DRRRESSES: WANT

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!!

v. cute dress though.

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

http://blogs.amctv.com/season_2_mad_men_photo_gallery/Don_and_Bobbi_ep_203_IMG_9131.jpg

that dress is something.

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.

atonement, yes?

yeah

can't believe this thread only now happened!

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/0/3987/05_2008/Keira%20Knightley.preview.jpg

likely impossible for anyone else to wear.

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.

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

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/071130/atonement_l.jpg

oh, right.

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

http://blogs.phillynews.com/inquirer/mirrorimage/keira.jpg

more of a nightgown than a dress, really

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

lol!

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

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!

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

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

why so beautiful yet so sold out, dressydress?

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2450/26g95179blacknavy013mednj8.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9384/26g95179blacknavy025medtk6.jpg

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.

http://bluefly.com/pages/products/zoom.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2091711931&productCode=300479201&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1219

Like this.

v.v.v.v.cute

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.

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

That grey one is INCREDIBLE. love

Maybe with more lipstick. Which I never wear.

How much does it cost?

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

i love the grey one!!

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

what brand is it?

Tory Burch. Embarrassingly.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2450/26g95179blacknavy013mednj8.jpg

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!

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

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.)

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

I <3 yr hairs btw. xxp

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

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/8004/sal1xh4.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8401/sal2ff8.jpg

(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

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..

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

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

I think I am the only person in the world that thinks red & pink look fucking AWESOME together (except if it is a pale pink).

Do you dye yr own hairs, ffm?

Sorry to derail DRESS LUVV.

i like it!
xpost

that 1st dress is so pretty sunny, the blue n black

isnt it??

It is BADASS but I feel wicked self-conscious in sequins.

I love the one at the top, the red one, the best.

oh man i LOVE wearing sequins.

no my mouthy hairdresser (see umm Manbag drama thread) does! She uses some awesome stuff called... uh, Elumen which I would use if I could buy & use on my own hair but I think you have to be licensed(?) to buy/use it. It's organic and crazy long lasting!

I actually do link pink and red but being tall, heavyset and awkward, the last thing I want to do is attempt to pull off daring coordinations. :D

As long as this thread is for completely unobtainable items:

OH HELLO PHILLIP LIM DRESS THAT IS DELECTABLE AND ALSO $650.

http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2306/zoom/fan%20dress%20front%20kate%20w.jpg

oooooooooooooh!

oh goodness, that's perfection

It looks a bit drapey and unexcited on that model but I think it needs a) some curves, and b) a really matte red lipstick.

so now all we need is ...$650

yeah curves + lipstick OTM

god, laurel, you would rock the hell out of that dress

Haha actually it would never fit me but I'd love to try.

OH AND MAYBE A HAT WITH A VEIL, IT NEEDS THAT TOO.

So anyway. Next?

Next

http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/26526/26526_cu_l.jpg

Does that wool jumper show up? I'm not sure if it's just in my cache....

hey yah thats super cute where is it from?

hey yah thats super cute where is it from?

Oooh a hat with a veil.. can we add long satin gloves and a cigarette holder?

It does show up for me. I could ROCK the hell out of that outfit!

Here

$339! grrrr

Step off FFM, you are not 'heavyset,' if you meant that euphemistically.

hey, I'm almost 200 pounds!

l, don't know if you noticed, but you can get half that dress (aka a blouse) for just $375...

I have a killer beer belly :P

you are also 6'1"!!!!
xp

i think you could totally pull off daring!!

bell, perhaps <a href=http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/35161/35161_in_l.jpg>;this dress<a/> could solve your jumper quest, for a mere $1,795!

ah crap semicolon!

http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/35161/35161_in_l.jpg

thanks tza, Abbott :) I used to be 150ish though about three years ago so I am feeling very ...different.

Oh god that $1700 jumper is divine. Why weren't we born filthy rich?

I loooooooove that zipper dress. Predictably enough. I bet you could make something very much like it for about $50. Not a luxury brand, obv, but who's going to know that you or I hang out with??

seriously! it's only michael kors anyway, i don't understand why it's $1800

laurel,
please make me one too. kthxs

<3 these colors

http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/36104/36104_fr_l.jpg

Arrrrgh I need to move so I can sew without rearranging my whole room temporarily.

Tza, those colors are very you! I think they look good together, too. And that's kind of a nice dress.

Hmmmm.

$325 :(

also where would i wear it?

also does that hem look sewn weird?

I can't tell from that photo but satin is REALLY hard to hide anything on because of the sheen. Hem stitches almost always show a TINY bit, even a $325 dress isn't hand-made.

i need a job so i can buy clothes

honestly, i'm (ridiculously, and i know it) depressed about my wardrobe (or the lack of it). i threw out most of my clothes before moving here, came with just a suitcase. not that i had much wearable stuff anyway. but i still haven't got work, so gotta be careful with our moneys till then, so no shopping for me :( :( :(

this isn't really anything to do with dresses, i just needed to vent and i thought you ladies would understand my anguish.

Rrubs, I have a friend who probably wears the same skirt or cardigan or something about three days a week, and she feels shabby but she NEVER looks less than slightly frightening, just because her accessories are unique and uniquely combined, and she's got excellent posture and just...personal dignity. Carriage. She's a good reminder to me.

http://blogs.glam.com/glamchic/files/2007/04/starr-dresses-2.jpg
^i recently got the dress in the middle, but in the grey/black color scheme.
i am excited to wear it with colorful tights!

also, laurel, you could have been talking about me, until you got to the part about the posture and dignity

You should meet her sometime. Maybe we'll have a girls' night.

By which I mean we'll go somewhere that serves alcohol and allows conversation.

I RLY like that dress, bell. I want you to have purple or red tights for it and your Chie shoes!

oh wow bell, v v jealous of that dress!

i went vintage shopping and got a dress that's very much like the grey tory burch dress, front pleats and all, except it has 3/4 length sleeves. it was $22. i am the winner!

also an a-line red silk minidress with a heavily beaded collar/frontpiece that seems to have been custom made in kowloon city many years ago. swoon.

i got two dresses at value village (2nd-hand dept store) in the suburbs today! one is a seersucker h&m halter dress (white & grey v v thin stripes) and the other is a really thin cream & red patterned short sundress which i will say i'm not really going to wear in public unless i'm wearing a bathing suit underneath. so yeah 2 dresses for like $10!

my friend got this kinda crazy yellow sundress with big pink roses on it that is total early-90s awesome. it is the dress of summer happiness.

oh and i also got this cute dark teal corduroy jumper mini-dress thing, possibly much like what bell_labs was talking about on another thread (fall work wear?) but it is way too mini for me and i feel that i've finally reached the age where i srsly can't get away with a freakin corduroy jumper not even with tights or leggings okay, for real now. but i have a younger friend who can yaay!

i do want a mini dress though, just not a jumper-style one because damn straight my legs are ruling right now and there's not much summer left

went bridesmaids' dress shopping with some friends last week, want this muchly but it was $200, not the style they picked AND I am not a bridesmaid. Sigh. Anyone know of any online retailers with this style but cheaper?

