DRRRESSES: WANT

v cute, j!

i am also incorporating a ton more dresses into my wardrobe for summer because it is so hot and gross here. office clothes are gross for commuting but dresses are a little easier. i found some good deals at ross.

Bloomers! Cute.

yeah i usually prefer pants, or tights/leggings with dresses but i wore the red dress today (which i got at the modcloth sale for $15 awhile back!) with a cute/cheap white lil' cardi from target (i love target - i got 4 of these cardies bc they were so perfect, elbow length to hide fat arms and a little shorter so good with loose dresses) and it was so terribly hot, i would normally be feeling like shit but dang i was comfortable and happy!

I feel the same about short dresses! You don't always FEEL exposed, but god forbid you sit down on the subway, because you have to see other women's underwear across from you to realize how much YOU are probably showing. Petticoats imo are most useful for keeping dresses from sticking to your sweaty legs and ass -- the outer layer of the dress doesn't stick and then you don't have to tug on your skirt when you stand up. It's not nec more comfortable (because the petticoat still sticks to you) but it's like 90% more discreet.

Too add: petticoats are most useful for loose-skirted dresses that reach below the knee. For short skirts, I favor a pair of cut-off tights to prevent jiggling and rubbing.

oh man the other day my dress kept blowing up against my thighs when i walked making me feel very awkward and exposed. it was SO annoying. what is diff btw petticoat and a half slip? ruffles?

No, they're the same! "Slips" in this country tend to be polyester knits which cling a hell of a lot and are really hot -- really what you want is a cotton or non-slinky underskirt half-slip.

A full-slip is the kind that has bra-ish straps and hangs from the shoulder, I mostly hate that kind.

...because I don't have very square shoulders, so straps fall down. If you have swimmer/gymnast shoulders and things stay up for you, maybe a half-slip is the way to go.

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/e1/a/AAAAAjk8MSEAAAAAAOGr_g.jpg

Got this and I'm wearing it today. Isaac for Target, lol. It has a huge, stiff crinoline layer that keeps the skirt sticking out.

Wonderful! That, to my mind, is the perfect summer dress: cool and loose and allows for sitting on the ground without discomfort.

Also very very accessorisable.

I thought at first that you wrote "SPITTING on the ground," and later, "accessible."

Obv you're more rock and roll than I am.

Haha.

kind of want this etsy dress i can't afford:

http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.141939932.jpg

have any of you guys ever bought stuff off etsy?

It's wonderful!!!! Except for that elastic waist. Will take same dress with actual darts, pls!

And "Only jewelry".

i know, the waist really makes it less cute!

On her it looks fine/awesome. I just don't think it would translate for me.

Oooh I like Roxy's dress a lot and the etsy dress is <3. I didn't think Issac was doing Target clothes anymore.

I have bought jewelry and an apron from Etsy just arrived in the mail today but I've never bought actual clothes from there.

This is the apron btw - I love it! http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.147192012.jpg

So much so that I kind of wish it was an actual skirt. Man, I should learn how to sew.

Lovely! The use of aprons is a weird thing. My mom used to have hand-embroidered ones handed down in the family, and I remember her making a beautiful one with a lot of pieces and a hand-smocked panel in the bib. But they are specifically for wearing OVER YOUR NICE SUNDAY DRESS while cooking for a special occasion or Sunday dinner. And the apron itself is supposed to be nice enough not to downgrade the dress/occasion, or else you'd just tie a big white sheet over yourself. So it's like: dress up in something that's inappropriately fancy for a messy activity. Then cover the inappropriately fancy item with another inappropriately fancy item to protect it.

Underlining all this pretense, of course, is the idea that a true mistress of the kitchen never gets anything on herself anyway, so both the clothing AND the fancy apron are equally safe.

O, artifice! Thy name is...erm...somethingorother.

that apron is darling

What a great apron! I loved the mid-kate 90s apron dress over jeans/pants trend. I think aprons are so flattering because you get to cinch the waist.
Also lovve that dress horseshoe posted!

*mid-late

I thought mid-Kate referred to something to do with La Moss.

when i saw my typo i thought the same thing!

Dresses that I love but won't buy:
http://www.trashydiva.com/trashydiva/jennyssdress1.JPG

http://www.trashydiva.com/trashydiva/obi1CINNABAR.JPG

oh i love them!

I'm kind of glad they are not in stock so I'm not tempted. They're so cute though, and I've heard good things about trashy diva dresses.

so have i! curse you, Julia, i had forgotten that place existed.

good lord those are nice dresses
i esp like the top one -- imagine the accessory possibilities!

honestly, dresses like that are worth a little $$ imo -- it could look like a dozen different dresses depending on what you wear with it.

i made the mistake of beginning my fall clothing fantasizing a little early and now i can't stop thinking about BOOTS TIGHTS SCARVES LAYERS

i just got back from a sweaty bike ride downtown, so summer is wearing a little thin on me atm

Oh I love those dresses too.

I am also thinking about fall and fall clothing and not sweating and ugh I'm over this heat.

http://stores.ebay.com/Celebrity-Charity-Auctions/Mad-Men.html

love that bobbie barrett dress

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=685&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=wednesday+addams+dress&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

A Bettie Page dress store opened recently here, and I kind of got obsessed with this dress:
http://www.jbrclothing.com/v/vspfiles/photos/CURVESGREY-2.jpg

although they didn't have my size and it's sold out everywhere online. Stupid really, I have a beautiful Stop Staring dress (possibly my favourite dress) that I don't have much occasion to wear, so pointless buying a similar one...

i just bought this!

http://static3.modcloth.com/productshots/0053/5414/3920-1.jpg?1287176464

very cute!

<3 cowl necks and everything like them.

Omg I almost bought that from tj maxx at Christmas! But the only one they had was a size too small. Like!

i adore cowl neck stuff too. this didn't have a hip measurement so i'm a little worried about it being too small - usually hip measurements are only a few inches wider the waist and my hips are... 30% bigger.

i will post results in a week!

btw this is on modcloth for under $55 incl shipping

love it

yeah, that's adorable, just1n3

j, i LOVE that store. hate that all the vintage stuff is sold though

i don't understand the way they size things, but so many things on there are super cute

well the sizing is all over the place bc they stock so many different brands. best thing to do is look at the actual flat measurements. i have bought so many dresses from modcloth in the last year! altho i never wear them bc i get all excited about how cute they are, then they arrive, then i feel selfconscious in them :/

but if this one actually fits it'll be super cute over opaque leggings and a thin, fitted l/s top and these new boots i have ordered!