Graduation Dress

i actually don’t know what to say for this, so here goes nothing:

the Bello Dress by UK designer Rebecca Tembo has been on mind and in my heart since the day i first laid my eyes on it, i knew i had to get my hands on it.

but for what its purpose, i don’t even go out because i’ve got such a hectic life and no money because i’m a student. then it dawned on me: get it for graduation.

now graduation isn’t that big of a deal for many people, and if my journey obtaining this degree was easy, i probably also wouldn’t be making that big of a deal about my outfit.

instead, the journey was hard, gruelling and it came close to ending countless times (i almost dropped out, not end my life just by the way).

i knew then that this dress would serve as a reward for seeing this through, for reaching the end.

which is why i am here, asking for help getting the dress that i could never afford and neither my parents.

people have asked me questions like “why not just look for something you can afford?” or “why not just get it made than coughing up so much mon...