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Today has put me off floral dresses 😩

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madeinmanc · 01/06/2023 23:23

I live on the south coast and had a day in the nearest big town today. I had been feeling pretty pleased with the floral dresses I'd bought ready for summer, but after wandering around today I've just totally gone off them. I just feel saturated with seeing floral dresses all day. I love a floral dress as much as the next person but they all started to blend into one, a uniform of floral dresses often paired with the same kind of shoe, it was all a bit much in the end. Anyone else feeling the same?

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Bunce1 · 01/06/2023 23:31

No I love them. Because I don’t wear them, I never feel
like me in them, but when I see them I admire them greatly and all the gorgeous women out there with them on! Big flowers, ditsy prints, splashy water colour vibes, abstract arty ones. Love them all.

Have they become something of a fail safe? A main stay? Maybe. I love a good throw on. Currently rotating a khaki t shirt dress (m and s) and a linen colour dress with front split in natural (asos). So boring, but so me.

Applecoresweet · 01/06/2023 23:54

I love them. I love seeing people wearing them. They are one of the few items of clothing I notice. They brighten up the day!

PerryMenno · 02/06/2023 00:08

It was the same last summer wasn't it? With little denim jackets and white trainers.

About a year ago I stood at a busy intersection in Covent Garden and realised every single woman from 16-60 (including me) was dressed the same.

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madeinmanc · 02/06/2023 00:18

Yes, wearing a floral dress used to be a bit of a fancy thing to do, but now they've become mundane. And mostly- but not always- strikingly asexual.

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madeinmanc · 02/06/2023 00:20

Bland, that was the word I was looking for. In spite of all their colour and patterns. The Coldplay of the dress world.

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continentallentil · 02/06/2023 00:22

They aren’t wildly exciting but they are comfortable and bright, and I think that’s fine.

continentallentil · 02/06/2023 00:24

… I guess it’s the female equivalent of a shirt and chinos or jeans. V rare is the man who’d worry he looked dull or asexual in that, because who cares when you are just going about your business.

PerryMenno · 02/06/2023 00:24

By the end of the Australian summer just gone I couldn't bear to wear mine anymore. I'm not normally bothered about what's trendy/passe but I was just so absolutely done with them after the ubiquity of the previous year or so -they felt wrong. I am much happier in neutral block colours.

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madeinmanc · 02/06/2023 00:29

The town is a big holiday town so bear in mind it was full of tourists, so maybe I might have had a concentrated dose today.

Yeah, I'm not normally bothered about fashions either, I don't know why it suddenly hit me today.

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madeinmanc · 02/06/2023 00:30

That last post was a bit garbled, sorry, I've normally been asleep for a few hours by this time 😅

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continentallentil · 02/06/2023 00:24

… I guess it’s the female equivalent of a shirt and chinos or jeans. V rare is the man who’d worry he looked dull or asexual in that, because who cares when you are just going about your business.

This is very true!

HeartStarRose · 02/06/2023 00:35

I love them, but I loved them a long time before they were so popular. So now I am happy because they are commonplace, there's so many more style variations and patterns and colours to choose from, and I fit right in whereas before people would say "Oh a dress!" (ie, you're so fancy for the school run...)

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madeinmanc · 02/06/2023 00:18

Yes, wearing a floral dress used to be a bit of a fancy thing to do, but now they've become mundane. And mostly- but not always- strikingly asexual.

Surely on a warm summer day you want to be cool, airy and able to do what you want without your hemline creeping up and your boobs falling out? There's a place and a time?

blueshoes · 02/06/2023 00:46

I don't wear florals no. Psychedelic print yes.

BuffyTheCat · 02/06/2023 00:46

I still like them, both on me and on others. I don’t wear dresses particularly often so it’s a nice change when I do, and floral prints suit me. But maybe I’m aiming for bland/asexual more often than edgy/hot.

nahwhale · 02/06/2023 00:47

If everybody looked the same, we'd get tired of looking at each other

SmoothSeasDoNotMakeGoodSailors · 02/06/2023 00:48

I love getting my summer dresses out after a winter of black trousers! But for me the issue is the "uniform" of lovely dresses and white trainers. Which I am guilty of. I bought a pair of lovely shoes to wear with them but didn't think they looked right so back to the white trainers I went.

Larner · 02/06/2023 00:51

I'm just here for the groove armada clips tbh

Rummykitten · 02/06/2023 00:53

What kind of dresses do you mean? Do you have examples? I must have been living under a rock! 😂

Beaverbridge · 02/06/2023 00:56

I love them, do agree practically all ages wearing them with white trainers and denim jackets. But then you could say loads of people are wearing jeans t shirts and white trainers.

Cornchip · 02/06/2023 01:43

I agree. It’s always the same combination of midi floral dress, denim jacket, sunglasses and veja trainers or sandals.

It’s just really overdone at this point.

I still wear a lot of floral dresses myself but I have a more “edgy/grungy” style so it gives off a different vibe. I think it’s as much about the cuts of items rather than the items themselves as well, which makes all the difference.

I do love a floral dress in winter as well though, as long as the colours aren’t overly summery. You don’t see them half as often then and you get double the wear which is great.

JeandeServiette · 02/06/2023 02:21

nahwhale · 02/06/2023 00:47

If everybody looked the same, we'd get tired of looking at each other

🎶😁 An ear worm to nod off to.

BillyNighysWife · 02/06/2023 03:11

I totally agree OP. Long flowery dress with trainers and a small jacket became a summer uniform a couple of years ago and became a bit of a cliche, almost dated. I’m so surprised to see them back in the shops again this summer. Fashion normally moves on.

NOTANUM · 02/06/2023 04:49

Agree entirely. It’s a bit like the dying days of Uggs with skinny jeans: no harm in it but the look started to date and suddenly they were gone.
Block coloured dresses or funky pattern are more a thing now worn with sandals, flats of some sort or chunky non-white trainers.

Redebs · 02/06/2023 05:01

You're complaining about floral summer dresses? Really?

My only issue is that so many of them are icky, itchy polyester. It literally cooks me alive. Bring on the cotton or viscose flower prints in abundance! Lacy knitwear is a better topper than a rigid jacket though.

If you're looking to diss clothing items, then jeans and t-shirts have long since had their day!