DRRRESSES: WANT

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Man, that would be a belly tee on my 6'1" frame. PLEASE TO INCLUDE TALL PEOPLE IN SO-CALLED "FASHION" INDUSTRY WHERE HEIGHT IS APPARENTLY DESIREABLE!!

Finefinemusic, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

v. cute dress though.

Finefinemusic, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

not really fully visible in this shot, but i want this dress from the last episode of Mad Men:

horseshoe, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

that dress is something.

lauren, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

ooooh reminds me of how much i lovvved that green dress keira knightly wore in that movie i'm forgetting the name of... the one where they think her bf raped that girl.

tehresa, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

atonement, yes?

elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 18:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah

tehresa, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

can't believe this thread only now happened!

Surmounter, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

likely impossible for anyone else to wear.

tehresa, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

i don't think so, tehresa! i mean, it was made for her, obviously, but i could imagine a version of it on a curvier body.

horseshoe, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

the back may present some difficulties for those more... endowed... people.

tehresa, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh, right.

horseshoe, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

since my post count's already wayyyy up i will just post the front for you too:

tehresa, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

more of a nightgown than a dress, really

bell_labs, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

its a gorgeous color. is that a bellybutton piercing in the middle?

sunny successor, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol!

tehresa, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

here is a link to the front of the Mad Men dress. i would also like all her jewelry.

horseshoe, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

It's a beautiful color, and the way the sides flutter around the back has a certain v graceful calla-lily appeal to me...unfort from the front it looks like it just doesn't fit her bust. Oh Keira Knightly-paws!

Laurel, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

Re Mad Men: Screw the dress, can I have her hair?

Laurel, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

I don't get tv reception so I have no television-fed fashion desires! Hmm what dresses do I drool over...?

Laurel, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 20:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

why so beautiful yet so sold out, dressydress?

sunny successor, Thursday, 14 August 2008 18:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

I hate those stupid Tory Burch shoes so so much (sorry, anyone) but um.........blufly has some TB dresses on sale that I drool over.

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

Like this.

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

v.v.v.v.cute

sunny successor, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

This one, too. Just think how variously you could accessorize an all-grey dress! Even though I can't wear grey anywhere near my face.

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

me either! its the blonde i think because it was fine when i had black/brown hair

sunny successor, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

That grey one is INCREDIBLE. love

Abbott, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

Maybe with more lipstick. Which I never wear.

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

How much does it cost?

Abbott, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

grey one is cute but would do horrible things on me.

tehresa, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

i love the grey one!!

rrrobyn, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

Oh it's 40% off, making it a mere $237.

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

what brand is it?

rrrobyn, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

Tory Burch. Embarrassingly.

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

Grey is my favorite color and I think it looks good on everyone (except v light shades). What is the story of all this self-consciousness? I do not understand. Browns, too...all I wear is grey & brown, for the most part.

Abbott, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

Well, I'm pale and my hair is sort of blah light brown, not that much different from my skin (eyelashes and eyebrows are blonde and invisible). I'd wear that dress but I would need something really colorful around my neck, a scarf or jewelry. And prob a bright lipstick.

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

But accessorizing is about 80% of the fun of getting dressed, so that's perfect!

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

The only color I can't really wear is RED bcz it highlights my enviable acne.

Abbott, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

love grey and i am pale! but i have darker hair.

i like this sweet pea dress, but it is only avail in S.

tehresa, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

hey, is that Saleisha?

I wear a lot of black with blue, yellow.. never could get into brown. I think putting on brown makes me a granola hippie or something. Plus with the red hair I'd become an apple tree!

Finefinemusic, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

hmm...looks like her, but i'd need to see a zoom on the face for definitive yes.

tehresa, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

Abbots, if you highlighted yr acne all the girls would want some, I guarantee it. So you better stay away from red indeed, or you'll be mobbed!

(PS I am v self-conscious abt my skin too but I'm trying a new phase of "no one notices as much as I do" and going out anyway. So far no complaints. Most people aren't really very observant, on the whole.)

Laurel, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

Having hair that is dyed fun colors does throw a kink into outfit coordination.

