A Tricky Dress

Needing a dress for a work-related dinner that is coming up, I looked in a spare closet and found several dresses that have never been worn. It didn't seem right to buy a new dress, so I tried the dresses on.

One of the dresses was extremely difficult to get on. I couldn't imagine that I had gained that much weight, but once on, it fit perfectly. It's a wrap dress, so I figured that I must have missed a button or tie hidden somewhere inside the dress, making it difficult to put on. I searched the dress while wearing it, but couldn't find any way to loosen the waist so that I could get it off.

I tried to pull it over my head, but the waist wouldn't go past my rib cage and it hurt my shoulders to tug on it. I tried pulling it down over my hips, but it would not budge. The dress absolutely would not come off and I was starting to feel claustrophobic. I didn't want to cut it off of me, but I also didn't want to wear the dress for the rest of my life.

Studying the dress some more, I noticed something. There was a hidden zipper going down the back. Look at the photo of the back of the dress. Do you see a zipper? I unzipped it and was able to step out of the dress. Don't I feel silly? Whoever sewed the zipper in did a very good job of hiding it, too good of a job.