What don't you like about the first dress, Marianne! It’s great!

Macys is your best bet. Max Studio is another.

Thank you, Angie! I forgot about Macy's.
The non-black versions of the first dress have crazy-colored trim. I like the solid black version, but ideally I would prefer a different color. Even gray would be better :)

Consider getting the black and wear a scarf or necklace to break up the severity. Works like a charm! I should post on how to do that.

Definitely Angie. That would be really helpful. I bought several solid black dresses last year (smacks hand) and would love to figure out how to brighten them for this fall without looking like I walked out of an 80's album cover.
:D
I wish our Macys had the variety that yours does.

Angie a post on that (with visuals!) would be great! A black dress is a lot of black for me, and I end up looking witchy. I've thought about a scarf, but it's usually to warm for me to keep it on inside... maybe I am using wrong kind of scarves :)

I'm interested in that post too Angie;-)

Marianne, would any of these work:

http://www.bluefly.com/Design-.....detail.fly

http://www.maxstudio.com/cgi-b.....r=HTHCHRCL

http://www.maxstudio.com/cgi-b.....lor=DKTEAL

http://www.bluefly.com/Chaiken.....8_98658228

http://www.bluefly.com/A.B.S.-.....0423bb4e95

http://www.dillards.com/webapp.....R=03151202

http://www.dillards.com/webapp.....R=03128815

http://www.lordandtaylor.com/e.....ylor/56756

http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStor.....Dress.jsp#

http://www.bluefly.com/Design-.....detail.fly

Thank you, Inge! I really like the Chaiken dress - I actually saw it before and it's a bit more than I would prefer to spend, even with the coupon, although the quality is probably worth it. I already spent this month's budget, so I hope they will still have it in a week or so. Although the cardigans that you posted in the other thread are awesome, too. Hmm... I also like the A.B.S. dress a lot - it's unlike anything I ever wore, but I am intrigued.
The Max Studio dress is the one Laura got - I've had my eye on it for a while, but I think it might be too short for me after seeing her pictures.