https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:51:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502683 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 20:56:37 +0000 rachylou 1502683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm late. My thought was the dress would need more relaxed hair and shoes. Anyways, agree flattering but not you for some reason. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502354 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:19:28 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1502354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Anna has such a good point about how this style plays with your new haircut, Janet. I really loved the dress on Dixie, too, and I recall that her hairstyle is much more harmonious with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502351 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:14:35 +0000 Eliza 1502351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You could wear it, Janet. Yet agree with others that it is a different moment in time, not Janet, au current. </p> <p>Back it goes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502316 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 18:55:41 +0000 Olivegreen 1502316@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it is just too busy, the sort of thing that can wear you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502257 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 16:01:25 +0000 Kristin L 1502257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like the others have said, the colors and cut look great on you, but it doesn't look like a Janet dress. But the sandals are pretty fantastic.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502191 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 13:40:37 +0000 Janet 1502191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dixie, I love this dress on you -- it's what prompted me to try it! I agree that it's almost but not quite right for me. The fact that I'm a lot older than you may have something to do with it (this style would have felt much more me ten years ago), but I suspect it's mainly a style thing. I appreciate all the feedback! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502190 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 13:37:06 +0000 jackiec 1502190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agreeing with Carter about the sandal love! I've always admired those, and on Denise too. And I'm a 7.5..... Uh oh,,,, </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502187 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 13:28:24 +0000 unfrumped 1502187@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ditto- head here. The other Anthro dress is much better.<br /> You have a great instinct for what looks great. This one is "<br /> Almost". Trying is the way to find out. I've had several Anthro dresses in my cart but think probably won't fit here or there, so can't pull the trigger. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502126 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 06:58:26 +0000 CocoLion 1502126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it on you. &nbsp;But if it's too Boho for you then skip.</p> <p>Yes I have those same sandals but in the red color, I recognized them right away. &nbsp;Yours are in excellent condition, mine are so beat up but I can't get myself to get rid of them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502113 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 05:13:42 +0000 tulle 1502113@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you've made the right decision.&nbsp; You know I love all the deep indigo shades on you, but something about this dress--maybe the rayon fabric?--borders on drab.&nbsp; I keep thinking about Sophia Loren in one of her less glamorous roles as an exhausted Italian housewife . . . so, wrong dress, but hey, still Sophia Loren! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502109 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 04:51:21 +0000 Dixie 1502109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been waiting for your review! And I really like it! I think it looks great on you! Summery and fresh. I don't see what everyone else is saying, about bottom heaviness or lack of sophistication. Maybe I'm biased because I love that dress. I posted a picture of mine wearing the dress in another forum and some people said I should burn it, lol. Or that it looks like I just got off the boat from India (¿?). So, I think it isn't everybody's cup of tea, but I love it on you. If you like it,&nbsp;<i>it is you</i>. But if you don't feel confortable in it, then don't keep it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502084 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 03:40:42 +0000 Suz 1502084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HA!! Anna captured my thoughts exactly. Flattering for sure but not you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502073 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 03:20:52 +0000 catgirl 1502073@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad you're not keeping it. you have much better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502070 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 03:10:50 +0000 carter 1502070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the info on the sandals, Janet. I'll keep an eye out. I'm a solid 8. Really love the color of yours. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502069 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 03:09:36 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1502069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad this dress isn't staying Janet. Although you'd look gorgeous in a potato sack, there's something about the two patterns on the front that makes this look apron-like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502053 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:30:19 +0000 Janet 1502053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL Anna, you have a point. Yeah, I need to keep the boho touches more subtle these days to feel like me. Funny, I used to do it a lot more. I need to keep this in mind as I do a little closet editing -- you've articulated the issue I had with a couple of old dresses that I have now put in the "sell" pile. They fit, and were flattering enough in a conventional sense, but they felt off somehow. I think they're all styles that I'm leaving behind. I got use out of them, for the most part, so no big losses, but it was bugging me that they seemed OK and yet weren't making me want to wear them. Thank you for helping me figure out WHY. