style update

Two more possibilities from *cringe* Anthropologie, of all places. Don't know how to post images from stupid flash thingie, sorry:

Second-round option #2

Second-round option #3

hmm. they seem a little high school dance to me. maybe i am way off. i don't know... so that amazing philip lim is def out of the question?

how expensive is it to get stuff tailored?? i'm having a hell of a time finding pants that fit :-/

Shoot, what a disappointment about the dress. I was wondering how the fabric would hold up, it looked very silk and wrinkle-able. Also I bought a "nice" dress earlier this year (as I've mentioned) and was way let down by the quality once it arrived, so now I worry.

The green dress is nice, probably the most mature of the three in my estimation. Also would be great to accessorize, that color will take almost anything in complement, and my friend wore a giant gold-tone Alexis Bittar cuff to work the other day that I'd LOVE to put with it.

I do think #2 is a little...young? Doesn't look as Quality as the others? Something. Don't do it. :)

Id go with the green too

I've forgotten what you're getting this for quincie. A special occasion or just to have a nice dress?

My brother (only sib I have) is getting married next month in SF. It's a Friday night wedding in a Russian Orthodox church (NO PEWS/CHAIRS OMG WHAT DO I DO ABOUT FOOTWEAR?) followed by reception at some nice private club with like a library and billards room and stuff.

Last night I no shit looked through 177 of 444 pages of cocktail dresses at styleshop. The only things that caught my eye were upwards of a thousand dollars!

Alas, the amazing Philip Lim dress appears to be unavailable and was twice my desired price point anyway :(

I am so glad I got your feed back re: the Anthropologie dresses because yes you are totally right, they are not so good.

Would it be CRAZY to wear black tights and black high-heeled BOOTIES with the green dress? Never before did I think I'd wear BOOTIES but maybe they would be good with the green?

Oh and gbx it should cost you like 35 bucks tops to get pants tailored (waist + hem). My dry cleaning place does a perfectly fine job with this.

If you're not looking to spend $300+ on an occasion dress, I have to repeat: I got a semi-worky but slightly nicer black sheath dress with pockets and button details with 60s-ish styling for $60 at a discount store in NYC. It's by one of the "boring" office-wear companies but it's a GREAT style and a great fit and the price made it worthwhile. Also since it's made of one of those gabardine-ish polys, it absolutely refuses to wrinkle. It's not the most luxurious item I've ever owned, but it's black and neatly tailored and you really can't tell.

q, did you try bcbg? they have a ton of cocktail type dresses, i guess normally about $300 but i had to get a semi classy dress & found one at 70% off that was super nice. normally this brand is so not my style but there are sooo many dresses there, worth a try. georgetown store is huge.

To be honest I have avoided bcbg simply because I phear ending up in the same dress as another wedding guest!

Laurel I would be totally on board with the plan you suggest except that in purusing Loehman's and Filene's I couldn't find anything beyond basic "little black dress" items. I'm trying to avoid black because I'm just so tired of wearing black (and already have a black silk wrap dress that I wear to both weddings and funerals). I'm also avoiding navy as that is what the bridesmaids are wearing.

For now I have ordered the green and will keep my fingers crossed. I also found a great dress on the sale rack at neiman's, but need to find it one size up. Thus internet searching continues!

Gotcha! Forgot about the non-black request.

You need a Century 21!

I wish!

Also wish I weren't a six on the top and an eight on the bottom. Oh and almost six feet tall. This combination is making dress shopping particularly challenging. Unfortunately the available evening-wear separates are few and far between; they also tend to be very "mother of the bride." I'll leave that to my future SIL's mother, thank youverymuch.

This is why there are so many of those empire-waisted, vaguely A-line dresses with no sleeves and some kind of straps: the fit in the lower body and in the shoulders and upper arms hardly matters at all.

Not so the highly fitted things you posted here originally! Gugggggggg why is getting dressed so hard

otm re: separates! i was browsing them last month and could not find anything age-appropriate. so annoying. yeah, sounds like empire waist may be your friend in a size crunch.

getting dressed IS hard. i tried 3 different things today and as soon as i left the house (with no time to spare for another change), i was so unhappy with my final selection. ugh.

Russian Orthodox church (NO PEWS/CHAIRS OMG)
ugh I hear you here.. one of my friends is getting married in a traditional Serbian church which also lacks pews.. and the ceremony is almost 2 hours long! She's apologized in advance.

Too bad about the dress, quincie! :( Anthropologie doesn't like me apparently so I can't see options #2 and #3 but I do agree that teh shoulder detail on the green dress is absolutely adorable and looks very flattering and appropriate! I see you're also hovering around six feet tall and now I truly feel your pain. Everything I put on looks (and usually is, because I am a cheap-ass, non-tailoring person) two inches too short for me.

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haha awes

my style update: trying to go more for simple & elegant but never have time/inclination to go shopping but now really need to b/c most of my clothes have become frumpy lookin due to general body size decrease which is one of two things that seems to have snuck up on me this week as not just imagined but actualities. weird times.

miss u guys

obv at 1st all u can see is the tie then the name tag and chucks details begin to emerge while the drink and body language anchor the composition - delightful photograph a+

general body size decrease is probably my favorite reason for a style update, wtg/kiu rrrobyn :D

I bought some stretch jeans…pretty cool. They look like jeans but feel like pyjamas. A Vince Neal / Bret Michaels vibe