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v310/224/57/516053577/n516053577_675859_7856.jpg

yeah i like that style too! but in a less 'dressy'/formal fabric perhaps, so it's obv less wedding-like

i am wearing my seersucker dress today :) dresses are fun

yeah, this one was very "I am going to a wedding." I just love that pleating technique - anyone know if there is a name for it? I saw a shirt with this style in H&M last year but it was on a mannequin and all attempts to find it on a rack were fruitless (and the H&M employees I have encountered are generally useless, so I didn't ask.) I have been coveting this pleated fabric since!

v cute!

ffm, i saw this woman yesterday with your color hair and a black dress with this canary yellow cardigan draped on her shoulders and thought of you and that you should rock this look if you are not already!

oh gosh, that does sound cute! I want to own cardigans, but never find/buy cardigans. A few years ago, my Grandma bought me a few yellow shirts because she wanted to see me in more yellow - unfortunately, they were too baggy and shapeless! Fail, Grandma :(

i LOVE cardigans

i finally tried on this black cowlneck dress i've been eyeing at banana republic and it looks great except for the fact that it has the STUPIDEST FUCKING SLEEVES
http://www.bananarepublic.com/Asset_Archive/BRWeb/Assets/Outfit/124/OUT12465/outfit/br-otf-out12465oviv01.jpg

why? they are so fucking dumb and leave an awkward gap between the armpit and sideboob, as illustrated above. i reallllllly want a cowlneck belted dress too :(

ok that pic came out too small:
http://www.bananarepublic.com/Asset_Archive/BRWeb/Assets/Outfit/124/OUT12465/outfit/br-otf-out12465odv01.jpg
better illustration of armpit weirdness

http://www.bananarepublic.com/Asset_Archive/BRWeb/Assets/Product/588/588090/main/br588090-00p01v01.jpg
from the front it is such a perfect office dress!

you know when a sleeve is making a models arms look chunky - AVOID

it made my arms look geriatric. serious ugh

that is weird - because the dress is so cute! :/

i know! if it goes on sale (which i assume it will because the sleeves are so wacky) i might get it to wear with a jacket over it.

i also love the purple tights/shoes combo

could you wear it with, like, a tight black t-shirt (long-sleeved or short-sleeved) on underneath or wld that be weird

yeah that might work! but there's no way i'm buying it on non-sale

oh god I've seen that cut before.. I don't understand why they do that!

Unfortunate, because I like the look of cap sleeves. But that IS the widest part of the arm.

On the other hand, sometimes I think you just gotta suck it up and realize no one is really looking at your upper arms.

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/pinupgirlclothing_2015_56280210

My birthday is in a few months and I spent a lot on my boyfriend, so he told me to look for stuff online (shopping is terrible in Toronto except H&M, Gap, etc) and I am obsessed with this site now:
http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/pinupgirlclothing_2015_211204590

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/pinupgirlclothing_2015_106800131

A lot of rockabilly sites online carry clothes from stopstaringclothing.com, so that's a good place to look for the greatest variety.

Other nice 50s links I've found are reddressshoppe.com and www.unique-vintage.com. (The second one isn't actually vintage, it's all modern dresses that could be fit into various decades. Useful, if what you really need is a swing dress in perfect condition in a modern size 10.)

Also mybabyjo.com but I think they carry mostly Stop Staring dresses too.

Let me say that I had mixed reviews of my last order from Stop Staring: The dress was strongly constructed but very basic -- no lining, no interfacing, no nice finishing details. It looked like a nicer dress online than it actually was, esp for $120. I returned it.

oooh is unique-vintage the one you were telling me about a while ago? i kept meaning to ask you for the name!

oooh thanks for the tips Laurel!

from unique-vintage, this is gorgeous:

http://www.unique-vintage.com/images/7859parisdress.jpg

This may take a while..

http://www.bananarepublic.com/Asset_Archive/BRWeb/Assets/Product/588/588071/main/br588071-00p01v01.jpg

it has POCKETS but i could not bring myself to spend $130

POCKETS :D

http://www.bananarepublic.com/Asset_Archive/BRWeb/Assets/Product/588/588071/side/br588071-00p03v01.jpg

i think i like them because they allow me to do something when i feel insecure.

Looks like purple is trend for this season (along with "turtle"")-- I read it in amny.

i love this bc i am a purple gal.

ooh that dress is so cute! wanting! not sure that i'm into purple for me, maybe if it were more plum. or a nice blue-red!

tehresa i bet that will go on sale in a couple weeks

i know. i am going to stalk their website!

I am so happy about the purple because it suits my skin & hair perfectly. Yay purple!

me too!

i want purple shoes to wear with purple tights.

ooooh. seriously some days i get a little ridiculous with the purple. like yesterday i started to roll my eyes at myself bc i was wearing a purple sweater, carrying my purple purse, and also my purple shopping/grocery bag. it was a little too much.

and i bought some purple tights at uniqlo!

yes, you have to be careful! I get over-matchy by accident sometimes.

OK I need advice. I need to find a dress for my brother's wedding in SF in November. It is a Friday evening wedding in a Russian Orthodox church followed by dinner reception at I think the SF University Club. Not black tie, like dressy cocktail attire.

Does there exist such a dress that I could purchase for said marital occassion, but could also wear (with different accessories or whatevs) for work? Because if such a dress existed, I would feel OK about dropping bigger dough.

For example, see upthread OH HELLO PHILLIP LIM DRESS THAT IS DELECTABLE AND ALSO $650. Could that be worn to the wedding *and* to work? Because then *maybe* I could justify that kind of cash.

Anyhow your thoughts and examples would be most appreciated--just keep me in mind when browsing dresses!

Oh and said dress would have to be notblack and notnavy. But I'm open to all other colors!

i think you could do that if the dress looks more worky if a jacket or sweater can be put over it? i would aim to find a dress based on the party more than based on being work-appropriate. but then, i care not for work.

i'd wear that dress to work, for sure, but it really depends on your office environment. i'm a huge fan of dressing up without resorting to boring business attire.

I love this one so much--is it weddingable or not cocktail-y enough or?

http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2306/zoom/fan%20dress%20front%20kate%20w.jpg

i actually think it is perfect for a wedding. maybe too fancy for work?

mmmm i feel like it could cross over, depending on the accesories & makeup.

great for a dressy-cocktail-y wedding. like i said, i'd wear it to work but that's just me.

Hmmm it would help if the material was not shiny, but it is hard to tell from pic. Anyhow something along these lines that could go both ways would be ace, and I would totally up my spending limit for something I would get more than one or two wears out of.

My office is a business dress downtown DC place and I think I would not have a problem pulling it off for work if done correctly--maybe black tights and oxford pumps and a jacket or cardigan or something.

honestly i don't think it would work w/jacket or cardigan, because of the detail @ shoulder and waist. would be a shame to cover it up. it's a gorgeous dress. i think it'd be hard to wear to work. but surely you might have other dress up occasion to wear it?

Sadly (or perhaps fortunately?) I rarely have a dress-up functions to attend. But I am finding hope there is probably a dress out there--if not this one--that can do double-duty and thereby justify the expenditures required to get something really beautifully designed and made, in a really good fabric.

btw I miss you guys

quince, that dress comes in a lot of other colors and fabrics -- that was just the one I liked the best (plus some of the other fabrics are more expensive). I think the shoulder detail is, yeah, more of the problem with putting something over it, but maybe something UNDER it for cooler weather, a micro-stretch long-sleeved top in black or a rich color to give it sleeves? Matched to tights? Or one of the angular not-cardigans that are around this fall, something that doesn't close in front and just drapes? Ah well.

I hope you DO get it, because god knows I can't! Could def wear to work in NYC, but then people are crazy here.

