Friday, June 11, 2010
I'm dress shopping
On line. Suggest some brand names, please, or store. It's been awhile. Dressy. Sleeves. Not short. Not straight. Not white or black. Size 8-10. $50 or under.
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Do you have a Dress Barn in your neck of the woods? I've seen dresses like that there, and they are very reasonable. Also, Target, or T. J. Maxx or Kohls. I do a lot of looking, as opposed to actually buying.
We used to have a Dress Barn--not sure any more. A lot of stores don't carry dresses anymore--just separates.
That is so true. It was torture trying to find something to wear to a wedding this past weekend. That's another long story. Dress Barn things can look kind of cheap, though. I also look online - Overstock.com, even Ebay. Coldwater Creek has very good clearances. There's also a place called Travelsmith. I've found good basic things there and on sale they're not too bad. (It sounds like I shop all the time but really, I just look. My SIL is the big shopper & sends me all these links.)
I love to buy Coldwater Creek brands at the resale shop, but have to shorten them about 4 inches.
The above were all from Chadwick's the only source where I could find a dress at the bottom of the knee. But they all have a "shaper slip" and the reviews of those are not good. Why wear a dress that allows you to move or dance, and then put up with a built in girdle?
Try Travelsmith. Their dresses are so practical and comfortable (although there's lots of black). They're a little over the $50 mark, but anything you get there will last for years.
I saw the bright green one, or something just like it, on a young brunette today--she was about a size 20, but it looked good.
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