DRRRESSES: WANT

you know when a sleeve is making a models arms look chunky - AVOID

it made my arms look geriatric. serious ugh

that is weird - because the dress is so cute! :/

i know! if it goes on sale (which i assume it will because the sleeves are so wacky) i might get it to wear with a jacket over it.

i also love the purple tights/shoes combo

could you wear it with, like, a tight black t-shirt (long-sleeved or short-sleeved) on underneath or wld that be weird

yeah that might work! but there's no way i'm buying it on non-sale

oh god I've seen that cut before.. I don't understand why they do that!

Unfortunate, because I like the look of cap sleeves. But that IS the widest part of the arm.

On the other hand, sometimes I think you just gotta suck it up and realize no one is really looking at your upper arms.

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/pinupgirlclothing_2015_56280210

My birthday is in a few months and I spent a lot on my boyfriend, so he told me to look for stuff online (shopping is terrible in Toronto except H&M, Gap, etc) and I am obsessed with this site now:
http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/pinupgirlclothing_2015_211204590

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/pinupgirlclothing_2015_106800131

A lot of rockabilly sites online carry clothes from stopstaringclothing.com, so that's a good place to look for the greatest variety.

Other nice 50s links I've found are reddressshoppe.com and www.unique-vintage.com. (The second one isn't actually vintage, it's all modern dresses that could be fit into various decades. Useful, if what you really need is a swing dress in perfect condition in a modern size 10.)

Also mybabyjo.com but I think they carry mostly Stop Staring dresses too.

Let me say that I had mixed reviews of my last order from Stop Staring: The dress was strongly constructed but very basic -- no lining, no interfacing, no nice finishing details. It looked like a nicer dress online than it actually was, esp for $120. I returned it.

oooh is unique-vintage the one you were telling me about a while ago? i kept meaning to ask you for the name!

oooh thanks for the tips Laurel!

from unique-vintage, this is gorgeous:

http://www.unique-vintage.com/images/7859parisdress.jpg

This may take a while..

http://www.bananarepublic.com/Asset_Archive/BRWeb/Assets/Product/588/588071/main/br588071-00p01v01.jpg

it has POCKETS but i could not bring myself to spend $130

POCKETS :D

http://www.bananarepublic.com/Asset_Archive/BRWeb/Assets/Product/588/588071/side/br588071-00p03v01.jpg

i think i like them because they allow me to do something when i feel insecure.

Looks like purple is trend for this season (along with "turtle"")-- I read it in amny.

i love this bc i am a purple gal.

ooh that dress is so cute! wanting! not sure that i'm into purple for me, maybe if it were more plum. or a nice blue-red!

tehresa i bet that will go on sale in a couple weeks

i know. i am going to stalk their website!

I am so happy about the purple because it suits my skin & hair perfectly. Yay purple!

me too!

i want purple shoes to wear with purple tights.

ooooh. seriously some days i get a little ridiculous with the purple. like yesterday i started to roll my eyes at myself bc i was wearing a purple sweater, carrying my purple purse, and also my purple shopping/grocery bag. it was a little too much.

and i bought some purple tights at uniqlo!

yes, you have to be careful! I get over-matchy by accident sometimes.

OK I need advice. I need to find a dress for my brother's wedding in SF in November. It is a Friday evening wedding in a Russian Orthodox church followed by dinner reception at I think the SF University Club. Not black tie, like dressy cocktail attire.

Does there exist such a dress that I could purchase for said marital occassion, but could also wear (with different accessories or whatevs) for work? Because if such a dress existed, I would feel OK about dropping bigger dough.

For example, see upthread OH HELLO PHILLIP LIM DRESS THAT IS DELECTABLE AND ALSO $650. Could that be worn to the wedding *and* to work? Because then *maybe* I could justify that kind of cash.

Anyhow your thoughts and examples would be most appreciated--just keep me in mind when browsing dresses!

Oh and said dress would have to be notblack and notnavy. But I'm open to all other colors!

i think you could do that if the dress looks more worky if a jacket or sweater can be put over it? i would aim to find a dress based on the party more than based on being work-appropriate. but then, i care not for work.

i'd wear that dress to work, for sure, but it really depends on your office environment. i'm a huge fan of dressing up without resorting to boring business attire.

I love this one so much--is it weddingable or not cocktail-y enough or?

http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2306/zoom/fan%20dress%20front%20kate%20w.jpg

i actually think it is perfect for a wedding. maybe too fancy for work?

mmmm i feel like it could cross over, depending on the accesories & makeup.

great for a dressy-cocktail-y wedding. like i said, i'd wear it to work but that's just me.

Hmmm it would help if the material was not shiny, but it is hard to tell from pic. Anyhow something along these lines that could go both ways would be ace, and I would totally up my spending limit for something I would get more than one or two wears out of.

My office is a business dress downtown DC place and I think I would not have a problem pulling it off for work if done correctly--maybe black tights and oxford pumps and a jacket or cardigan or something.

honestly i don't think it would work w/jacket or cardigan, because of the detail @ shoulder and waist. would be a shame to cover it up. it's a gorgeous dress. i think it'd be hard to wear to work. but surely you might have other dress up occasion to wear it?

Sadly (or perhaps fortunately?) I rarely have a dress-up functions to attend. But I am finding hope there is probably a dress out there--if not this one--that can do double-duty and thereby justify the expenditures required to get something really beautifully designed and made, in a really good fabric.

btw I miss you guys

quince, that dress comes in a lot of other colors and fabrics -- that was just the one I liked the best (plus some of the other fabrics are more expensive). I think the shoulder detail is, yeah, more of the problem with putting something over it, but maybe something UNDER it for cooler weather, a micro-stretch long-sleeved top in black or a rich color to give it sleeves? Matched to tights? Or one of the angular not-cardigans that are around this fall, something that doesn't close in front and just drapes? Ah well.

I hope you DO get it, because god knows I can't! Could def wear to work in NYC, but then people are crazy here.

I think that dress would be great for work. In the past couple of years I've become reluctant to show my tattoos in the office leaving so many cute dresses out of the question without a jacket/cardigan. :(

god seriously i am thinking how perfect that dress would be for an event i may be attending in a few weeks and swooooon i could never fit into it or afford it!

i will put a cardigan over pretty much anything, but probably not that dress. unless it was a non-traditional cardi, as laurel says.

but maybe something UNDER it for cooler weather, a micro-stretch long-sleeved top in black or a rich color to give it sleeves?

laurel, you and IN-STYLE magazine are on the same page here (i bought the sept issue yesterday. first fashion mag i've bought in a while. but uma was on the cover, no way to resist)

Hm it must be something in the air.

My mom was looking at a Lucky mag in the salon yesterday and when did it get horrible? I liked it when it was basically a catalog of what was for sale this year, now it's like "Six skin tips you really need" and retarded.

InStyle is great. I have to get into the tights mindset. Wear-ability still so far off though.

i try to avoid wearing totally sleeveless things because of tattoo issues, but excessive air-conditioning in the summer and cold winters mean that some kind of cover-up is usually possibly.

btw - welcome back, s (if you're who i think you are).