I think that dress would be great for work. In the past couple of years I've become reluctant to show my tattoos in the office leaving so many cute dresses out of the question without a jacket/cardigan. :(

god seriously i am thinking how perfect that dress would be for an event i may be attending in a few weeks and swooooon i could never fit into it or afford it!

i will put a cardigan over pretty much anything, but probably not that dress. unless it was a non-traditional cardi, as laurel says.

but maybe something UNDER it for cooler weather, a micro-stretch long-sleeved top in black or a rich color to give it sleeves?

laurel, you and IN-STYLE magazine are on the same page here (i bought the sept issue yesterday. first fashion mag i've bought in a while. but uma was on the cover, no way to resist)

Hm it must be something in the air.

My mom was looking at a Lucky mag in the salon yesterday and when did it get horrible? I liked it when it was basically a catalog of what was for sale this year, now it's like "Six skin tips you really need" and retarded.

InStyle is great. I have to get into the tights mindset. Wear-ability still so far off though.

i try to avoid wearing totally sleeveless things because of tattoo issues, but excessive air-conditioning in the summer and cold winters mean that some kind of cover-up is usually possibly.

btw - welcome back, s (if you're who i think you are).

OK I think we should purchase the uber-dress and then just send it around to share. I need dibs on Nov. 21.

Def. way more than I have ever spent on any item of clothing, ever. Like it is three times as much as the dress in which I got married!

Sisterhood of the Traveling Lam?

Actually though I bought a black crepe Ellen Tracy at a discount store this summer, and wore it to be a bridesmaid AND it would have been my interview dress had I had one this summer. It still could, with a jacket. Pretty much any of those Talbot's-y tailored dresses could work, depending on yr preference. The P Lam is leagues nicer, of course!

friend found this in my size for $20! :D :D

http://coquette.blogs.com/coquette/br588019-00p01v01-1.jpg

larger, in black
http://www.omiru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sleeveless-origami-knit-dress_082208.jpg

i wish i had more opportunity to wear dresses. my mom surprisingly picked a really nice one for me for xmas - black, cowl neck, thin belt, sister described as a "hot for teacher" look - and i wore it to work the other day and ppl were all 'omg u so dressed up today!' maybe i am reverting to pre-women's lib or something but how come you can't wear a dress w/out it being a big deal?

http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/artisanal_1.jpg

martin margiela

http://www.unique-vintage.com/images/7859parisdress.jpg

^would wear 900x

haha yeah i was just looking at that!

also: love that last dress you posted, tza

martin margiela

<3 <3 <3

http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/84991528.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193AC929D66CCD968EBEC4A1037F15A3377E30A760B0D811297

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_3&listing_id=23395437&ga_search_query=hoodie&ga_search_type=tag_title_all&ga_page=3&min=&max=&order=

would hem

I got this one today:

http://www.bettiepageclothing.com/ecom/galleryImage/index.bvi?productImgid=205

i was crazy about this dress joan holloway wore

http://clothesonfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mad-men_joan_blue_all-2.jpg

http://clothesonfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mad-men_joan_blue_side1.jpg

http://clothesonfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mad-men_joan_blue_full.jpg

so cool

I love whoever styles that show, the clothes are just so great.

that dress upthread, i have only worn once :(
but when i did, it was a hit!
but how can i wear it more? gah.

Fucking WANT that Mad Men dress, plus I probably have like 5 scarves that would go with it. Also wearing scarf to fill in the neck of dress is GENIUS AND I WILL TRY IT ASAP.

Yeah, that dress is pretty great. Laurel, I thought of you immediately when I saw it earlier.

Also I really love that it's ACTUALLY ALL WRINKLED from sitting at a desk in it all day, because that is what HAPPENS to dresses, especially ones made of linen as that appears it might be.

xp hahah. Thanks!

Is Mad Men starting on a third season? What an interesting mix of mod and linen.

sometime in august?

season 2 now out on dvd!

if I had a time machine:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2441/3747972065_9a47f9f1de_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2501/3748762080_4063f80cda_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3747970815_e4d948922c_o.jpg

if I was an eight foot tall anorexic millionaire:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/3748761446_6b361eab4b_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2525/3747974137_5bea11aa8c_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/3748761716_0e1821d0a9_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/3748760138_962e59ba95_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/3747971813_2520e82ffc_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/3748759482_d684c71792_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/3747970961_fd433a75a1_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3747973055_5b537f691e_o.jpg

pure fantasy:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/3747970509_590a4fe115_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3747973351_071155dbf6_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/3748759262_5bbec58c4f_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3747970635_2ccce27a28_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2582/3747971309_296006cb09_o.jpg

this is what I'd wear every day if I could:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/3748760558_3c21ba394b_o.jpg

http://sparklingwhine.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/rachel-weisz-cannes-film-festival-12.jpg

Oooooh, I love that.

wow. yeah v nice

feel like it could work on full range of boobs

some great dresses on this site, for around $50-80:

http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Dresses?page=1

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

i love looking at all of those dresses

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.

Yeah I love that site.

I recently got and am wearing this dress right now:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/dress-1.jpg

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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!

Yeah, they're amazing!!

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!

ericas giot some kind of 6th sense pugdar going on

LOOOOL That's their error message.

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

me too, haw

might kill for this:

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/12/129120/04_2008/GreyAntGoldLameSack.preview.jpg

so you!

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

ooooooooh so shiny!

so gold

oooh, it's beautiful

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

i think i was singing that last word

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

i wear them every day! just around

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

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

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.

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

if you get the right dress it can be really freeing

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

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.

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 ;)

http://img.sewingtoday.com/cat/10000/itm_img/B5210.jpg

http://img.sewingtoday.com/cat/40000/itm_img/M5583.jpg

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

Fierce!

http://img.sewingtoday.com/cat/20000/itm_img/V1150.jpg

http://img.sewingtoday.com/cat/20000/itm_img/V1090.jpg

I love all of those.

ooh! cute! so you, laurel!

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

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

you are right!!

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.

So envious of your mad sewing skillz laurel!

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.

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

<3

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

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

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:

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2874/serenadress.jpg

http://www.stylehop.com/fashion-blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/102309-gossip-girl-400.jpg

oh that 2nd photo is so bad :(

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

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

could never wear this but i like it!
http://bcbg.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pBCBG1-6738178dt.jpg

YES

Is it knit? I love it

it is

http://www.bcbg.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3814585&cp=2769162.2768985&clickid=cat_leftnav_txt&parentPage=family

i could see you in this, rox.

would wear with grey tights imo

otm

http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/shopping/80982/100-party-dresses-under-100

it's flash so i can't actually repost pictures of anything from the slideshow, sorry. #52 i really like and was shocked to see it was from the newport news catalog?!

oh wow thats really pretty

reminds me of something from recently, like something some celeb wore to an event maybe? cant put my finger on it

Newport news as some great stuff - you just have to search a bit. Bonus is that it's pretty cheap.

I have a couple dresses form there.

women be shoppin sale alert: 70% off sale at modcloth, i got 4 pretty nice dresses for work for $60 total. lots of sizes available.

