How low is too low
- Embellished top from BCBGeneration via TJ Maxx– $7
- Black pants (last seen here) from Bloomie’s Aqua via FB– $6
- Silver bracelet, matron of honor gift courtesy of Best Friend
- Black rubber-bottomed Ruf N Tough heels from Aerosoles via 6pm.com– $40.25
This top definitely shows more of my chest than any other top or dress I own. The operative word being “chest.”
Somehow it doesn’t reveal very much actual breast tissue or cleavage, so I think it keeps things casual enough for day. (That Gossard Superboost plunge bra I bought via 6pm helps a lot.)
Still. I felt a little exposed. Not in a bad way (despite a litle more “Hey, Pretty Lady” than I am comfortable with). But in a… different way. It was just a whole lot of specific skin I wasn’t used to revealing. It was as if it were backless. I own nothing backless, because backless generally = no bra.
I kept checking to make sure I was covered. I always was.
I’m sure I’ll get used to it, eventually, but it’s funny what makes some folks feel awkward and yet seems second-nature to others. I mean, I can walk all day in a 5-inch heel, but put me in flip-flops and I will do just that, right down the stairs. Clingy sleeveless dress? No problem. Miniskirt? Fine. Shorts of virtually any length? Ehhhhhh…
It may be irrational, but I’m sure I’m not alone. Am I?
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It seems to me that the “clingy sleeveless dress” is just as revealing, but perhaps it is just a camera trick.
I don’t really do skirts above the knee; I feel the compulsive repetitive need to check to make sure my butt isn’t hanging out when I bend over, sit down, or walk around (it never is). Don’t have that problem with shorts.
You know, I think it is! Well, actually, I know it isn’t (as revealing of the chest area), but not by much. I think it’s the optical illusion of this scoopneck, somehow. I never wear scoopnecks!
I’ve generally got noooo problem wearing low-cut tops (and I do love my flip flops). A dress, however, even a dress with sleeves and tights and practically no skin showing, makes me feel horrifyingly naked.
I wore a skirt and a nice, fitted t-shirt out to dinner with my boyfriend last month, and spent the whole night feeling incredibly naked. It probably helps that I have a substantial tattoo on the inside of my left ankle, but I get wayyyy more uncomfortable attention when I’ve got bare legs than I do with low-cut tops. I also don’t do shorts. *shudder*