Resistance is futile

I did it. I finally caved. I was determined to be the last sewing blogger on the internet to NOT own the Kitschy Coo Lady Skater dress pattern, but that domino has fallen. You see, a few days ago, someone shared this pattern in my Facebook feed:

Kitschy Coo Comino Cap Top and Dress

A knit dress with a two-piece sweetheart style neckline and top and A-line dress options? Yes, please. I am giddy over the design options and likely figure flattery that will come from this pattern. I've had versions of this dress and top pinned to the Pinterest board in my mind for months now, but have been too lazy to hack an existing pattern to make it happen. My wait is over. Or, at least mostly over, since I'm not going to tackle ANY new patterns until I make it through my mini-wardrobe challenge/contest entry for July.

Everything in the Kitschy Koo online shop was on sale for 17% off on the day that the Comino pattern made its way into my Facebook feed (I'm guessing this was launch day?), and an unintended side effect of this was that the Lady Skater dress and Little Girls' Skater dress also made their way into my online cart. Now, I'd had my eye on the Little Girls' version of this dress for a while because I've wanted a basic knit dress pattern for Eva with a waist seam and a non-gathered skirt (most Ottobre patterns have a gathered skirt) to play around with some design ideas I've had. This sale seemed like a pretty good opportunity to pull the trigger on that pattern.

Kitschy Coo Lady Skater dress line drawing and size chart

I've been actively resisting the Lady Skater, on the other hand, for two major reasons:

• One, EVERYONE else has already made it. Who cares if it's looked great on the majority of sewists who have made it (in particular, it's looked/fit great on busty, curvy sewists). I wasn't going to join that herd. Seriously, this pattern has made more appearances on the blogosphere this year than Jude Law made appearances in movies in 2005.
• The second reason is a little more personal: I've owned this dress before.

Yes, I owned and wore a knit skater dress before. In 1994. My version was in teal stretch crushed velvet. I accessorized it with a metal belt slung over my hips and a choker. The biggest stresses in my life were biology exams and finding someone who would buy us wine coolers. I loved the 90's and that time in my life, but the skater dress was a fashion design that I felt strongly that I shouldn't revisit based on the fact that I'd lived through it before. (Granted, I've made exceptions to this "rule" numerous times with things like leggings, rayon challis, and "grunge-inspired" garments, in general. Hey, I live in Seattle now--I don't think plaid shirts ever really left here.)

Who knows if or when I'll actually make up the Lady Skater. Part of me wants to continue to hold out; part of me wants to see what the huge fuss was all about. I held out forever from making the Cake Tiramisu dress, and that dress wound up being one of my most-worn garments of the past year.

I'm curious, are there popular/well-reviewed patterns out there that you've held out from buying or making for one reason or another? Or am I just weird and stubborn that way?