I <3 yr hairs btw. xxp

Abbott, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

i thought it was saleisha but I wasnt sure! here are some shots that look more like her:

sunny successor, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

(this is actually quite true - xpost to laurel - even one of my close friends, who is pretty observant and fashiony was really surprised when i mentioned once how i was feeling lacklustre b/c my skin was crappy that day - she said she thought my skin always looked good! it certainly does not! but i do usually wear at least some sheer foundation or cover-up tho. on the other hand, i'm sure that there are some people who totally notice - and of course their opinion counts the most right? LOL. ugh. silly.)

i prefer dark grey to light grey

rrrobyn, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Next time I get my hair done it will be a magentaish red, which will really screw me - I've got a red hoodie that compliments this shade of red perfectly, and will probably be unwearable when I have pink tones. Sigh. Dressing really was a lot easier when I had blonde hair, but I'm only young once!

I am confused about the possible Saleisha.. she looks a LOT like her but I haven't seen those pics before, and the Livejournal ANTM community is very thorough about posting any that are found..

Finefinemusic, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

probably her. hard to tell w/out the tootie cut. if it is her, she lookin haggard.

tehresa, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

these were on an invite only site for a specific collection. maybe theyre not anywhere else?

sunny successor, Thursday, 14 August 2008 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh wow cute!!!!
i haven't had anywhere to wear a dress in ages :(

tehresa, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 04:45 (3 months ago) Permalink

i love looking at all of those dresses

kid cruti (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 06:35 (3 months ago) Permalink

Awww modcloth.com sundresses are cute. They're not very mod, but apparently that's beside the point. They're like a slightly less well designed but disproportionately MUCH MUCH CHEAPER version of Anthropologie.

Like most people my age, I am 33 (Laurel), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:05 (3 months ago) Permalink

Yeah I love that site.

I recently got and am wearing this dress right now:

In fact I've worn it oh about 3 times in the last week. It fits like a dream is so easy to wear and is so light it feels like I'm not wearing anything. In this heat that's important! It's a little more hippie-ish than I normally go for but I love it. Also, the colors are awesome.

ENBB, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:09 (3 months ago) Permalink

Quick glance at first page suggests that the dresses that are actually way mod are also priced around $170, which isn't actually cheaper than Anthropologie. But hey! Dresses!

Like most people my age, I am 33 (Laurel), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:11 (3 months ago) Permalink

Omg I want both of these:

http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Dresses/Solid/The+Polamaloop+Dress

http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Dresses/Solid/Gettin+Twiggy+Wit+It+Dress

LOL Laurel looking at the prices those must have been the ones you just saw.

ENBB, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:12 (3 months ago) Permalink

This one too:

http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Dresses/Printed/Miss+Manners+Dress+

ok I have to stop looking at this site now.

ENBB, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:15 (3 months ago) Permalink

OMG I swear I didn't fuck that up so it linked to a pug on purpose!

ENBB, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:15 (3 months ago) Permalink

Yeah every dress i liked was $170-175 except for the silent surrealist dress ($50) but I look really bad in gray :(

Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 14:56 (3 months ago) Permalink

There used to be someone recreating really mod dresses to size, to order. I had the site bookmarked 10 years ago, but left that job and have never been able to find it again, probably not still in business.

The dresses were all like those two: color-blocked, some with cut-outs or clear vinyl panels, etc. Never could afford to order one at the time, but I do love those two you put up, Erica!

Like most people my age, I am 33 (Laurel), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:01 (3 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, they're amazing!!

ENBB, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:02 (3 months ago) Permalink

i don't really like the mod dresses, but i love the more sort of summery/cutesy dresses on that site.

also: lol i thought you posted that link BECAUSE of the pug, erica!

where we turn sweet dreams into remarkable realities (just1n3), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:32 (3 months ago) Permalink

ericas giot some kind of 6th sense pugdar going on

Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:40 (3 months ago) Permalink

LOOOOL That's their error message.

