Nurse Betty

I wore a nightgown yesterday.  Outside.  All day.

Who says you can't?  Pfft....conventions.

I saw Nadia from Frou Frouu do this first, with a vintage nightgown here.  When I found this one in Stanley, I thought it would be a perfect summer dress.  It actually came with billowy sleeves (and looked like a nightgown a frontier woman might wear), so my trusted seamstress in Stanley took the sleeves right off and took some of the width in to make it slightly less shapeless.  I still wanted it to be kind of loose and flowy, and I think this fits the bill.

 Since it is a nightgown, I'm going to have to figure out how to style it in the summer (it doesn't leave much to the imagination).  For now, it worked to wear tights underneath and a cardigan over the top.   

Can you believe this blue sky?

It wasn't until I got to school that I realized (and a few colleagues and students commented) that I looked like I was wearing a nurse's uniform.  One student even commented that I looked like Mother Teresa.  I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Note to self: try to style this up in a more bohemian way next time.  Think hat, lots of bracelets, and necklaces.  Channel Nadia a little more.