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502050 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:19:31 +0000 annagybe 1502050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah flattering but not you. Plus it's really weird with your current hair. Like you went home to visit family and didn't pack the right things and had to borrow something, see "Home for the Holidays" and the puffy coat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502047 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:06:40 +0000 Janet 1502047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The sandals are from Splendid from 2013. I'll see if I can find them online and post a link. I think CocoLion has them too, in another color.</p> <p>ETA: It looks like they're not easy to find anymore. I think they were called Evanston. Here's a link to the red version on eBay in a 7.5. I think they were pretty TTS -- mine are an 8, which is what I take 80-90% of the time. </p> <p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Splendid-Evanston-Womens-Size-7-5-Red-Leather-Wedge-Sandals-Shoes-Used-/131516885850" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Splend.....1516885850</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502037 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:49:29 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1502037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with the others--looks good on you, but I liked the other Anthro dress so much better on you. And the Helmut Lang, for a totally different feel. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502034 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:38:55 +0000 carter 1502034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good decision on the dress. But seriously...those sandals? What are they? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502032 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:31:42 +0000 Janet 1502032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Peri, I hear you about Anthro that way! I seem to go hot or cold on them. I hit a little hot streak with two successful pairs of pants, a top, and a dress, but I think I'm done now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502031 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:30:07 +0000 Peri 1502031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You've already decided, but I agree. It isn't bad, but it isn't great. I'm having this reaction to most of Anthro lately actually...this feeling that I <i>should</i> like it, but I just don't.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502030 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:29:54 +0000 Janet 1502030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL Elizabeth! Yes, although this came via USPS. He got a little break. Hehe </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502028 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:28:49 +0000 Elizabeth P 1502028@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>PS.&nbsp; This was delivered today?&nbsp; Your poor, poor UPS guy :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502027 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:27:06 +0000 Janet 1502027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, good, you ladies have helped me confirm my instincts. Just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something that made this a keeper. Back it goes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502024 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:23:06 +0000 MTBGirl 1502024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's great on you but there's something about the dividing line of the pattern. And the bulk of fabric on the bottom.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502023 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:22:31 +0000 Elizabeth P 1502023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not loving it on you, Janet.&nbsp; I feel the top is a bit skimpy in proportion to the amount of fabric on the bottom... which has the end result of making you look a bit bottom heavy.&nbsp; Which you aren't.&nbsp; But I know it's your "thing". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502022 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:20:17 +0000 carter 1502022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I want the sandals! I like the dress, and the colors are awesome on you, but I'm just not sure about it. Not sophisticated enough, maybe ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502018 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:15:20 +0000 Anonymous 1502018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The dress fits and flatters but for some reason doesn't look like your style. You have and will find better dresses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/boho-faux-wrap-dress-from-anthro#post-1502008 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:07:18 +0000 Janet 1502008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After Dixie posted this dress (which looks terrific on her), I kept an eye on it on the Anthro website. It went out of stock, on sale, then back in stock...but only in some sizes. When one appeared in a 6, I decided to jump on it and try it. It arrived today, and I'd like your feedback. </p> <p>I'm undecided. I am having the Helmut Lang dress altered, so I have bought that dress (a completely different vibe, and one I'm feeling more at the moment), and the high-low-hem maxi from Anthro this year (which I think covers the more romantic/boho vibe pretty well). I've gotten rid of a few old summer dresses (or relegated some to beach/pool coverup status). But I only need so many dresses for summer, you know? So I'm being very choosy. </p> <p>I like the cut -- it seems pretty conventionally flattering. It is just a smidge snug in the waist, but fits well everywhere else. This is the only size left now -- no 8's avaialbe. I'm wondering if maybe it's a little too boho for my current preferences. I dunno, what do you all think? </p> <p>Pardon the wet hair and no makeup -- at least I threw on a pair of sandals. </p>