I’ve feeling a little discouraged. I was posting pictures of my fashion endeavors here because I was excited, thinking I could match some of the way other people here dress. I was particularly excited about the post-Opera Gala dress, which cost me an arm and a leg to buy. But yesterday, while I felt semi-appropriate during the talks, the cocktail reception + dinner truly made me feel out of place. All the women went to their hotels after the talks and changed out of their business attire and into incredible cute party dresses. I guess you had to look a little bit more celebratory when you are surrounded by 20 violinists, a bass, and an accordion serenading you at the double door as you walk in to the dinner hall (appropriately called “Salle d’Or” or “Hall of Gold”). The women were all looking rather stunning. There was also an older woman there who showed a shockingly large amount of cleavage. I wanted to take a picture…but it felt a little intrusive. But I would say that my ridiculously expensive dress that I purchased for the black tie event tonight would have fit in quite well during yesterday’s dinner.
Where does that leave me? I suppose it was just silly for me to believe that I could seamlessly blend in with the multi-millionaires at this conference. And thus, as an act of defiance, I’ve decided to stop bothering posting pictures of my attempts to look nice. It’s all over now. I should just take pictures of other people instead.
…okay maybe I’m being just a touch over-dramatic. For one, I don’t think anyone gives a damn. Most of the attendees are MIT alums anyways who are still more or less grounded in our nerdy ways. The real reason why I’m not posting any new fashion images is because I drank too much last night (unlimited champagne, rose, red, and white wines throughout the whole evening affair) and was too hung over and sleepy this morning to attend the second day of conferences.
I think I’ll my self-proclaimed day off to walk around Monaco. I’ll try to take some pics of my not-so-fancy-anymore dress for tonight’s Gala and post that. The Prince (short for His Serene Highness Prince Albert the Second) will be there and he’ll just have to deal with the eyesore that is me.
