I'll admit first and foremost... I didn't buy this dress for any formal occasion. That tiny little angel had recently seen "Frozen" and is particularly interested in a scene about "Coronation Day." I haven't seen the movie but the girl loves it. She is really into dresses that twirl and lift when she spins and has called me (with a little help from mom) just to ask me to buy her "a green dress."
"Dan, you buy me a green dress? I want a green dress please."
It's not an expensive dress though most of her other clothes certainly don't cost what I paid for this dress... but it was a special purchase for me because she's never asked me for anything before.
I'm new to the family... mommy's boyfriend. And at first, the kid pretty much hated me. Now we get along great. We play together, we talk, we laugh... it's unlike anything I've ever experienced because I don't have my own kids. Her and I really have developed an awesome loving relationship. And for her to look to me to find something she wanted... That's awesome. Guys in my situation know what I'm talking about. We all know the first time she came to us with a boo-boo instead of crying for mommy... that kinda thing.
Ok reality is... the girl has me wrapped around her tiny little adorable fingers. And honestly, it was a huge ego boost for me to find a green dress (that was really all she specified) that she would love. Buy her love? Hey, I've earned her love... I was just putting a down payment on her adoration as well.
The dress is perfect. The size was spot-on (which for me to have gotten right was a miracle in and of itself... even though mom helped again with that). Because she's a toddler... she toddles. She's pretty much a wrecking ball of uncoordinated movement and the shape of the dress keeps her from tripping on the skirt when she's spinning around showing everyone "my green dress Dan gave me."
Yeah that's right, I made it about me again... anyways. It's a good quality. The little green flower is safety-pinned on so you can take it off/move it... whatever. The flower itself is glued to the safety pin and the little one ripped that right off the glue within about the first 8 seconds. No biggie. I'm a guy, I know how to work superglue and I always have duct tape.
I bought this dress as a play dress for a kid that likes dress-up. I wouldn't recommend spending this kind of money on a play dress considering Wal-Mart has cheaper dresses that are actually made for playing in. Mom has said she'll likely play in it for a while and lose interest and provided it doesn't get destroyed, we'll pull it out for other events. It would make a cute flower-girl dress.
Material seems strong, zipper seems strong. Sequins have held up fairly well throughout all sorts of princess activities... dancing with the cat, rolling around with her sister, etc. The shear see-through mesh whatever material outside of the green skirt will probably be the first thing to tatter but because of the style I think it wouldn't be that noticeable... but again I'm a guy. I'm basically trying to make sure the kid doesn't burst into flames or destroy whatever venue we're in so what do I know about what people notice?
Anyways... I have free shipping with Amazon Prime (that I use to buy manly-er stuff) so this really was worth it to me. Everyone thinks she looks adorable in it but with those curls she looks adorable in everything.
So yeah, nice dress.
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