ENBB, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:43 (3 months ago) Permalink

hah i totally thought you were like 'oh look at this GOTCHA! OMG PUGZ!"

tehresa, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 18:30 (3 months ago) Permalink

me too, haw

kid cruti (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 00:16 (3 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

might kill for this:

Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 04:46 (1 month ago) Permalink

so you!

tehresa, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 04:47 (1 month ago) Permalink

^^^ loooool i knew this was a sunny pick before i'd even scrolled all the way down

DAN P3RRY MAD AT GRANDMA (just1n3), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 15:14 (1 month ago) Permalink

ooooooooh so shiny!

quincie, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 15:19 (1 month ago) Permalink

so gold

Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 22:09 (1 month ago) Permalink

oooh, it's beautiful

and something i could way never pull off. you totally could though and yes it is very youuuu

heave haw (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 00:38 (1 month ago) Permalink

i think i was singing that last word

heave haw (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 00:38 (1 month ago) Permalink

i hate that i never have the occasion to wear dresses. still.

tehresa, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 00:57 (1 month ago) Permalink

i wear them every day! just around

heave haw (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:51 (1 month ago) Permalink

i mean i don't think i really have occasion to wear them either, tbh

heave haw (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:51 (1 month ago) Permalink

I wear dresses at home. I have specific sundress type ones that I only wear at home actually.

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:56 (1 month ago) Permalink

yeah me too. one is kinda like the one you posted, but its like stretchy at the top and has like inch-wide straps. i wear it to do housework and chill and stuff like that. once i hiked in it.

heave haw (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 03:03 (1 month ago) Permalink

Yeah, I do the same minus the hiking but should try that sometime.

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 03:06 (1 month ago) Permalink

if you get the right dress it can be really freeing

heave haw (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 03:06 (1 month ago) Permalink

the right type of dress/skirt is more comfortable to me than pants in general so I could easily see that being the case

\(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 03:07 (1 month ago) Permalink

yeah i wear sundresses at home. but i feel like i have to be all put together if i wear a dress out of the house and then it feels too put together.

tehresa, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 03:34 (1 month ago) Permalink

thats what cardigans are for! sometimes a dress on its own needs like jewelry and nice shoes and stuff. but most dresses you can just throw a cute cardi over top and put on some sandals and you're good to go.

my MIL bought a dress last weekend: $!6 on sale from some fancy designer store. too conservative to bother posting on this thread tho ;)

DAN P3RRY MAD AT GRANDMA (just1n3), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 03:48 (1 month ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Slated to be my 2009 additions to the winter wardrobe, with tights and turtlenecks.

I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:34 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Fierce!

I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:37 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

I love all of those.

bear say hi to me (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:39 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

ooh! cute! so you, laurel!

i can not wear things like that bc i just look like a giant sack :(

ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:41 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Guys remember that fan dress (was it Derek Lam?) in the purple print that we all liked? Kelly Kapoor has worn it in multiple Office episodes! <3

quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:41 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

you are right!!

ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:41 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

x-post But esp the firt pattern in pink w/ the buttons and the second pattern in general.

Man, I wish I knew how to sew.

bear say hi to me (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:41 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

So envious of your mad sewing skillz laurel!

quincie, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:42 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

YESSSS oh that is a <3 <3 indeed re Derek Lam dress. Good for her! I'm glad someone admirable and awesome picked it up.

Thersa, I'm a little concerned about the Kors dress -- I like it but it might not define enough. Counting on the sleevelessness of the others to show some proportion, and I might not cut the McCall's one quite as full as it's shown.

I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Haha don't count my dresses before they're, uh...patched? There are a lot of steps in between here and there....

I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:44 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

<3

ms. thighs (tehresa), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:45 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Laurel, can I commission you to make one of those dresses for me?

Virginia Plain, Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:55 (1 week ago) Permalink

Maybe! I have to get to Thanksgiving weekend before I have time to think about sewing, and then I have to make something for myself, to get my hand in. Which one were you thinking of, Mary?

I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Monday, 9 November 2009 15:42 (1 week ago) Permalink

I'm loving the shapes of the Butternick white with pockets and pink with buttons.

Virginia Plain, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 00:06 (1 week ago) Permalink

i don't know why i cant find a better photo than these but believe me when i tell you this dress serena is wearing (from the chuck opens a speakeasy ep) absolutely killed:

Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 06:29 (1 week ago) Permalink

oh that 2nd photo is so bad :(

but now i'm v curious... maybe i should watch again?

tehresa, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 06:34 (1 week ago) Permalink

you should. everyone is looking pretty good in that episode.

Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 06:40 (1 week ago) Permalink


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