Making up dresses…

So like everyone else in this country, I have a lot less money than I used to but unfortunately I still have an insane love for clothes and the need for that ever perfect dress. Having being invited to a black tie gig next week, I found that of course I have nothing appropriate to wear. Don’t think flat boots and jeans will cut it unfortunately. Usually I’m not really one for black tie balls, and certainly don’t mix with the glitterati of southside Dublin on a regular basis. I could think of nothing worse than wearing a silk diamante number that reeks of fake tan and hair extensions – a real possibility if I didn’t get a move on! I’ve spent the last few days panicking about it and so did the sensible thing and made a dress up in my head! I have a terrible habit of doing this and then am insanely disappointed when of course I can’t find my imaginary black vintage number.

So then it happened, I found it in a sale rack in second hand store Wear it Again. Ok so it’s not exactly the same, but good enough for me. It’s an old John Galliano black figure hugging floor length dress, that’s comfortable to wear and best of all only cost a hundred quid. Wear it Again, previously known as Estelle, is a bargain hunters dream. Located on Lower Baggot Street, Wear it Again takes in designer and high street clothes and then sells them on at half the price, the original owner of the clothes then gets a percentage of the sale. For the seller it’s an opportunity to make some extra cash and for the buyer, it’s a brilliant way of getting well made designer clothes at a fraction of the price. Just be prepared to rummage…… find Wear it Again at 147 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2