omg i found my DREAM dress on eShakti but I might customize to make sure it really is perfect. IT HAS A COLLAR, PEOPLE. ITS A-LINE. ITS GOT A BANDED WAIST. FUCK!
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
I promise I'm a regular poster here so I'm uncomfortable with how spammy this seems, but at the same time being a poster here (ILM,ILV,ILE pretty exclusively) makes this an obvious network to at least TRY, gasp.
Anyway, I work for a fashion designer now, her website just launched and I'm promoting from a clean slate as far as online presence goes. Any advice for me? Do you like the dresses?
http://www.claudiapatel.com
― Evan, Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
I like the Mod dress and the High Society top a lot but would not buy them because they do not come anywhere close to my size.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 10 May 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
Seconding the Mod dress.
Bought three, THREE vintage black dresses from a store I'd never noticed before last Saturday! Fave is a-line with a gold/silver butterfly woven onto the front. Need to take pics.
― ljubljana, Friday, 11 May 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
Oh no! I'm sorry about the size options, but I'm glad you like them. Money is tight early on so hopefully we can make more options available in future collections. We're going to get jewelry going soon, too. It's all very exciting and daunting to launch a website.
― Evan, Friday, 11 May 2012 02:15 (eleven years ago) link
I like the Mod dress, too.
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 11 May 2012 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks! If you like it enough to tell others about it, please do. :)
― Evan, Friday, 11 May 2012 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://cache.theoutnet.com/images/products/246542/246542_in_l.jpg Outrageous price...but it's 80% off! I'm grabbing it right now!
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Monday, 14 May 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
what fabric is that? I really like the decoration.
― sarahell, Monday, 14 May 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
looks like silk
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 14 May 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
Almost thought that was one of ours cause of the style.
Very nice though!
― Evan, Monday, 14 May 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
love the feathery sleeves!
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 14 May 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
i can't wear that color but it's v pretty
Yes, not everyone can wear tan or cocoa, I am olive-skinned so fortunately I can wear it.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Monday, 14 May 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
Let me know if I'm getting annoying, but I'd urge anyone who likes that dress to at least check out the designer I work for if you already haven't. It's too similar for me to resist mentioning. www.claudiapatel.com
(I hope the fact that I'm this paranoid about looking like spam is enough for you all to forgive me!)
― Evan, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
used up the last of my eShakti gift cards, hope these work on me:
http://img.eshakti.com/clothImages/CL0023660P.jpgcome to me, my baby
http://img.eshakti.com/clothImages/CL0023468P.jpgsimple & pretty & maybe too bright for me but I say BRING IT!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:41 (eleven years ago) link
MAY125 is their 12.5% discount for the month, I had a $150 gift card and these two plus a skirt came to $170, I paid $2.99 after gc & discount (I did pay my friend for the gc.. $112 for $150). All in all I paid about $115 for two dresses and a skirt, which is much closer to what I am comfortable paying. I'm cheap and we need a house, not more dresses (or so I *hear*)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
Haha. Get used to that
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
I know :( but we're halfway to our goal! :)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
Guess who got a part-time job with 60% discount at Betsey Johnson this summer? This moi.
― kate78, Friday, 18 May 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Nice!!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 18 May 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
I thought she was bankrupt and liquidating?
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
Yep, but the store here still needs a hand and I need dresses so win-win.
― kate78, Friday, 18 May 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Dressing up for work is gonna be so fun.
― kate78, Friday, 18 May 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
win win indeed! i feel like i need some new clothes, but really i just need to make some plans so i have a place to go in a dress.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
but you can go pretty much anywhere in a dress!
― sarahell, Friday, 18 May 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
oh i know but work clothes/fun clothes --> not the same at all!
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
for me at least
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
My new work clothes:
http://betj.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pBETJ1-12064666enh-z6.jpg
http://betj.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pBETJ1-12310876v275.jpg
http://betj.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pBETJ1-12104089v275.jpg
http://www.betseyjohnson.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12513447
― kate78, Friday, 18 May 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
i really like the black one! i have a top like that (actually i have 3 that are v similar), that i've wished for years was the bodice of a dress like the one you posted
― sarahell, Friday, 18 May 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
oh man i love those, esp the black onedoes it come with boobs?
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
one is free with one iirc
― sarahell, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
I found that her dresses are always cut to really flatter/accentuate the twins.
― kate78, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
Nowhere near as exciting as Betts, but I just bought this and I'm super stoked because it's like a dress that someone made from a thought I was having about a dress I wanted:
http://www.simplybe.com/content/ebiz/simplybeusa/invt/rm139hx/rm139_black_l.jpg
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
That is huge. Sorry!
Side note: I have a megacrush on that model.
Oooh Jen-nee, that is sweet.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
Especially with those improbable ankle boots, it sharpens the whole outfit right up.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
Let's be real, I will wear that dress with the dumpy mary jane flats that I wear every day, but I like knowing that I could step it up with ankle boots if the urge hit.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
I believe you have some sweet heels that were purchased for a certain special occasion last year...?
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
reeeeeeeeeeeeeed ones!
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
been looking for an above-the-knee prairie dress that doesn't look like a costume, this fits the bill imo
http://productshots3.modcloth.com/productshots/0034/9584/cef86ed0f8b67884f636786637ed9a90.jpg?1267568533
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
not crazy about the color
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
Yes to owning heels, no to wearing them under circumstances that require me to walk more than half a block/stand more than 20 minutes.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
heels for a sitting down party/dinner or mostly-sitting office job imo
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
love that roxy
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
betsy johnson model makeup is on point
I LOVE that dress, Jenny. Where is it from?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Simply Be
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
i really like that green color on the dress roxymuzak posted! both these dresses are super cute. i'm not a dress person, but sometimes this thread makes me go "mayyyybbeeee"
― rayuela, Friday, 18 May 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link