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Challenge completed! 100 days of wearing the same dress

14 March 2021

Day 100

Saturday was Day 100 of the Wool& 100 Day Dress Challenge I started on December 4. For 100 days in a row, I wore the same dress, the Rowena Swing dress from Wool&. I’m writing this on Day 101 and guess what…I put the dress on again this morning!

The prize for wearing my dress for 100 days (and taking pictures every day to document it) is a $100 credit toward a new Wool& dress. I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out which dress to buy with that reward and I’m still not sure. But here’s what I do know. It won’t be black. After 100 days of wearing a black dress, I’m craving some color.

I enjoyed wearing this dress every day for so many reasons. Here are a few of them:

• My main choice of what to wear was a foregone conclusion, making getting dressed easier.
• It’s outrageously comfortable. It’s non binding and, for me, it’s not remotely scratchy, even though its main ingredient is wool.
• It’s warm but not hot. (I’m always cold.)
• It’s machine washable.
• You don’t have to wash it often because it resists odors and wrinkles. I washed mine a total of six times in the 100 days.
• I love the way the dress looks on me and makes me feel.

One thing that was great about the dress was that I could change the look substantially. Turn the pockets out and tie them at my waist and it’s a great top to wear with yoga pants. Add a belt, scarf, tights and boots and it’s dressier and flirtier. Wear a sweater or poncho to completely change the look. Combine a quarter or a button with a hair tie and create a drapey ruching effect through some amazing alchemy that I learned about from a wonderful Facebook group called Wool& 100 Day Challenge.

I anticipate purchasing perhaps two more Wool& dresses (for a total of three) and wearing nothing else. Right now, that feels really good. I can’t even tell you how much I enjoyed not having to make a big decision about what to wear each day. I look forward to many more days like that!

P.S. Click here if you’re interested in reading the other four blog posts I wrote this challenge.

P.P.S. It’s now 110 days after I started wearing the dress and I’m still wearing it!

Tagged with: 100 day challenge, closets, minimalism, simplicity, wardrobe, wool&

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