The Self-Portrait Dress: Is It Worth It?
Chances are you have heard of
Self-Portrait. I want to make this absolutely clear – I discovered the brand
way before it was really discovered. You know what I mean? It’s a London based
brand born out of Central St. Martins (one of the best design schools in the
world) and I love their aesthetics. Self Portrait dresses are very feminine,
very romantic and wispy. A Self-Portrait dress is the perfect dress – you
cannot argue with that. So what's the verdict?
The Shopping Experience:
I bought Self Portrait dress and a jacket
from a sample sale. They don’t have a separate store but sell on online and
certain other department stores. I don’t think it would be fair to comment on
the sample sale experience as the Self Portrait store experience. Of course if
you buy their clothing from Self
Portrait Dress Sale online store it will be similar to any other item you
purchase from Selfridges.
The Price:
A Self-Portrait dress is usually about £250
to £500 bucks each. That’s quite a bit! I will confess and say I got mine for
£50 bucks and spent another £50 altering it. This is pretty much the only
‘occasion’ dress I own and will probably be wearing this to every wedding needs
to wear something decent to. The price I paid is definitely worth the dress. And
you can buy the Self Portrait Sale
online.
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The Pattern and Design of Self Portrait
Dress:
As you can see, the Self Portrait designs
are striking. These are beautiful dresses and of course, very popular and you
can see this by how many other brands have copied this design. The Self
Portrait guipure lace dress was what sparked the whole transparent paneled
dress trend which everyone from Reiss to Whistles. I loved their dresses but I
saw this picture on Instagram and fell in love with this particular Self
Portrait dress. My favorite colors, understated and still edgy. I hunted for
this dress like a crazy person! And honestly, this dress was the only reason I
went to the sample sale. I went in and only looked for black and white and
couldn’t believe my luck when I found the dress.
The Quality:
There is no doubt about it. The quality of
these Self Portrait dresses is top
notch. You know the material is of a good quality – it’s very heavy, the pleats
in the skirt are perfect and the lace is of fantastic quality. However, seeing
the quality I can take a guess that this is the kind of dress you keep for a
long time. You take it out and wear to every fancy occasion you get an invite
to. This is exactly what I wanted and intent to do.
So Will I Buy Again?
Well, honestly, yes, I might. If I need
another fancy dress I will probably look at the same brand. I also think for up
to about £200-250 their dresses are great value. But above that is when I start
questioning the value. If I find the Self Portrait dress sale I would definitely like to pick one up.
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