DRRRESSES: WANT

I'm rather fond of FF's first dress, with the tree of life motif but it seems social/cocktailly/evening. My gf would prob disagree but wear it with boots nonetheless.

I famously (infamously) told a gf a zillion years ago that I thought I would have had nice legs for a women but, still, I'm not so sure I would want to display them too prominently in a work environment and just below the knee seems 'decent' and appealing to me. Over the knee would have to be too high and 'sexy' and at the knee or just over it is nagl, imho. I'm also male, boobless and kind of lanky so it may just be an unexamined body-issue thing since the gams would be the only selling point I think I'd have.

that's really pretty, ca! be strong: I am stuck in an endless cycle. I ordered 5 dresses with gift cards from various returns/discounts.. and one of them is way too huge in the bus so back it goes for refund.. they gave me a $20 gift card for the C.O.D. charges I incurred (and now send along $10 coupons with emails saying 'thanks for ordering!') and really - I will never hit a zero balance with these guys. but this dress was one of them and fits me superbly, so hoping the two I linked to upthread will work. going to stay away from anything with a banded waist because I think that's where the bust issues come into play - I have a medium torso with most of my height in my legs.

I think you are single handedly keeping Es@kti in biz at this point!!

I'm irked by a lot of mid-calf skirts I see out there now. It's just not a very flattering look on anyone. I prefer just at or right above the knee for work but like LL I am totally OK with short outside of work.

LL I have a tent set up in your camp for sure. I wear dresses sometimes to work but automatically cover the top half with a top to stop me from freezing at my desk, and I have like 5 tops that I wear with jeans to work and that's about it. A lot of girls here go to great lengths to look sassy for the office with shiny hair and tailored shorts and heels and whatever but I just can't do this for work.

If I'm going out somewehre fun like drinks with my girlfriends or to a particular concert or a nice dinner I'll dress up because its' a fun occasion and I want to dress like I'm having fun. But I don't want to dress like that for work, because I don't want that kind of attention from people I don't really care to impress, and bc above all I'm there to a) work and b) be comfortable when I'm sitting down (cf Laurel)

also occasions when I do dress up I could probably count on one hand throughout the year lol

I sound like such a sadsack haha

xp heh, you might be right, E! what can I say, they're willing to cover my lady bits. Unless they ridiculously refund my entire order again when I send this dress back, I will cool down for a while.

OMG VG LET ME XP WILL YOU
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i love you, sadsack or not. heh.

sadsack = my boobs in too-large bust dress

haha oops sorry for multiposts FFM

<3

look sassy for the office with shiny hair and tailored shorts and heels

Well, there's your problem...

Sorry, I have opinions about business shorts.

hehe it's okay. those were amused frustration caps, not angry frustration caps ;)

tailored shorts - I saw that too! I have a coworker who busts those out. why??

is this a good place to mention I bought oxyclean and soaked old white clothing in it and now they are brand new looking again? I used a toothbrush to scrub the yellow pits first then soaked about 4 hours. I can bring a long cherished but closeted white dress back into rotation now!

well, one of the women who wears tailored shorts dresses like she's going to a nightclub. poufy hair, animal prints, those weird sheer tunics that are short in the front and long in the back...she's kind of a freak of nature.

but yeah there's a few women who wear them and I just can't handle how much leg they show. They're freaking MID THIGH ffs.

lmao everything you described sounds like my coworker. Birds of a feather.

Some days it's like, is there a ropeline to get into the office now? WTF.

i have no prob with dress shorts, but not in front of stoods

Maybe I'm just jealous that they all have better legs than I do

Got this one over the weekend:
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing%3F.out%3Djpg%26size%3Dl%26tid%3D61999639

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/products/mx/NMT59TZ_mx.jpg

being rich would be the best

oh i LOVE that

also re: upthread, dont feel bad, i bought a kylie minogue shirt today. lol

Gah, I was hoping there would be a picture of the dress I got without my stupid face getting in the way, but this seems to be one of the only ones. I really really like the dress. I like me a lot less.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8297/7883687774_14cba49f2e.jpg
Matt & Sarah Williams' Wedding - 11 August 2012 by craigboney, on Flickr

I love it and I love your face

^^^ otm

that fabric looks amazing

Yeah the fabric looks very cool!

The fabric is actually old curtains. The girl who makes the dresses basically works with discarded stuff, so it's mostly sustainable dress-making...

That's a great dress and you (and your face) look gorgeous!

That looks pretty sharp! Glad you were able to get that made :)

***curtains*** ***dress***
that is fantastic
that is speaking to a deep part of me
my high school fashion ambition was to dress entirely in textiles from a grandma's house – crocheted afghan, green and orange brocade, and curtains like that!

that is speaking to a deep part of me
me too -- maria
(not so much singlehandedly taking care of 7 bratty kids or the falling in love with a drill sergeant, but definitely the curtains!)

i most certainly enjoy creative reuse as well -- love it, in fact!
beautiful dress, em
the face is merely ok ;)

emil.y, what a great dress! and your face is srsly great even when you're sort of making a face! (pictures: 1/500th of a second of yr life/self, sometimes less!)

omg i really want that black & white dress roxy posted.

so much.

me too

I have been on a dress-buying FRENZY this week (ie I bought 2 dresses).
One is this one which is the only dress I have with a bouffy-ish skirt and they normally look ridic on me so I'm wondering if I've made a huge mistake.
http://www.yumidirect.co.uk/women/dresses/betty-floral-dress.html

Except it's creamier & slightly less vivid colour? And soft cotton not polyester, and almost knee-length. And the buttons are fabric-covered.

both are comfy for work, which I'm depressed to say is now apparently what I look for in a dress.

those of you who are of 'available' size and who have access to cheap dry cleaning should get these imo:

http://www.asos.com/Karen-Millen/Karen-Millen-Draped-Velvet-Mini-Dress/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1900735
http://www.asos.com/French-Connection/French-Connection-Vintage-Print-Dress/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=2135483

that bird dress is cute!!

is there a thread on ils for secondhand shopping?

If not there should be. I suck at thrifting. In fact, I haven't actually really done it since HS when I was all about going to church thrift shops for hideous printed polyester button down shirts. I am extremely intimidated by them now mostly because it seems like you have to wade through aisles of craps to find the gems and I don't have a lot of patience for that. Anyway, if there isn't then you should start one.

ok i'm over here in the green section, see you by the hats

oh my word:
http://www.notjustalabel.com/shop/66715

http://www.notjustalabel.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/portrait/products/fish-chip1.jpg

There's a ton of other ones too like a PINT OF BEER dress. I <3 that site

I wish my life necessitated crazy shit like that. I shoulda been Nicki Minaj :(

http://www.notjustalabel.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/grid-4-portrait/products/shark1_3.jpg

oh my god I want to wear that to school

Let's start a fancy, slightly menacing gang

^^^ irl lols