My Favourite Outfit: Melissa
In this series, I ask the contributor to share an image of their favourite outfit – maybe a pair of pants they wore every day, maybe a special party dress – and write about where they were in their life and why the outfit has such significance. Throughout November I’m featuring posts by members of Rosie & the Riveters, a band of four women inspired by vintage fashion, The Andrews Sisters, Mahalia Jackson, and The Good Lovelies. Their album Good Clean Fun! came out last month and they are releasing their music video for Red Dress in early 2016. Today we welcome Melissa and her favourite dress.
“Everybody needs a dress that’s RED!” That is one of my favourite lyrics from our song, “Red Dress.” All 4 members of Rosie & the Riveters have a red dress and we feel absolutely smashing when we wear them!
This cotton poplin vintage-inspired dress is from eShakti and was purchased online through their website. It is custom made to fit my measurements…imagine receiving a dress in the mail and it fits perfectly! I love how it is fitted on top, flows nicely through the natural waist, and flares through the skirt. The length of the skirt, a few inches below the knee, is perfect for our 1940’s theme and the colour is just the bee’s knees!
Dance is a big part of our show and we incorporate choreography into nearly every song we sing. This dress is great for our concerts; sometimes I grab the bottom section and shwish it around because what else do you with such a fabulous skirt?! Twirling around in this dress feels like I just stepped into a fairytale or a movie!
I purchased this dress almost a year and a half ago, right after we started performing “Red Dress” in concert. My partner, Reuben, and I were in the middle of building our straw-bale home and there were so many projects on the go! If you’ve every built a home with your own hands, you know how much work goes into it. It felt so nice to put on a beautiful dress that made me feel great and was fun to wear.
Be on the lookout for our upcoming music video for the song “Red Dress” which will be released in early 2016!