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Flirty, Fashionable Golf Dresses... and What Goes Underneath Them
Last year, at exactly this time, the dresses appeared.
Adorable golf dresses, by all the top designers, and I wrote about them with pleasure.
Well guess what?
They're back, and they're better than ever. The color palette ranges from the softest pastels to the boldest of brights, and in keeping with this year's fashion trends, skirts are slightly flared, somewhat flirtier than before.
Verdina's chevron stripe golf dress has diagonal stripes that further emphasize the swing of the skirt and even Nike's Dri-FIT UV Dress, ultra high-tec though it may be, has a skirt with flirty flair.
Lots of gals are gravitating towards this new, ultra-feminine styling but I've already received a number of emails asking me: "Um... what goes underneath these flouncy, floating golf dresses"? The iconic image of Marilyn Monroe with her swirling white dress in The Seven Year Itch comes to mind, but as alluring as that is it wouldn't really work on a golf course, would it? No, that would be too much of a distraction, for you and your playing partners.
Some of these styles have built in shorts, effectively solving the underdress dilema, however, many don't, and that's where you need to get creative.
I asked the members of my fearless foursome, an ultra-stylish group of Golf Girl's, to weigh in.
"Boy Shorts" said Jee, without thinking twice.
"Bike short are better. They're a bit longer and if you can match them to the dress you really take the look to the next level!" That was Cat, she's always trying to take her look to the next level.
"You don't want to go commando with these dresses" concluded Candy , a cheeky (pardon the pun) Golf Girl whose tastes are clearly more Britney Spears than Lorena Ochoa". "I just wear a bathing suit bottom", You wear it at the beach don't you?" So what's the big deal on the golf course".
And that's my point. You've got a number of options but you've absolutely got to go with what you're comfortable with, otherwise your game will suffer ... and you don't want to mess up your game for your dress.
No matter how hot it makes you look.
I got a really cute, golf dress last year, but it's quite short and I still haven't worn it. I think I'll try the bike shorts option - sounds like it might work.