BLACK KNITTED DRESS

This post was ready to go live couple of weeks ago but then something more urgent and quite stressful came up and the blog became a second priority.  Here is why.  A few years ago I noticed a small bubble had suddenly appeared right in the inner corner of my left eye.  It didn’t bother me in the slightest and I attributed its arrival to the signs of ageing.  At some point I checked it with my GP but he seemed no to be too worried about it and I let it be.

Then about two months ago my husband had to go to the skin cancer clinic to have couple of cancerous spots on his face removed and since I have never ever had a skin check before, I decided to have it done.  Guess what? The doctor found one pimple on my back that he identified as cancerous and should be removed immediately,  which he did.  When I pointed to him this little bubble in my eye, he honestly said that he doesn’t know what that is but he didn’t like it and took a biopsy.  A week later a verdict was in – cancer, remove immediately 🤯.

Because it was so close to the eye, the skin doctor couldn’t do it but referred me to a plastic surgeon.  After a telehealth consultation (because of COVID he didn’t want me to come to his office) during which he explained that once he removed all the damaged tissues, he then would have to do some grafting, which means taking skin from somewhere on my body and graft it over the wound.  In  my case, the skin came from behind my left ear.

The surgery was not too long and once I recovered from the anesthesia my husband took me home.  When I saw myself in the mirror, the sight was not a good one.  Apart from the bandage near my eye, I had another one behind my ear where they took the graft from and I looked like Vincent van Gogh after his attempt to cut off his ear.  The pain was manageable but when I wanted to read and put on my 👓 reading glasses, it became a bit tricky as I couldn't fit them properly behind my ears and on the bridge of my nose .  But my biggest issue was the pathology result which will tell us whether all the bad stuff was removed and if not, what the next steps have to be.

You can only imagine my relief when 7 days later I had an appointment with my surgeon to remove the bandages, I was told that everything that shouldn't be there was removed 🙋and all I need to do know is to take good care of my grafted skin which would take up to two months for it to blend in but it doesn’t bother me much since we are in a lockdown and can’t go anywhere anyway, except for food shopping and walking.   My driver's licence was is up for renewal but I managed to have my photos taken in advance so no need to worry about that.  And as for my blog, I have a few pairs of sunglasses that I will wear in rotation😎😎😎.

But enough of that.  Back to the outfit.  In my previous post I talked about knit dresses having their moment on the fashion scene.  Because there is not much tailoring involved, technically there should be no problems in finding a knit dress that would suit anyone’s taste, shape and budget.  You can have them short or long, slick and streamlined in black classic hue or multi coloured with a full skirt, wide  sleeves and a daring neckline.  It’s truly whatever tickles your fancy.

I, for example, was tickled by this little black number from Cos.  It looks simple but on a closer look has its own interesting details that makes it stands out amongst others LBD:  simple scoop neck cut and tight fit top with a full knee-length skirt with asymmetric hem not to mention it's warm fabric made of 100% wool and that feels so soft on your skin.

As with most monochromatic outfits, the accessories is the key.  Since it was a casual walk around Art Gallery of NSW (it's closed due to COVID😞), I settled for a simple black/gold choker (a hand-me down from my daughter) and a matching gold brooch (one of my late mother-in-law's favourites) and a pair of comfortable black boots.

  

As it was pleasantly warm winter day in Sydney, I wore my light zebra print coat and a black & white polka dot scarf just to add extra dimension.

If, for example, I would choose to wear this dress for dinner, I would accessorise it with a string of pearls or big statement earrings and more elegant footwear 👠

And this is it,  Stay safe and keep smiling 😊😊😊

Until then

Anna