously I’m taking this magical number to my weekend get-away! It can be my sightseeing dress. I’ll be a casual and breezy goddess! There I am, in my new favourite summer dress, wandering through town with friends, popping in and out of shops. I noticed the men insist we go ahead of them everywhere. Well! Chivalry is alive and well with this group!

…. Or not so much as it turns out…Eventually one of them folds like a house of cards and tells me my dress is see-through. Sure. Ok. It happens sometimes when the sun is shining, and you can sort of see something.. maybe… I get it. Nothing to panic about. Right?

WRONG!

My dress is transparent!

TRANS-PAR-ENT!

You could see absolutely EVERYTHING. Every curve, every part, every mole, scar, mark, dent… whatever there was, you could see it through this dress. I was basically wearing really bright and flowing cellophane!!

Thank goodness I made the last minute decision to put on underpants.

~C