Damn, most are sold out by now!

man do i wish i had dress-disposable income right now!

look at this beaut
http://cache-03.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/39/2010/01/500x_lede_pic.jpg

i am not loving those giant plastic rhinestone things but the basic dress part is <3

except i dunno about the triangles over her nether regions...

i got a nice black winter/fall dress at Zara yesterday on supersale (and a new bag on sale elsewhere, whew finally! oh, the organization), but main discovery here is that the only sane time to ever shop at Zara is before 10:30am

looking at modcloth site makes me only want to wear dresses ever

i got a beautiful rodarte navy blue dress with a sheer black thing over

ooooh pix plz

you got a rodarte dress??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?! arent those like $20k?

not sure i like that gothy triangle-crotch givenchy couture thing....

i was weak: on sale and a 30% off coupon...

http://bananarepublic.gap.com/Asset_Archive/BRWeb/Assets/Product/729/729330/big/br729330-00vliv01.jpg

Nice dress! I just bought two on ebay, and I've got a few in my modcloth cart.

it looks more fitted on me bc i have bigger boobs. i think that model looks like she is playing dress up in her mom's clothes tbh.

oh mannnnn as soon as i can i am gonna be all up in modcloth's shit but atm my buying is strictly work-related :( (justifying this purchase because i got rid of 35 pieces at consignment shop yesterday and also hello new job = new wardrobe amirite???)

It's always the boobs! Haven't wore a button-up shirt in years cos of the girls.

But yeah, new job def = new clothes. I'm selling a buncha crap on ebay and pouring it right back into the wardrobe. Circle of life, really. Wore a great denim shirtdress today that I got for $50 at anthro. Wish I had a pic to post...

Bad shot, but you get the picture:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_580e8gfCdyw/S0nrYvPRrBI/AAAAAAAAFDM/DxCZbDtSi8E/s1600-h/2010-01-09_1943.jpg

or not.

ok so you know the wedding dress i ordered online? well, it arrived today and I FUCKING LOVE IT!!!!!! everyone should buy one of these:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34412052

it is super flattering and comfortable and adjustable, and just basically the most amazing dress i have/will ever own. stoked!

photo and link, please!

where the shit did my link go??

try again:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34412052

duh:

http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.102161771.jpg

(mine is optical white and not shiny)

Niiiice.

do you think it could be styled for work? i will go check that store on the way to my gym that i am pretty sure carries it...

totally! this store sells them with a matching tube top/bandeau, so that would give you back/bust coverage (the back is really low). the straps are really wide so you can wear it like a cap sleeve as well.

Lovely dress, just1n3! Glad you are happy with it.

beautiful

that's gorgeous!

i also bought this from modcloth, for our pre-wedding day photo shoot:

http://static1.modcloth.com/productshots/0035/8948/11602-1.jpg?e5bf3c7f9729d012caf630f7b889833585b6117c

it's so cute! i found the perfect short navy cardi to wear with it, and i'm gonna pair it with my biker boots (boots & dresses are my favouritest thing ever).

this his how i want to try and wear my wedding dress, if i can figure out a bra solution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=y9-AHJRVLbA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fbutterbynadia%3Fblend%3D2%26ob%3D1%23p%2Fu%2F9%2Fy9-AHJRVLbA

well that didn't work out quite how i wanted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9-AHJRVLbA

gahhh my wedding dress didn't quite go how i expected it to, and i'm pretty disappointed: there was an issue with the middle of my bra showing at the front bc of the deep v which i thought i could easily solve on the day by putting in a few stitches to close the gap. totally didn't work well and the front looked really bad. wish i'd tried it first, but was so short on time. i think i'm gonna have the two long straps resewn so that they overlap more. also: the way i wanted to wear it didn't work out either - the shoulders kept falling down, which i was going to solve by using a pretty silver vintage sweater clip, but the clasps were too sharp and would've ripped the dress. so i ended up having to wear it a different way that didn't look so good in the back :( :(

I'm really sorry to hear that. The whole mix-and-wrap aspect doesn't sit well with me tbh because things that are jerry-rigged often don't work quite as imagined -- exactly that kind of thing. ;_;

If you have two vintage clip-on earrings, maybe they would make good shoulder clips to hold the material at least partly bunched up? Or for more structure, you could hand-sew the fabric into little bunches and hide your stitching w the earrings.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Plam14UGUAM/SnUMGL7T8HI/AAAAAAAAAAo/JRBfaqNNfEs/s400/McQueenDress.jpg

i meant to put this up a month ago and forgot about it, but it is on the cover of the UK glamour this month and I was reminded. Alexander McQueen at his finest.

xp the problem was that the way i wanted to wear it - the two long pieces coming over the shoulders and then back around underneath the arms, then wrapped around the waist - meant that the tension was pulling the shoulders off. i figured using a sweater clip at the top of the back would use the counter-pulling of the shoulders to keep them up. i don't think the sweater clasp was long enough anyway.

i ended up doing it a way that my friend had suggested, which was similar but covered a lot of the back up and left me with a big ugly knot in the middle of the back.

basically, the lesson learned here is 'don't leave things to the last minute'. the dress itself is perfect, i just wish i'd had time to figure out the front, and i could have gotten it repaired pretty easily so that the front pieces gave me better coverage.

tbh i was pretty much in tears (lol bridezilla) as i was getting ready: my mum was USELESS and only made me feel worse about the whole thing, i really wish i'd just gotten ytth to come help me get ready instead :/

awww. tbh i'd be surprised if any bride did not have some moment of wardrobe panic!

Nij, that McQueen is a dream.

J, I have narrow and sort of rounded shoulders and I spend about 3 hours a day just hauling bra straps back up, so I would never assume a shoulder wrap-around would work for me -- I'd at least cross the straps in the back. However it's a known fact that hardly any one notices these things except the wearer, and everyone else will probably have thought it was supposed to be exactly the way it was.

awwwww so sad about the wrap dress drama, but hey! most pictures of you will be from the front anyway and i'm sure you had bride's glow going on to hide all the fuss anyway. *hugs*!

oh man that mcqueen dress is amazing

ok so last weekend we were in LA and it was motherfucking hot and i was so damn uncomfortable in my cords, and my capri jean things didn't fit me right, and i felt like i was having to walk round sucking in my stupid belly. so i have decided that despite my ugly legs it's gonna be a dress-only summer: so much more comfortable, it makes up for the embarrassment of the whole world seeing my legs.

http://www.modcloth.com/productshots/0040/1421/13221-1.jpg

http://www.modcloth.com/productshots/0037/4298/12185-4.jpg

http://www.modcloth.com/productshots/0020/6587/6463-2.jpg

http://www.modcloth.com/productshots/0035/8960/11602-2.jpg

also ordered these sandals from israel to go with all my new dresses. it's gonna be a bohemian summer!

adorable!

Gladiator sandals always looked a bit painful to me.

i love them! they're my favouritest shoes of all time! i had a pair when i was 18 that i wore every day for a year, i loved them so (right through a pretty harsh winter, no less).

oh and i bought these to wear underneath, since most of these dresses aren't lined:

http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.138845466.jpg

aw!

i know right?!? i'm always a little nervous about flashing my underwear when i'm wearing anything above the knee, and i thought about a cotton petticoat but then i came across these on etsy and was totally sold.

v cute, j!

i am also incorporating a ton more dresses into my wardrobe for summer because it is so hot and gross here. office clothes are gross for commuting but dresses are a little easier. i found some good deals at ross.

Bloomers! Cute.

yeah i usually prefer pants, or tights/leggings with dresses but i wore the red dress today (which i got at the modcloth sale for $15 awhile back!) with a cute/cheap white lil' cardi from target (i love target - i got 4 of these cardies bc they were so perfect, elbow length to hide fat arms and a little shorter so good with loose dresses) and it was so terribly hot, i would normally be feeling like shit but dang i was comfortable and happy!

