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Channeling Claire Underwood

viva

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Big presentation at PBS today, and I forgot my outfit (long story) so I had to zip into Reiss in NYC yesterday. Bought this dress which I love; hope I can find other times to wear it as I don't have much call for this kind of a power look! But it will be good to have this option in the closet. What do you think?

Hair is looking extra floppy because of the humidity, but my recent cut is pretty Claire-like too.

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Helena

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Brunette Claire ... Smashing!!

Sal

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Stunning, good luck with the presentation. The sheath looks amazing on you - I hope you find other occasions to wear.

Anonymous

It's gorgeous! Well done! I'd have been in a complete fankle if I had to make a last-minute decision like yours and would probably have fluffed my presentation as a result. You look so cool and collected here. So yes, very CU!

deb

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Love it.

texstyle

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Looks great - I don't think I could have pulled that off, well done!

El Cee

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You look gorgeous! That dress is perfect on you and was a good find.

catgirl

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Very Claire-like - extreme polished!

Adding "forgot my outfit" to list of excuses for new purchases.

Angie

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SO FUN to see dresses on the forum.

Why can't you just wear this dress to work more frequently, Viv? Or date night. It's a classic sheath and nothing more than that. Perfect!

Elle

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You look great in that dress. Hope the presentation went well.

I don't see why you couldn't wear that dress on multiple occasions - out to dinner, theater, brunch. Just vary the shoes and topper to ramp it up or down.

carter

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Wow. I hope you find MANY opportunities to wear this dress. It's stunning on you.

Anonymous

GORGEOUS dress! You are so slim and trim,my friend (look at that bicep definition!) and look uber professional here - love it. Also your hair is really great to - 12/10 here.

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Alright, now to the interesting part - how, exactly, do you "forget your outfit"?

Sara L.

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Yes, I'm curious how you forgot your outfit as well. Although I confess that I forgot the dress I was going to wear to an out-of-town wedding (I hung it up on the back of the door while packing and forgot it there). I had to borrow a dress from the bride as the wedding was in a very small town with no shopping available. It was stressful to say the least.

The dress looks great on you and I love the color. Hopefully you'll find other occasions to wear it.

Janet

(website)

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Fab-tastic!

I am so jealous. I tried on at least 6 dresses this morning at Bloomies and they were meh at best, laughable at worst. I feel Iike dresses these days (at least anything occasion appropriate for the wedding) are just not made for me at all.

viva

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Sara L -- very similar to your situation.

We drove to CT to stay at a relative's house before taking the train in to NYC for the weekend, and from there I caught a flight to DC. In CT, I took in my presentation outfit and hung it up in the room we stayed in. But in the morning when I packed up my things to head out for the train, I left it hanging there. Later that day, in the middle of a Broadway show (Fun House, BTW, SUPERB) it dawned on me: that damn outfit was still hanging in CT!!! So, after dinner (where we saw Steven Tyler) our cab was taking us to Bloomingdales and I was trying to figure out how to muster the energy to shop (15,000 steps on my fitbit at that point!). We passed a Reiss, and I said: "Stop!" Ran in, and 10 minutes later walked out with this. DH was extremely supportive because of how hard I have been working -- ordinarily he would definitely have balked at the price tag.

Angie, I can wear this for certain work events: presentations, major meetings, interviewing executives. But it's too dressy/intimidating for talking to consumers.

Lisap: Thanks for the slim / fit comment -- had to laugh, though. Hotel lighting working in my favor, plus a Spanx thong, I assure you. I am at the top of the range right now and no real tone.

crazyone

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this fits you beautifully! I think you should find more reasons to wear it

Laurie

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Dressy and intimidating. You have captured Claire Underwood. This is a fantastic dress. I think you'll get lots of use out of it. Happy accident!

Lyn D.

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I love your dress too, and it doesn't look 'dressy' in the pics.

Runcarla

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Classic!

UmmLila (Lisa)

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Hope you aced your presentation like a boss. I like your hair longer and that dress is fantastic

unfrumped

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Fabulous! How fun to be able to "pop into Reiss" though I imagine could be more fun with less pressure.

LACeleste

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Phenomenal look and perfect for that audience! Wow!

Anonymous

I think the dress was meant to be. Running in and grabbing a dress that easily ? Never happens. And Spanx makes thongs? Must check that out. I know you knocked them dead today

rachylou

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Excellent business look.

Brooklyn

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That's a fab dress on you. Love your hair too. I hope it all went well.

Colette

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I love this dress and it looks amazing on you. I hope you find more occasions to wear it because it is so flattering to your figure. And your hair is super cute.

Aida

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Gorgeous dress on you Vivian! I think it's a great option to have in the closet for those handful of times when you do need to power dress. Who knows, maybe more of those opportunities will pop up now that you've got something excellent to wear for them. I rather like the floppy hair but then again, this looks positively controlled to me

JAileen

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You look fab! You should make events to wear the dress again!

Karie

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Gorgeous outfit and gorgeous hair!

Sveta

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Simply stunning!
I am with Lisa - how lucky you are to just run into a store and come back with this beauty. Didn't you have luck with dresses lately - maybe this is your lucky dress year?

Does it work with your ink blue Reiss blazer from Boston?

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