DRRRESSES: WANT

ugh sarahel i LOVE that dress

i hope it fits! i want to wear it in the band I play in where I sing.

after wearing thick fleece leggings and boots and five layers and a huge grey sweater gnome coat for weeks on end, i went crazy and bought this romper with a cape attached
cannot wait to wear it this summer

http://cdn.shopruche.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/3/0/30231_2.jpg

holy shit that is awesome

hello my name is LL and I am an olympic figure skater BOW DOWN TO ME

i've been so jeal of their outfits!!

love that!

will it be warm enough in knoxville at the end of march to wear it? i have ideas for our ilx all stars band btw. i will write to you directly!

Perfect for dramatic drumming.

every Best Actress dress ever

http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2014/2/27/every-best-actress-dress.html

streisand and spacek - the only pants!

i wasn't sure where to put this bc i kinda want to put it everywhere but:

http://shopjeweltoned.com/

i saw an article on xojane about this online store that does a handful of COLORFUL "shapewear" pieces and was instantly on that shit and ordering it up. i got the electric blue mini and the emerald green full slip. it's not traditional shapewear, in that it doesn't attempt to slim or whatever, the garments are just supposed to give a smooth line. so perfect for too-short skirts and dresses.

SO AWESOME GUYS although i haven't worn either of them out of the house so i can't vouch for weather the ride up or roll down.

the sizing is limited but apparently they're coming up with plus sizes soon. i think the mini could fit up to a 16-18 in the xl, but the slip doesn't have much bust room - i got a large because they didn't have xl left, and the body is fine (i'm about a 14) but the bust is major spillage, and the cup inserts are basically useless. not sure if have a bra that'll work with this, either, which might be annoying.

but the COLORS omg, i've been wanting something like this forever. i hope they do more crazy colors.

SHARETHELOVE coupon gets you 20% or (25%? can't remember), and they do free shipping

Oh that is AWESOME. Ordering some stat.

I have this cute dress i got from eshakti ages ago that is just too short, and the blue mini is perfect under it - the little bit of electric blue poking out looks really awesome

is shapewear a necessary thing? how do you wear it?

necessary is the wrong word -- useful?

Well it depends - this particular brand makevs multi function shapewear, so each piece can be worn on its own, as a slip or as actual shapewear. I mostly want this stuff as a layer between the world and my butt bc I'm super paranoid about ppl seeing up my skirt, and I don't always want to wear long stuff.

For me, I know that I felt more comfortable in my wedding dress with a shaping pair of undies underneath , they weren't tight or uncomfortable, but they gave me a nicer line or silhouette.

This particular brand is also good to wear with sheer stuff, instead of boring beige.

Oh and I tested the mini today - it probably rode up at the bottom a couple of inches, but was still fine, and I may have pulled it down too far anyway, and the top didn't roll down (after a couple miles walking, no sitting)

gotcha
i like bike shorts under skirts while biking for that reason
it had never occurred to me to wear these under sheer stuff - that's a good idea!

I'm sitting next to an extremely wealthy client who, just to give you some idea, is ordering a custom necklace with about $70k of stones ALONE in it (not incl metals or labor). She's wearing a straight skirt with deep slits up the sides and I can see that she's wearing lace-hemmed shapewear shorts of some kind.

Wait are you in jewelry sales now?

Oh you're doing that thing that you do for the jewelry lady again?

oops x-post

I remember when you did that last year and watched the merchandise in the hotel or something like that?

Basically, yes. Ever since I haven't had a day job I do all-day client relations and inventory too, so now I hobnob w more rich ppl.

I remember when I was a senior in high school, wearing bike pants under skirt was a thing for about 2 min. A totally awesome thing.

this was totally a thing when i was about 7 - skater skirts with neon bike pants that were longer than the skirt.

Pretty sure there was a Mary Kate & Ashley video that was all about that style

I went to shop at Asos and it seems like it's all "boutiques" ie indie online sellers using Asos as a platform? Lotta bad fits and bad photos.

Gonna try eshakti after all these years I think! Hel-LO clearance and bonus offers....

Driving influence to get a good job after graduation (next April) is to get more dresses!! I perused eshakti last week and was so sad I couldn't buy any.

http://images.asos-media.com/inv/media/0/4/6/1/5021640/navy/image1xxl.jpg

Cute yeah? But then look

http://images.asos-media.com/inv/media/0/4/6/1/5021640/image2xxl.jpg

The last thing I need is another blue dress but ugh I love this so much.

I'm trying to justify it by telling myself that I need a nice summer work dress, which is only true because I keep buying summer casual clothes instead.

i love that color

maybe if you give me your older blue dresses you won't feel so bad about this one!!

carl that dress would look great on you

I KNOW

FFM, I have a blue dress that would look SPECTACULAR on you. I'm wearing it right now! LOL

like it would look so good on you I'm debating taking it off and just sending it to you.

do it

Now I've worn it out into the 90 degree swamp of Chicago so I will wash it first.

But I'm serious about this, FFM. I love this dress but it no longer "sparks joy" and I only have so many hangers. If you want a mystery blue dress in the mail, send me your address.

I'm scheduling a picnic date with FFM soon and I fully expect her to turn up in a certain blue item.

oh my god I most definitely do want a mystery blue dress! you!!! :D

ilx clothing swap!
all my clothes are 2+ years old thanks to the layoff/student life style but when I graduate and have nicer clothes to share and web skillz I will make us a little site where we can post pictures of items and swap 'em. heh

that would be so cool!! i like this idea a lot! as long as mailing addresses/personal info always remained private, i think it'd work out pretty well!!
i love wearing my friends' castoff clothes. i get a lot of decent stuff this way!

I get almost no castoffs because I am always bigger than my friends! I did steal a few of my husband's pyjama pants once I discovered MEN'S PYJAMAS HAVE POCKETS. anyway this mystery blue dress is way more exciting than pockets!

I know this is the dress thread, but while I'm here: I am wearing a skirt with a side zipper but also zippered pockets, and I unzipped my skirt in the office while trying to unzip the pocket to put my phone in. Sheesh. I played trivia and drank beers last night so I blame the hangover

i have done that before

LOL that's hilarious about the zipper.

Okay, FFM. I've got to wash this fine frock first, but next week I'll pop it in the post. Exciting!

SO Exciting! Thank you!

clothes swap is a great idea

esp bc i have free access to two seamstresses