I feel the same about short dresses! You don't always FEEL exposed, but god forbid you sit down on the subway, because you have to see other women's underwear across from you to realize how much YOU are probably showing. Petticoats imo are most useful for keeping dresses from sticking to your sweaty legs and ass -- the outer layer of the dress doesn't stick and then you don't have to tug on your skirt when you stand up. It's not nec more comfortable (because the petticoat still sticks to you) but it's like 90% more discreet.

Too add: petticoats are most useful for loose-skirted dresses that reach below the knee. For short skirts, I favor a pair of cut-off tights to prevent jiggling and rubbing.

oh man the other day my dress kept blowing up against my thighs when i walked making me feel very awkward and exposed. it was SO annoying. what is diff btw petticoat and a half slip? ruffles?

No, they're the same! "Slips" in this country tend to be polyester knits which cling a hell of a lot and are really hot -- really what you want is a cotton or non-slinky underskirt half-slip.

A full-slip is the kind that has bra-ish straps and hangs from the shoulder, I mostly hate that kind.

...because I don't have very square shoulders, so straps fall down. If you have swimmer/gymnast shoulders and things stay up for you, maybe a half-slip is the way to go.

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/e1/a/AAAAAjk8MSEAAAAAAOGr_g.jpg

Got this and I'm wearing it today. Isaac for Target, lol. It has a huge, stiff crinoline layer that keeps the skirt sticking out.

Wonderful! That, to my mind, is the perfect summer dress: cool and loose and allows for sitting on the ground without discomfort.

Also very very accessorisable.

I thought at first that you wrote "SPITTING on the ground," and later, "accessible."

Obv you're more rock and roll than I am.

Haha.

kind of want this etsy dress i can't afford:

http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.141939932.jpg

have any of you guys ever bought stuff off etsy?

It's wonderful!!!! Except for that elastic waist. Will take same dress with actual darts, pls!

And "Only jewelry".

i know, the waist really makes it less cute!

On her it looks fine/awesome. I just don't think it would translate for me.

Oooh I like Roxy's dress a lot and the etsy dress is <3. I didn't think Issac was doing Target clothes anymore.

I have bought jewelry and an apron from Etsy just arrived in the mail today but I've never bought actual clothes from there.

This is the apron btw - I love it! http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.147192012.jpg

So much so that I kind of wish it was an actual skirt. Man, I should learn how to sew.

Lovely! The use of aprons is a weird thing. My mom used to have hand-embroidered ones handed down in the family, and I remember her making a beautiful one with a lot of pieces and a hand-smocked panel in the bib. But they are specifically for wearing OVER YOUR NICE SUNDAY DRESS while cooking for a special occasion or Sunday dinner. And the apron itself is supposed to be nice enough not to downgrade the dress/occasion, or else you'd just tie a big white sheet over yourself. So it's like: dress up in something that's inappropriately fancy for a messy activity. Then cover the inappropriately fancy item with another inappropriately fancy item to protect it.

Underlining all this pretense, of course, is the idea that a true mistress of the kitchen never gets anything on herself anyway, so both the clothing AND the fancy apron are equally safe.

O, artifice! Thy name is...erm...somethingorother.

that apron is darling

What a great apron! I loved the mid-kate 90s apron dress over jeans/pants trend. I think aprons are so flattering because you get to cinch the waist.
Also lovve that dress horseshoe posted!

*mid-late

I thought mid-Kate referred to something to do with La Moss.

when i saw my typo i thought the same thing!

Dresses that I love but won't buy:
http://www.trashydiva.com/trashydiva/jennyssdress1.JPG

http://www.trashydiva.com/trashydiva/obi1CINNABAR.JPG

oh i love them!

I'm kind of glad they are not in stock so I'm not tempted. They're so cute though, and I've heard good things about trashy diva dresses.

so have i! curse you, Julia, i had forgotten that place existed.

good lord those are nice dresses
i esp like the top one -- imagine the accessory possibilities!

honestly, dresses like that are worth a little $$ imo -- it could look like a dozen different dresses depending on what you wear with it.

i made the mistake of beginning my fall clothing fantasizing a little early and now i can't stop thinking about BOOTS TIGHTS SCARVES LAYERS

i just got back from a sweaty bike ride downtown, so summer is wearing a little thin on me atm

Oh I love those dresses too.

I am also thinking about fall and fall clothing and not sweating and ugh I'm over this heat.

http://stores.ebay.com/Celebrity-Charity-Auctions/Mad-Men.html

love that bobbie barrett dress

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=685&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=wednesday+addams+dress&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

A Bettie Page dress store opened recently here, and I kind of got obsessed with this dress:
http://www.jbrclothing.com/v/vspfiles/photos/CURVESGREY-2.jpg

although they didn't have my size and it's sold out everywhere online. Stupid really, I have a beautiful Stop Staring dress (possibly my favourite dress) that I don't have much occasion to wear, so pointless buying a similar one...

i just bought this!

http://static3.modcloth.com/productshots/0053/5414/3920-1.jpg?1287176464

very cute!

<3 cowl necks and everything like them.

Omg I almost bought that from tj maxx at Christmas! But the only one they had was a size too small. Like!

i adore cowl neck stuff too. this didn't have a hip measurement so i'm a little worried about it being too small - usually hip measurements are only a few inches wider the waist and my hips are... 30% bigger.

i will post results in a week!

btw this is on modcloth for under $55 incl shipping

love it

yeah, that's adorable, just1n3

j, i LOVE that store. hate that all the vintage stuff is sold though

i don't understand the way they size things, but so many things on there are super cute

well the sizing is all over the place bc they stock so many different brands. best thing to do is look at the actual flat measurements. i have bought so many dresses from modcloth in the last year! altho i never wear them bc i get all excited about how cute they are, then they arrive, then i feel selfconscious in them :/

but if this one actually fits it'll be super cute over opaque leggings and a thin, fitted l/s top and these new boots i have ordered!

tbh what all those dresses on modcloth & the trashy diva ones make me want to do is finish cleaning/redecorating my apartment so I have room to sew

this dress fits! yay! i think i'm gonna wear it to my big event next weekend! but i need to find gold bangles to go with it.

hey i know this pic is TINY but the dress is at nordstrom but i cant find it. can someone help??

http://creative.ak.fbcdn.net/v41818/flyers/68/8/1305666736760239856_1_6aebde11.jpg

http://data.whicdn.com/images/9267928/GARE-WD8_V1d_large.jpg?1304022483

I have not been able to wear sheath dresses for like six years due to pregnancy/nursing but soon last baby will be weaned and there's going to be some terrible terrible shopping going on.

sunny, that dress is now following me around facebook!

haha. i wish i could say i was responsible but no.

http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/110314/110314_fr_l.jpg

want! but cannot afford/have no occasion to wear atm

Oh man that would look fantastic on you! Fuck one money/occasion!

(ulterior motive: I would like to borrow. But I would need leggings or something to keep my crotch from hanging out in thin air)

Want this but boo to price and availability (sorry in advance if hueg pic)
http://productshots1.modcloth.com/productshots/0073/0331/0d021dd76a577b405922340e0ae26ce3.jpg

xpost yeah it would totally suit me. but.. other issues: 1) it is silk, thus highly likely to get stained easily and 2) the color is characterized as "ORANGE" ? it looks red but orange, i don't know how i feel about. it's antik batik and like $250ish.. i just don't need it.. i think..

