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
big up betsey johnson
― ♆ (gr8080), Friday, 18 May 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
i cannot find a picture of the black dress with beige polka dots i bought the other day, but it is a thing i have wanted for about 6 months now.
― sarahell, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
So jealous, kate!
I was also a little jealous of the girls who worked by me, but now they don't have jobs so now I just feel bad. They were nice.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
I tried on some dresses at Betsey that fit really well on the hips but were way too tight in the chest.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:58 (eleven years ago) link
New crop of Anthropologie dresses I want. I was boycotting this place, still am I guess because I can never afford to buy a dress.Josephine Dress:http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?navAction=jump&id=23883945&parentid=SEARCH_RESULTS&color=015Dakota Dress:http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?navAction=jump&id=24608317&parentid=SEARCH_RESULTS&color=010Annike Sleeveless Dress:http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?navAction=jump&id=23883747&parentid=SEARCH_RESULTS&color=011
― *tera, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
The Dakota dress is my favorite dress style of all time (shirtdress with tie waist and full skirt); trying to decide how I feel about the "shirt tail" hemline.
I have a shirt dress and a shift dress that I want multiple copies of in different colors. The shift dress was made for me by my mom, because no shift off the rack would or could ever come close to fitting me; she said she might have saved the pattern and will try to dig it up to make more. the shirt dress I am thinking I might take to a seamstress to try to copy without deconstructing the dress itself. I could live happily in multiple copies of both of those dresses for a long, long time.
― quincie, Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
Know what you mean. I have five dresses I wish I had replacements for when they die. Going to suck.
― *tera, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:27 (eleven years ago) link
I have found that ross & tj maxx are great places for cheap impulse summer dress buys that don't make you feel guilty. I rarely find any clothes there, but always see cute dresses. Ymmv by location.
― tehresa, Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:44 (eleven years ago) link
I picked this up at H&M, it is marked down to $20 this weekend (from $50) and also comes in a great orange.
http://origin.kaboodle.com/hi/img/b/0/0/1bd/4/AAAACz8hgKEAAAAAAb1Bfw.jpg?v=1326773127000
― teeny, Sunday, 27 May 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
Love! I want this dress!
― tehresa, Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
Ladies! I have a couple of weddings to attend in August and I'm clueless about summer wedding attire. One ceremony is in a church, the other in a hotel, and I think the receptions are both at community halls (I don't think either will be hugely posh or fancy). Anyone done this before who can offer some basic suggestions? What should I absolutely NOT wear in terms of colours and styles?
I've spent tons of time looking at dresses online but none of my favourites seem particularly 'summery' or 'weddingy' :(
― salsa shark, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link