Gift-giving can be a challenge. What I might want for xmas might not be your travel-gifts cup of tea.
But I was reminded of a previous fail ‘o’ the day involving backpacking in a floral onesie when I flipped through Travel + Leisure’s Best Travel Gifts of 2010. While there was one item (out of 68) that I liked, the rest seemed almost determined to avoid the actual travel aspect of this gift-giving list.
Granted, it can be tough to be a stylish traveler. In general, avoiding anything reversible made of lycra seems like a good place to start. I try to give travel writers a curve when it comes to clothing options. I can almost forgive a pair of blocky mandles, for example, because, let’s face it, judging [...]
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It’s embarrassing, but I’ll admit it. I’ve fallen for this idea: the Travel Dress.
On my first trip to Paris, a black/grey faux-side-tie Travelsmith dress seemed like a good idea.
Even though I would never wear a polyester wrap dress in my daily life, I felt like I needed one for my trip. A dress that touted its wicking properties, could be washed in the sink, and was reversible…even though I never need any of these things at home, and happen to live in a city there, too. Why I thought Parisian hoteliers would recognize–or care about–what I was wearing escapes me still.
In other words, I fell into the dreaded reversible travel dress trap.