I like that orange confection v much! It's exactly the kind of thing I can't wear, but it makes me wish I could.

i love it and it is better if it is orange than red imo

Yeah! Buy it so I can live vicariously through you. I love it but that sort of thing would look ridiculous on me.

i can often get away with super ruffley things because on me they look ironic

still thinking it over...

Love these dresses:
http://whirlingturban.com/boutique/

http://www.cargoclothing.com/Images/Products/3589_8209.jpg

ooh, where is that one from?

my manager just ordered this, UGH. we have a habit of dressing similarly; I'm 7 years younger so I am essentially single white femaling her. but she has great taste!

http://www.us.allsaints.com/women/dresses/unicorn-dress/unicorn-print/wdk152-2595 (won't let me hotlink grrr)

oh that is cool
i went into all saints when in nyc last time and wanted pretty much all of their dresses

oooh that IS nice

I like that yellow and black one a fair bit. Looks like I'd never be able to sit down in it, though.

many of their dresses don't actually suit my body type but there are some that do, and almost everything is made of cotton and/or silk! yaay :)
e.g., want http://www.us.allsaints.com/women/dresses/lorinna-dress/black/wdj012-5

also want http://www.us.allsaints.com/women/dresses/athene-dress/graphite/wdk340-629

I meant the yellow and blk one in this thread. :) But rrob, I liek those two dresses you linked to, also! A little too drapey for me, though, you know. But the Athene one is really stylish! All those pleats making up the fullness of the skirt... kind of hott, for a tailoring nerd.

i love the fabric and skirts on both of those, though the top on the athene dress is a bit confusing, in terms of how it's supposed to interact with boobs.

http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/39675351/Steve-front2.jpg
http://shop.blackmilkclothing.com/product/the-steve-dress

steve buscemi torso competing with steve buscemi eyes as most creepy internet fashion meme

wow. just, wow.

holy holy holy shit

not a dress but... o_O

http://www.dangerousminds.net/images/uploads/afiles/eazyeskirt1vhchnm_thumb.jpg

I SO want this but the gathering on the skirt looks like it'd make me look disproportionately bottom-heavy :-((
(sry if hueg)
http://images.asos.com/inv/media/5/1/6/2/1612615/brown/image1xxl.jpg

That's awesome.

I am having a dress malfunction of sorts today. I just got this awesome new cotton faux wrap dress but the faux wrap part is sort of p low cut and maybe gaping a bit so that in certain positions my bra shows. Wearing mismatched cardi to fix this problem. Sad.

May I suggest....
http://www.infomercial-hell.com/blog/2010/03/01/cami-secret-a-cloth-to-cover-up-your-cleavage/

ahahaaa amazing

Yeah that thing is hysterical.

I actually did look for a tank to wear under it this morning btu I was running late and couldn't find it. Might have to get some tit tape.

Have you ever thought about how tough life must be for your neighborhood tramp? She loves to flash her cleavage at bars, nightclubs, bus stops and 7-11s. But around the office, such blatant display of booby-flesh gets disapproval from superiors, as well as causing female co-workers to gossip about the office hoochie. (Of course they’re all just jealous because they don’t have such a great bustline!) She could bring a change of clothes, but that gets cumbersome to lug around everyday.

Saved that for posterity!

I used dress tape on my person and a wrap dress the other weekend, and I have to say, I was pretty tired and drunk when I took it off and I just pulled until it came unstuck but there was some very unfortunate...bruising/skin damage from doing that. Recommend de-stickifying with rubbing alcohol or something.

ouch!

ow.

i have a lunaire camisole bra for wearing w/lower-cut dresses. i like this one too: http://www.barenecessities.com/natori-body-doubles-lace-trim-camisole-bra-134001_product.htm?pf_id=Natori134001

soma intimates has some as well.

ladiessssss, i need a dress to wear to the track!
travers is in 2 weeks and i'm so stumped about what to wear. also i look really bad in hats.

I think you could definitely rock a fascinator, just need to find the right one.

OMG you are going to the Travers!!!!? Soooooo jealous. I usually go up for the Whitney (crowds less crazy) but this week I am Augusting in DC instead of Saratoga and Maine. First world bummers :(

This month, I mean :(

i have never been to a horse race! i'm excited. i don't know when i will have time to find attire.

I swear by a wrap dress for these things--it can be hot, you don't want to be in anything too short for comfortable sitting (do you have clubhouse seats?), a hat is great because it keeps the sun off, oh and if you are in the clubhouse there are bathroom attendants who have the most incredibly layout of stuff that I have ever seen. Like, they basically will give you a pair of stockings should you so desire.

I have no idea what one wears to a fancy horserace! Wd prob go with something mid-century/classic. Right now, this stuff is all lumped under a "Mad Men-inspired" label, but it will still be classic after no one cares about the show anymore.

So, practically speaking, something cotton, skirted, at least knee-length, in a floral or polka-dot print (also hides sweat), sleeveless or cap-sleeved, boat- or V-necked.

Totally safe/boring, admittedly.

that is an exciting reason to go dress shopping! :)

i tried on a few dresses today and the best one was a cotton-stretchy number that fit like a sexy glove but i have a serious issue with paying $130+ for what is basically a t-shirt dress, even if it is locally designed blahblah. i would've gone for $70, but still. also, the sales dude totally talked to me about all kinds of things the entire time i was in the store and kept talking to me while i was trying stuff on! i kid you not.

Bought 4 dresses at you-know-where in MI. All are knit/stretch, all will basically be much like wearing pajamas. Two Calvin Kleins, incl this one (if this works):

http://resources.shopstyle.com/sim/6e/64/6e64ac3023bb52fce09ac4e1ae8fe382/calvin-klein-bluefly-dresses-brown-printed-jersey-belted-dress.jpg

ooooh

And this (if this works):

http://ak1.ostkcdn.com/images/products/L13439176.jpg

Cute! :D

That herringbone-print one is p cheesy and strictly for work, for no-brainer days. The CK ones are awesome, though -- can't find the other, but it's a sheath dress with a red sleeveless bodice and a black bottom, with one vertical ruffle down the side of the skirt.

easy dress i just bought:

http://www.soma.com/Product_Images/570025157_5981_normal.jpg

princess seams YAY (they always fit me better), bamboo blend jersey is soft and comfy, and somehow it doesn't look like a maternity dress on me despite the empire waistline. victory!

also: it's not black. most of my wardrobe is black and i would like to vary it up more but with the sort of stuff i wear, it always ends up being more black.

I have a wedding to go to the weekend after next and I need a dress. I'd like it to be between $50-$100 but I know that's a tall order. :( This is stressful. I am thinking LBD because I'd like it to be something I wear often maybe even to work but just with different accessories. HALP. I will search later and maybe post some possible candidates once I get out of this THREE HOUR MEETING. :(

i am thinking of having this dress made for me for the holiday season. y/n?

http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.211142245.jpg

EN, if you need it by the weekend after next, just go SHOPPING? Surely somewhere there will be an LBD that could work.

By the time something comes in the mail, if it doesn't fit, there won't be much time to return it for another size or get something else?

Yeah, you're totally right. I just really hate trying on clothes in stores and am easily overwhlemed so I want to look around online and maybe have a couple things in mind when I go shopping which will most likely wind up being the night before or morning of the wedding since I can never seem to do anything before the absolute last minute.

