No Luella for Lucinda

Well, my darling, you were quite right. You are so smart and wise, and I should never have put all my sartorial eggs in one cocktail dress shaped basket.

Mostly because it looked awful! They didn't have my size, so I tried the size down. I was in it and everything, all zipped up and nothing actually bulging out but if ever there is a dress that was not made to accommodate curves then that is it. It's obviously designed for the boyishly figured, the kind of dress that will create curves where none had been discernible before, so put actual, real life, honest to goodness curves into the arena and KABOOM! the world just ain't ready for that kind of thing. It was so frou frou and frills just bursting wily nily at every angle and poufy and so unflattering.

So that made taking your advice really, really easy!

Lucinda in Luella?

(Image via Nick Leonard)

Woweena Kerrina! That's a frock and a half. Yeah man! I like it, which surprises me because it's ruffly and it has the odd strapcomingofftheboob thing like Kate Winslet's Oscar gown which I wasn't at all sure of. This one is a winner and the colour would look fabulous on you. But angel, have you got a particular event in mind for it? I'm just wondering if that cash could be better thrown at say, numerous playsuits, as opposed to one (admittedly lovely) bit of posh frock. Apologies if that makes me a crashing bore, but you seem to have a burgeoning addiction to a pplaysuit and I don't want you putting all your monetary eggs in a cocktail frocked shaped basket and then getting sad when it comes to Official Park Time.

Whilst we're here though, have you notice just how many strapcomingofftheboob things there are about at the moment? Heavens forfend. So many. Clearly all the designers for the high street were inspired by Ms Winslet's asymmetry. I think that shape can do an odd thing to a girl if executed in the wrong fabric. Let's take the original as an example. I am very aware of the bra machinery going on on the inside and every time I look at it I feel that Kate's boob with the strap is much lower than on the other side. Like, it almost looks like it's pointing downwards...do you see? And if ever there is a thing that a boob must not do, it is to point downwards.

Fight for your right to party!

(Image via net-a-porter.co.uk)

What are Wednesdays for? It is a question I have long been mulling over. Well, yesterday I think I went some way to finding reasonable justification for them. It required a bit of research, a bit of dedication, but I put in the hours and I have this to share with you. Wednesdays are for going to events at chic department stores for the launch of some designer handbags where they positively pour fruity alcoholic beverages down your neck in order to encourage you to peruse the racks and spend more money than you might well when sober. (My friend who I accompanied might be the exception though, she manages to spend quite heroically without a drop!)

And by jove, it worked! I didn't actually part with my hard earned, but I will be going to try something on later today. Yes, we are back with Luella. This dress is so utterly delicious I feel it is only right to go and try it on. Of course it costs more than I should be thinking about spending on a dress, but its so pretty and I don't have to buy it... I'm not fooling anyone am I?

Do you love it or was it just the vodka enhanced lychee cocktails?