To wear the same dress....

[brettgirl2]

......for the third time for the office christmas party?

DH says not (obviously) and I intend to do it anyway (it looks amazing, I hate shopping and have expensive taste). But is anyone else repeating????

[CoffeeTea103]

Good advice from your DH

[FortyDoorsToNowhere]

I couldn't even remember what some one else wore a year ago.

If people think less of you for it then they are the twats not you

[MamaBear17]

I can't remember what any of my collegues wore to my last work do! YANBU!

[Pobblewhohasnotoes]

No. I wouldn't repeat.

[Mouthfulofquiz]

Lovely expensive dresses should be worn often - especially if they look amazing!! I prefer to have a smaller number of things that cost a bit more for special occasions - so I'm a big fan of the 'cost per wear' system! 1 Hermes scarf worn 2 times a week for 3 years = 86p per wear and going down all the time! (If my maths is correct....) :-)

[EvaBeaversProtege]

Yes, deffo wear it again :) I would.

[Lepreporn]

We were only talking about this in work today.
Nobody can remember anyone's outfits from last years do. I
can't wear the same dress as I have lost 2 stone.
I'd say yes to wearing it again for you.

[tickingboxes]

I only remember what someone wore if they made a big deal talking about it beforehand. So I remember my friend's rainbow dress, my colleague's "brand new special designer dress" for our ex-boss' leaving do , and the unfortunate pulling cleavage-spilling outfit from a friend years back, but hardly anything else.

[tickingboxes]

Wear it again! I have a lovely cocktail dress, the likes of which I can't find new anywhere else and probably never will again. I must have worn it to various events at least 20 times now.

[Scotslasslivinginfrance]

Definitely wear it! You could also accessorize it differently, buy new earrings / cocktail ring so that it feels different to you and just enjoy wearing it and have a fab time...

[persimmon]

Who would be sad enough to
a) remember what someone wore 12 months ago or,
b) care?

[574ejones]

Go for it, but with different accessories.

[brettgirl2]

hahaha well I don't have cleavage to spill anywhere

I'm glad the majority say yes. Its just my friend was on about having to go shopping and what a pita.... I'm thinking why bother? The blokes will all be in the same suit.

DH has even offered to take it to the dry cleaners for me

[HyvaPaiva]

Definitely wear it! Same dress, different accessories.

[Bubbles1066]

As others have said, people won't remember what you wore, I bet you can't remember what they wore last year unless it was a disaster/really mental. I'd by new shoes or something and just wear the same dress. I'm on the third year of my lovely party dress now.

[ImAlpharius]

Wear it, I have a lovely dress that I have worn to all my dc baptisms, will probably wear it for number 4 as well, different accessories makes it look a bit different.

[NachoAddict]

Wear it, noone will notice or care.

[LadyMacbethWasMisunderstood]

Wear the dress.

I'm not so sure though that no one will remember. I went to a Christmas party last year and one of the hosts wore a beautiful black lace cocktail dress that she had also worn to the same event the previous year. I adore black lace and remembered it as I recalled loving it the year before.

I had only good thoughts about it though and certainly didn't think any less of her for wearing such a lovely dress more than once.

[SugarHut]

It depends I think. I'd wear the same thing to several parties if they weren't all the same people at each one. Also depends on the look of the dress...no one will remember your outfit at all if it's a safe "little black dress" option...whereas if your dress is some red ruffley number which really stands out, they are likely to notice it's been out for three years on the trot.

Not that it especially matters...either way

[ZillionChocolate]

Wear it.

[Lilacroses]

Wear what you like. I have about 4 lovely "going out" dresses that rarely see the light of day as we so rarely dress up. I've worn them in rotation for about 5 years! Do people really care/notice?

[Donkeyok]

The Queen does it.

[Amy106]

Wear it and enjoy the party. No one will remember.

[SecretLimonadeDrinker]

YANBU I say wear it if it makes you feel good. I'm definitely recycling a dress this year, I have so many and it seems silly to only wear them once or twice. I wouldn't think any less of someone who wore the same dress twice or even thrice.

[MrsMook]

I have a few on rotation so it's not the same one every year and I only need to update every few years, but they get repeat use.

I'll be wearing the same dress for DS's Christening that I wore for a family wedding a few weeks ago. With BFing, it's not worth the cost and inconvenience of getting another dress that I'll struggle to wear much. Family will probably regconise it, but we'll all survive. I'll probably have to wear it the following week for a family meal too.