Nordstrom's search results for "little black dress" between $50 and 100.

I have this CK LBD and it's like wearing wonderful pajamas, but I always wear a foundation layer underneath (spanx or stockings cut into shorts) and I have to stand up straight. I usually belt it because it's too tall for me but it'd prob be perfect for you!

There's a little bit of ruching on one hip that makes the front not lie COMPLETELY smoothly so it appears to drape slightly. Win/win imo.

I got it at TJ Maxx in Aug, btw, and it was NOT no one hundred dollars.

Xp Stockings cut into shorts! I thought I was the only one. Great, ghetto spanx. I actually ordered spans this week, excited to finally have the real deal!

Being stuck in Canadia I cannot help with the dress hunt E but I know you will look fab!!

being stuck in Canada has i am quite sure saved me thousands and thousands of dollars in online shopping mistakes

(though when i got to NYC or SF, i spend a lot of time shopping to make up for it)

mandee - yes, you should!

agreed--mandee, get it!

some of the nordstrom search results look potentially promising--i hate the internet-visibility issues with black dresses tho. it's so hard to see seaming and styling details.

http://www.shopruche.com/images/apparel/8605.jpg

maybe someday i will grow up, but today is not that day

<3 <3 <3 <3 Hello fairy sprite, where DID you get that delectable scrap of lace?

ruche successfully targeted me through facebook :-/

i want to wear that with a severe black belt, tights, and my black justin lacers

i'm hopeless. it's $80! i can't even wear it to a wedding because it's white-ish and lacey.

I would also like you wear it with black tights and the meanest, tallest boots you own. Then I will cast you in my film production of A War for the Oaks.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrfgnd3GUx1qzhmvc.jpg

honestly i cannot wait for the weather to cool off just a little more because i have so many dresses and blouses and boots to wear

Yes, so happy for boots, and... er, cardigans.

oh god that dress is AMAZING. I don't think it would work on me, but I want to try!

I wouldn't do it. That dress was made for Lechera. The rest of us would just look silly.

And most of the rest of us aren't 6' tall.

It's too much of a hassle to try & post the link on my ph while pretending to work but: has anyone bought dresses from eshakti?

Is that the one where you can customize them? I haven't but I'm definitely interested.

Going shopping Friday for the dress for that wedding. Sorta excited. It's been a while since I dressed up.

...I'm 6'1", is that good or bad Laurel? :)
I probably can't even order it in Canada anyway.. by 'want to try' I just meant because it's soooo out of my usual zone that it would be neat to see what I looked like as that Lex.

It's not good or bad imo but it's not woodland-nymph material and that's purely what that dress is. I wouldn't go near it with a plastic decontamination suit on, for myself, but when LL shows it to us, I have a burst of love for the dress because it's so her.

In general I firmly believe in knowing what suits you and not straying away from it. When I do, I'm always sorry, and also embarrassed that I went out in public in something that was obviously trying to tell me it was wrong for me and I refused to listen.

^^^^ THIS - I feel like lately I just don't have a clue how to dress my enormous girth in any way that is flattering

Yeah I love love love that dress but with my height/frame I stay away from an y thing too frilly or cutesy and favor simple clean lines. My mom once said something about taller/bigger girls going for elegant rather than cutesy and while I don't know if I'm that elegant (lol) I think that sort of stuck with me.

xp I can be pretty nymphy beside my much taller husband :) I wasn't sure if Lechera was 6' and you were insinuating I wouldn't be, but I see it must have been the reverse.

I've been dressing like an old lady for a long time and looking to maybe dress my age while I am still under 30.. I don't have long now! For the last 2-3 years I've been working with exactly the same hair, outfits, etc and it's getting a little claustrophobic for me. I was one of the girls who in high school couldn't keep her hair colour the same for more than a month and now no one 'can imagine' me as a blonde, etc. Sigh! But like I said, I know it wouldn't work on me. I still think it was pretty.

Justice shut the jello up about your enormous girth. I saw a picture of u on fb recently and u look great.

Dumb phone - Justine obv

Wouldn't work on me either, lovely though it is.

But I like the idea of trying on stuff you'd never, ever think of going for - preferably without committing to buy... I bet I'd make some amazing discoveries, if I ever got around to it, about what actually does suit me as opposed to what I assume does. Also, FFM otm about just discovering 'another you' and having fun with it. But yes, Laurel otm that odds are, you already kind of know what suits you best.

To do more of: belting.

What would be really scary for me is tucking things in, because I have a big belly. But I know high-waisted skirts might solve that. I just have never, ever worn them and am afraid.

xp to Jutine: You are being silly! Off top of head, first of all you can't hide a figure, really. You can leverage it to best effect but sometimes that means playing it UP, not down. Believe me, it was a total watershed moment when for NYE one year I decided to wear a tight skirt and belt it with a giant patent belt for that curvy look -- it was literally the first time I had ever purposefully made my shape a "thing". (This was many years pre-Mad Men, and I was...young and insecure and had never been fond of my body.)

I still think you're missing the appeal of yr figure and working against it when you try to camouflage it or w/e!

xp re belting!

Oh yes, I get that but I cant seem to pull it off?!

Xp erica, my 45” hips would beg to differ. Also that photo was taken at a good angle

Whatever. You are beautiful.:)

I need some Internet Guide to What Width Belt is Appropriate With What.

I wasn't sure if Lechera was 6'

hahahahahahahahhaha the thought of me being six feet tall is just ott so not gonna happen
today i wore modest heels and i felt like i was towering over the world at 5'5". as a more petite person, i admire dresses like the one mandee posted -- how awesome would it be to wear that dress and look so fucking fierce -- but i guess i have to be satisfied to tread lightly and carry a large sword.

i used a scarf as a belt at the wedding i went to this past weekend and it looked cute.

I bought a knit dress at Kohl's on Sunday. It is grey and sleeveless, so I wore it over a 3/4 length purple shirt and it looked so cute.

I went through my closet this weekend, and OMG I have so many dresses.

Aw E, that is very sweet of you!

Sometimes I feel like I have the opposite of body dysmorphia, bc I look in the mirror and think ” I look cute in this dress!” & then I see a photo and I'm all UGH

45" hips are hot imo

mandee i love that dress you should absolutely have it made!

Would be hotter if the rest of me matched!

Nuh-uh, Justine! That's the advertising-schooled mistake that we all make because we don't feel like we've seen an industry-condoned precedent for our figures! If you're healthy and fit, for YOU, and that's the size your hips are, then wear them with pride. I mean you're a happily married person so obv at least one other person thinks you're totally hot--run with that confidence, imo.

Laurel so super OTM. Find what works and flaunt that shit.

Also, I just discovered that the crochet overlay to that dress is ~removable~ so I could actually wear it with other stuff.

Yeah I love love love that dress but with my height/frame I stay away from an y thing too frilly or cutesy and favor simple clean lines. My mom once said something about taller/bigger girls going for elegant rather than cutesy and while I don't know if I'm that elegant (lol) I think that sort of stuck with me.

it was a pretty amazing day when i realized this. clean lines forever. every time i try to stray i regret it.

v intrigued by all this eshakti!

also ffm i think you would be adorable w/ blonde hair!

That reminds me that I meant to tell you guys that I have a friend who has used eshakti and she LOVES IT.

