my 8 yo DD has blue eyes and blonde hair, closer to a strawberry blonde than a towhead.
Would you put her in a yellow dress?
There are so many other beautiful colors, I dont care for yellow on blondes. And it probably does come down to skin tones, but unless you are a california girl and super tan I can't see it.
I just hate the dress, but have no say in it, with out causing a huge scene, so i came here to try to validate my unhappiness. lol, so ........
It wouldnt' matter so much if DD loves it, but she doens't, we are both trying to please a third party and i"m upset that i might be teaching her to squelch her own preferences for someone elses, but that was a bit heavy so I asked for opinons on the colors.
http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_outfit.jsp?pick=NONE&am...=
not sure if that worked, Gymobree lovely blooms
We don't do special clothes for holidays. You could just decide to stop doing it, and the problem is solved forever.
My blond dd had a yellow dress a few years back that we LOVED!!
However, if SHE does not like it and you don't care for it either, then it's a no go. Period. We don't live our lives to please other people and if someone (Grandma, MIL??) bought her the dress without asking for input/preferences beforehand, then too bad for them.
My DD is also 8 and I wouldn't make her wear a dress she didn't like as long as I could afford a simple solution.
since we can't see the yellow, which comes in a ton of different tones, it's hard for us to say.
but if you don't like it and she doesn't like it, i'd just be courteous but firm with whomever it is you're trying to please.
khairete
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My daughters coloring sounds very similar to yours, and I hate dressing her in yellow. Her skin looks sallow and she looks sickly. That being said, she loves yellow, so I try to find it in brighter shades or as an accent color, so it doen't look as bad.
Good luck!
If it looked good on her. There are a lot of hues you can put on a child and one may look good. My DD has a lot of red in her hair and looks very good in pinks so I don't care if she wears them.
You say you have no say in the dress...so who is buying and why can't she ask for something else? JC Pennys and Macy's both have lovely dresses for girls.
If neither you nor your DD like the dress, why are you ignoring both of your preferences for someone else? No. I would not put her in the dress. If it's a matter of a fancy occasion, there are 100s of other appropriate dresses. If Aunt Martha just wants so badly to have her wear the special dress she bought, I'd consider putting it on her for 2 minutes and sending her a picture if Aunt Martha was a wonderfully dear but senile person, but my DD would actually wear something she and I both liked to the event. If you're that desperately afraid of hurting that person's feelings, it can be too small (had to be exchanged and they were out of that dress in the right size) or have a spill on it, but you don't need a reason.
It's not the hair, it's the skin tone. There are many shades of yellow. Best to just try some on and see if she looks glowing or washed out.
I couldn't find the link but all the yellow dresses on the page look cute. I would let her wear it for their celebration then have her wear something else for the other celebrations you go to.
In our area they have about 6 different ones they can go to, each has an Easter Bunny for pictures, you can get free pic's at Walmart on certain days with the Easter Bunny. Let her wear the one to please them then go for the other parties in your area and take lots of pictures of the other dress too.
Why not? I am blonde hair, green eyes, very pale, and look great in yellow. Blondes not being able to wear yellow, is a complete myth.
**That dress is largely not yellow, anyway. (The link doesn't work, but it was easy to find.)
I have green eyes and blond hair (very fair skin that doesn't tan), and although it can be a challenge to find a yellow that works well on me, there are certain shades that work well. My suggestion with that dress is to get a little sweater in maybe a hot pink? That color works really well on most pale blond skin tones, and really pops against the sunny yellow. Problem solved! :)
Get her some colorful shoes not white or yellow.Do her hair & add a colorful hair bow,headband,hair clips something that pops.Who is buying it & why don't either of you have a say in it?Yes yellow dresses are beautiful,sometimes if something isn't as beautiful we have to make it work add some accesories to go with the dress or outfit
I'm guessing the dress came from a grandma or aunt or someone; is it possible to just have your daughter wear the dress around this particular person and then switch if going somewhere else? Or, is it possible to just be honest with the person and get the dress exchanged before Easter?
Since your daughter is eight, I think she's old enough to understand wearing the dress to please the person that bought it then changing later. We were in a similar circumstane when my daughter was much younger; she wore the dress around the grandmother that made it and then switched as soon as we left her house. She survived and made the grandmother very happy.
Good luck!!
Absolutely. Especially with the red/strawberry highlights in her blond hair!
yellow does work on blondes. :)
why doesn't your DD like/love the dress? Please ask yourself if you're coloring her world!
