DRRRESSES: WANT

It's a fitted bodice with a natural waist and a box-pleated skirt, made of what looks like jersey or another soft fabric

There are a lot if box pleated dresses on eshakti - I have a green and white gingham sleeveless one with a split neckline, and I just ordered a black one with a shirt style collar. They're also doing a big sale right now and size etc customizations are free!

Time to try them, then! FFM, I think you said the duty for Canadian import was variable?...

It is! I'd try one at a time, bulk orders got me dinged with customs fees but I'd often sneak through if I'd only ordered one. Sometimes I didn't though! Can't say I exactly understand customs fees.

I just got this amazing nightgown mumu maxidress - http://www.evansusa.com/wcsstore/Evans/images/catalog/04J46NMUL_large.jpg

I was afraid it would be shapeless, but it's got some nice drape to it and if I put on a belt, I can even wear it to work. Also, it feels like a nightgown.

Aww, that's cute. Bonus that its comfortable!

To be clear, it is not actually a nightgown. It's supposed to be a dress. It's just a very soft jersey knit. I probably could have gone a size down, but it's not bad enough that I'm going to ship this shit back to England.

Could that dress be called a jumper? I would almost say shift, except I don't think shifts can have waists. xpost

I love those kinds of big flowery red/white patterns on black. Why don't I own any? It is a mystery.

First eshakti order placed, after approx two years of dithering and not ordering anything. Three dresses for $145 including shipping to Canada!

Yay! I hope you love them.

Who knew that above-bust and across-bust measurements are basically the same? How is this possible?

They arrived! Two are great, fit perfectly; one is too long in the body so that the waistband sits wrong, and slightly too large on top in general. Have to decide whether to return it or get it altered.

I wish it wasn't so hit and miss, because those two options are exactly what I encountered. Sometimes perfect, sometimes too big on top.

I got this dress over a year ago, it didn't fit, but I was too lazy to send it back to eShakti:

http://instagram.com/p/inqmHqDbLl/

woo!

It looks great!

All but one of my eshakti dresses are unwearable now because they attract too much dog hair (cotton
(Cotton poplin sucks).

It is a pet hair magnet.

FFM, you look lovely.

Ugh, yes - those cotton dresses do attract everything going. This is some sort of plasticky fabric - takes a bit getting used to but everything slides right off, haha

yeah cotton poplin is the devil's fabric

is that what it is? i havent noticed the fur thing but it feels so vile on my skin. stupid poplin.

FFM you look gorgeous

http://productshots3.modcloth.net/productshots/0134/4317/8a91bcc601e08bc9da548d4d5d2edfcb.jpg

still obsessed with modcloth

That is way too fussy for me but cuuuute!

Thanks ladies :)

i think that is the first thing i posted here that isn't either a) black or b) a print

i looooooooove that sarahell!!

ugh sarahel i LOVE that dress

i hope it fits! i want to wear it in the band I play in where I sing.

after wearing thick fleece leggings and boots and five layers and a huge grey sweater gnome coat for weeks on end, i went crazy and bought this romper with a cape attached
cannot wait to wear it this summer

http://cdn.shopruche.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/3/0/30231_2.jpg

holy shit that is awesome

hello my name is LL and I am an olympic figure skater BOW DOWN TO ME

i've been so jeal of their outfits!!

love that!

will it be warm enough in knoxville at the end of march to wear it? i have ideas for our ilx all stars band btw. i will write to you directly!

Perfect for dramatic drumming.

every Best Actress dress ever

http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2014/2/27/every-best-actress-dress.html

streisand and spacek - the only pants!

i wasn't sure where to put this bc i kinda want to put it everywhere but:

http://shopjeweltoned.com/

i saw an article on xojane about this online store that does a handful of COLORFUL "shapewear" pieces and was instantly on that shit and ordering it up. i got the electric blue mini and the emerald green full slip. it's not traditional shapewear, in that it doesn't attempt to slim or whatever, the garments are just supposed to give a smooth line. so perfect for too-short skirts and dresses.

SO AWESOME GUYS although i haven't worn either of them out of the house so i can't vouch for weather the ride up or roll down.

the sizing is limited but apparently they're coming up with plus sizes soon. i think the mini could fit up to a 16-18 in the xl, but the slip doesn't have much bust room - i got a large because they didn't have xl left, and the body is fine (i'm about a 14) but the bust is major spillage, and the cup inserts are basically useless. not sure if have a bra that'll work with this, either, which might be annoying.

but the COLORS omg, i've been wanting something like this forever. i hope they do more crazy colors.

SHARETHELOVE coupon gets you 20% or (25%? can't remember), and they do free shipping

Oh that is AWESOME. Ordering some stat.

I have this cute dress i got from eshakti ages ago that is just too short, and the blue mini is perfect under it - the little bit of electric blue poking out looks really awesome

is shapewear a necessary thing? how do you wear it?

necessary is the wrong word -- useful?

Well it depends - this particular brand makevs multi function shapewear, so each piece can be worn on its own, as a slip or as actual shapewear. I mostly want this stuff as a layer between the world and my butt bc I'm super paranoid about ppl seeing up my skirt, and I don't always want to wear long stuff.

For me, I know that I felt more comfortable in my wedding dress with a shaping pair of undies underneath , they weren't tight or uncomfortable, but they gave me a nicer line or silhouette.

This particular brand is also good to wear with sheer stuff, instead of boring beige.

Oh and I tested the mini today - it probably rode up at the bottom a couple of inches, but was still fine, and I may have pulled it down too far anyway, and the top didn't roll down (after a couple miles walking, no sitting)

gotcha
i like bike shorts under skirts while biking for that reason
it had never occurred to me to wear these under sheer stuff - that's a good idea!

I'm sitting next to an extremely wealthy client who, just to give you some idea, is ordering a custom necklace with about $70k of stones ALONE in it (not incl metals or labor). She's wearing a straight skirt with deep slits up the sides and I can see that she's wearing lace-hemmed shapewear shorts of some kind.

Wait are you in jewelry sales now?

Oh you're doing that thing that you do for the jewelry lady again?

oops x-post

I remember when you did that last year and watched the merchandise in the hotel or something like that?

Basically, yes. Ever since I haven't had a day job I do all-day client relations and inventory too, so now I hobnob w more rich ppl.