FFM -- you have the benefit of (1) being under 30 and (2) being the person with the crazy hair, which means that when you have normal hair it's all NOTABLE and whatnot. You have beautiful skin, why not be blonde?

i like this from eshakti:

http://www.eshakti.com/clothimages/CL0021731L.jpg

and this:

http://www.eshakti.com/clothimages/CL0022501L.jpg

ooh that blue one is extra special

justin3 is beautiful in photos and irl and that's that.

i never wear dresses, sometimes i think i should but then i think why should i.

because they are comfortable and don't grab at yr crotch!

!! my non-dress clothes don't grab at my crotch and if they did would be dealt with severely.

LOL!

Lex I remember you with blonde hair and it looked great!! DO IT.

I LOVE that blue dress.

Fall asleep on couch, miss many posts!

ljubljana - I had the same apprehension about tucking in but if the pants/skirt fit right, it looks good no matter the size! At least.. I think so. I may suffer a bit from what Justine was talking about - having a crazy ego when I put on my clothes, dying of shame when I see pictures. Whatever - I see 'real life' me far more frequently than pictures of me! Confidence and attitude really do influence how you are perceived so others probably see similar to what we see when we feel good!

I also want a belt size guide. Also, any hints for where to buy belts online that fit my size-16 frame! I'm a 14 in dresses and have only got one even remotely 'big' (wide? tall?) belt and I want a bunch of corsety type ones. I know nothing about belts. Today I am wearing a black pencil skirt with a grey and white striped tee and a belt would be perfect, but because of my squishiness I can't get a belt to stay in the right place if I don't have belt loops. Too tight and I lose my curves and look like a sausage, too loose and the belt dances up and down my hips. :(

Woah, all the blonde love! When my hair was originally dyed orange my hairstylist told me NEVER AGAIN about the blonde, because I was so pale. I did adore it though. I feel now like my bright hair is what keeps me interesting? If I were blonde I might just be unremarkable? My self esteem issues, let me show them to you! I do love the Blonde though and I think that'll be my 'rest of my life' look - don't like me with brown hair really, which is natural - but my hair is SO RED right now even bleach wouldn't get rid of it so I would probably have to do it gradually or cut my hair quite a bit, which I'm not ready for. I'll take it down to orange, maybe be blonde for spring? Thank you for all the sweet comments!

I just bought this one - not crazy about the tiers but it kept catching my eye at $80 and is down to $40 "today only" and there was still one in my size, so..
http://www.rickis.com/renderImage.image?imageName=Rickis/general_apparel/5124prl3046m_211183_01.jpg&width=334&height=359

It's a little out of my 'black and grey' winter style, at least. In summer I can wear all sorts of colourful dresses (this is my fave - https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/263047_10150247374463578_516053577_7486524_5977003_n.jpg) but as son as it gets cold I get all black skirt, black cardi, grey tank top/sweater and I can't getout. I bought a white one the other day - I've never worn white ever because I thought it made me look fat - baby steps, Lex!

I also love that blue dress and cannot believe the site ships to Canada! Thank you so much!

Hate to sound like an old person, but when I was pre-30 I also had bright red hair and felt the same way. At some point I realized that having natural hair while I could was a good idea, and I can go back to having crazy hair when I reach the crone zone. If anyone wants to know how interesting I am, they can strike up a conversation, right?

hahaha, that's fair. I only revived the bright colours after 2-3 years of steady blonde, one last rebellion so to speak ;) As a 16 in a sea of 2s working in the 'luxury' industry I'm going to hang onto that hair for a little while longer, har har.
And now I want this :(
http://www.eshakti.com/clothimages/CL0019208_OSL.jpg
Damn you eShakti!!

estela, you must be a pants person. I know some of those. They go into a store and put on a pair of pants, and they fit. It's a miracoil!

That doesn't happen to me, therefore dresses.

Yeah, pants don't really fit me either. It's annoying! I would love to wear some nice pants, but really all I can wear are jeans. I remember being forced to wear khakis at various jobs and it was just an ABOMINATION.

That was when all pants were wide and huge too, and there was no internet, so I just kinda had to grin and bear it in my clown pants.

OMG I must have the plum dress!!!!

thank you, darlings! i think i've become a little more sensitized to my size after going shopping with my friend last week: i picked out a bunch of these totally awesome dresses that i LOVED but were all too small so i made my friend try them on and she looked so.freaking.good.

i really want this, too:
http://www.jessicasimpsoncollection.com/DRESSES/Short-Dresses/FLORAL-PRINTED-STRAP-DRESS.html

and someone should buy this so i can wear it vicariously:

http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/suzi-chin-for-maggy-boutique-twist-neck-belted-sheath-dress/3197723?origin=PredictiveSearch&resultback=0

lexy i think the tiers on that dress are probably very flattering?? because they look short and very straight, rather that poufing out

ooh i really like that! and a pop-up just told me that nordstroms ships to canada now (without stupid brokerage fees on delivery!)

my poor bank account!

thanks justine, I do hope the tiers are okay. I have another dress that actually looks pretty decent on me in the same style.. here's hoping!

Oh dear, the suzi chin comes in petite sizing.

Speaking of knowing what works for you, I've had to completely give up on any dress from any company that doesn't come in petites. Which is not a lot of selection compared to the normal market, but it's my only option. Which makes good petite finds extra tempting.

How tall are you, Laurel? I had you around 5'9"-10" in my head but I suspect I must be wrong!
I guess you and La Lech have tall personalities!

Hahaha oh so wrong. I'm 5'3" and stocky, so I can't buy smaller sizes--I have to have a 10 or 12--but in the shortest possible length.

When LL and I got together that one time she visited here, it was like Little and Littler.

Teehee!

That's tough then! We should do a fabric swap - buy same dress, you give me the extra fabric!

http://www.gamecenterid.com/img/hot-shots-shorties-red-pack-online-game-code_7349_300.jpg

xp Only if you want the part between the back of the neck and the bottom of the rib cage. :-/ That's where dresses are too long for me.

I am thinking of coming back in the spring btw, just thinking about it

Not to live all over this thread more than I already have, but that news is relevant to my quality of life.

Yeah that suzi chin dress is like the perfect sort of ” neutral” dress

http://www.eshakti.com/clothimages/CL0022249L.jpg

maybe? i worry that prints are nagl for me?

almost all of my dresses are black, and i'm thinking i should have more variety.

otoh, this is a definite want:

http://www.eshakti.com/clothimages/CL0020718L.jpg

I wondered about the blue print one because I think it would be really flattering but I'm worried about the print/fabric. I sort of hate buying stuff online because the last few times I did the items were totally different than I'd expected.

yeah, i've only bought t-shirts and shoes online.

The style of that blue one is nice and a good sturdy classic but I would avoid that print - it's too... Something.

Agreed. It's too...something. I can't honestly say what it is or isn't!, but I don't like it.

It's too close to looking like something from Sears.

I love the shape otherwise. I wish it were red with black piping or some other solid color.

Not that there's anything wrong with sears but, you know.

i'm always afraid that anything with a print would be too dental-hygienist-y.

if it looked like sears circa 1950s, i'd be cool w/it.

The softer side of. (/cornelia)

The overlapping boxes want to be one of those '60s geometric prints but they've "jazzed" it up by setting them on a slight upward diagonal, which makes the impact a little...frenetic. Just seems like poor textile design/choice.

yeah :/ the fabric would make nice sheets/pillow cases though