Comments on: Finding the right sweater dress

By: Stirrup leggings: my favourite look this season | youlookfab

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[...] a magic formula for selecting the perfect banded top, I’d shout it from the rooftops. But, like the elusive sweater dress, you’ll probably need to try several before you hit the jackpot. Hopefully these guidelines will [...]

By: Angie

Angie — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:02:51 +0000

I know the dress! It’s pretty and will look gorgeous on you. Thanks for chiming in

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:41:56 +0000

Thanks Angie for the tip! I went to BR today and got myself a purple cowl-neck sweater dress, and it’s on sale for $69, reduced from $130!

By: Musings of a Housewife

Musings of a Housewife — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:29:28 +0000

I’m wearing one now. You are right. It’s HARD to find a great one. I have two, and I have tried A LOT. They are both on the shorter side. One has a great knit but it’s not my best color. The other is a little too clingy, but I’m not a fan of the boxy look (I have big boobs and need some structure) and it seems to work. At least I hope so! I wear both with thick black tights and knee-high flat black boots.

By: cathy

cathy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:04:15 +0000

I just say no to them. They look interesting and every year I am happy when they hit the racks. But I’m too short and will never wear or maintain a sweater dress.

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:47:32 +0000

Oh no, Julia! I’m sorry. The sweater dress remains an elusive item. If it’s any consolation, I tried on a few today and they looked awful. Have you tried BR petites?

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:05:20 +0000

I got the dress today. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was! Obviously it’s another lesson of not shopping in regular dept if you are a petite. I bought a S but it’s too big. The length is too long for a tunic and too short for a dress. Besides it doesn’t have a good weight to give a drapy look. I returned it already. I didn’t have much hope to have one and now I almost gave up.

By: athena

athena — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:27:31 +0000

I like sweater dresses, though I was surprised to see so many short sleeved ones. What’s the point of having a warm (sometimes with some %% of mohair (Angora goat) wool which is the warmest of the warm) dress with short sleeves that leave your arms freezing?

I now own three of them. One is an emerald sack dress, a mix of heavy cotton, acryl and metallic yard, kinda like the gray sack on the picture but a bit more snug, with long sleeves that end in long narrow cuffs.
The other two are little black dresses basically.

There is this little machine you can buy in Europe called fabric shaver, it helps when knits start pilling. You just shave the little bits off. My shaver cost less than 10 euro and I’ve had it for more than two years.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:28:49 +0000

Thanks Joy and Angie! I’ll let you know how the dress fits.