Aaliyah Finds

  Red and White Crochet Heart Midi Dress: A friend once told me that a dress either looks like a costume or it looks like art, and there's rarely anything in between. I thought about that a lot the first time I tried this crochet heart midi dress on, because it genuinely surprised me. From a distance, the chevron pattern almost looks printed. Up close, you realize every single line is hand-crocheted, and that changes how the whole dress feels to wear. I bought this one specifically for a garden photoshoot, half expecting it to look better in pictures than in person. It ended up being the opposite. Here's my full breakdown after actually living in this dress for an afternoon. What Makes This Dress Different Right Away Most midi dresses lean on either color or cut to stand out. This one does something rarer, it uses texture. The entire dress is crocheted rather than woven, which means the surface has depth to it. Under sunlight, the open crochet holes catch shadows in a way that ...