Sprouted

I loved the cornflower blue of this dress and ordered it as soon as it was available, with plans to wear it for Easter Day. I hung it up as soon as it arrived, and didn’t look at it again until the night before Easter- a mistake, because when I went to steam the wrinkles out for the next morning, I realized that there were large patches of a more faded blue on the body of the dress. It is very hard to see in the photos I took, but in daylight it is a pretty stark difference.

I know these fabrics are handmade and that the variations are part of the beauty, but in the past dresses I’ve received with variations have clearly been thoughtfully pieced together so that the effect seems intentional and adds to the beauty of the dress (sort of like the way the print of the center plackets used to be very clearly turned in a different direction for contrast, an effect I really miss.) unfortunately for this one it just looks like the left side of the front has faded, along with some patches on the back. This might not have been as noticeable if the fabric had more variety of colors, but with just the blue and white it is pretty visible. If I’d had the time I would have returned it and asked for another without such difference of color, but I had chosen it to match my children’s dresses, which were in a similar blue, so I wore it as planned. It’s still a beautiful dress, just not as beautiful as what I’m used to from Zuri.