https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:27:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180913 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:23:25 +0000 Suz 1180913@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's the right choice, Shannon. You know you can get your weight under control -- you have the tools, the support, and now some meds. to help -- and hopefully the stress will go down a bit because that's really the main culprit here. You've had one heck of a year.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180811 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:44:01 +0000 Elizabeth P 1180811@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I'm too late to add to this party, so I will say that I think you made/are making the right choice.&nbsp; </p> <p>Great dress!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180797 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:31:48 +0000 Angie 1180797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*happy dance*&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180795 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:30:41 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1180795@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Medium it is then! </p> <p>Want a bit of brutal honesty here? I think I was wanting to keep both sizes because I'm so afraid of my weight continuing to climb and it would give me a "fall back" option. </p> <p>Well to heck with it - you've given me the confidence boost I needed to make my choice and I can't thank you enough.</p> <p>Hugs &amp; kisses to y'all </p> <p></p> <p>ETA: Cross posted with you Rachy. Interesting that you're going the other direction in the size choice. It truly is all subjective isn't it?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180792 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:28:19 +0000 rachylou 1180792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Keeping both is not a bad plan, IMO. I, of course, prefer the large <i>for </i>the sack effect. Waif chic. For me, the M is just a nice dress. But I realise I'm definitely in the minority... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180789 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:23:14 +0000 Jules 1180789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Honestly? To me,&nbsp;L just looks oversized in a bad way. M looks good already. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180787 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:22:04 +0000 Angie 1180787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the way the M fits. It's perfect. I know you want to keep both sizes&nbsp;- I read your reasoning. Part of me feels you should just stick to keeping the&nbsp;M. I don't see any pooch. You are 100% gorgeous.&nbsp;xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180784 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:17:38 +0000 MsMaven 1180784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>At first look I thought the large was too long and that you should hem it to a more flattering length. &nbsp;Then came the medium, much more flattering to my eye overall. &nbsp;If you are still losing weight and readjusting to body changes, why not make the medium your base?</p> <p>I must say that since I've grown my own tummy I am much more accepting of the idea that this is a very feminine feature and that we can happily dress around it while flattering other body parts as we do so.</p> <p>Enjoy your dress--I hope it accompanies you on lots of happy days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180777 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:08:30 +0000 AviaMariah 1180777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tend to get myself in trouble with these over-sized, drapey pieces because I love them and they are sometimes not conventionally flattering. &nbsp;But I think sometimes you just have to wear something because you enjoy wearing it right? &nbsp;Like others have said, I have a feeling these pictures aren't doing the movement of the dress justice and I trust your impeccable taste that it's fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180725 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:58:47 +0000 carambola 1180725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the medium on you! Fluid, chic, and flattering. Truly.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180724 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:58:23 +0000 Isabel 1180724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, FWIW, the dress is just beautiful and the draping looks amazing. &nbsp;I liked everything that you did with it except for the first. &nbsp;Something seems off with the black boots. &nbsp;But the rest is just awesome. &nbsp;You could wear a vest with this dress too. &nbsp;</p> <p><div>Enjoy it.&nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr/page/2#post-1180720 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:52:21 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1180720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene &amp; Suz - you are very right in that this is type of item that is impossible to showcase in a static picture. It's hard to try and explain to someone how an article feels when you stride and it caresses your legs just ever so, or that the drape of a neckline make you feel alluring but not sleazy - that sort of thing. I can't say enough about how the fabric feels against my skin, how it doesn't sling to a darned thing and how nicely a jacket over top glides on without any bunching.</p> <p>Deborah - LOL! I knew you'd be ALL OVER this dress! It is definitely your type of style and it's actually your inspirational outfits and stunning displays of draping that made me want to try this dress in the first place - so thank you I will PM you later with links and info on the dress.</p> <p>It sounds like most of you feel the medium is fine to wear now and I'm starting to think you are right. Although it feels a bit self conscious in the tummy area, the rest of the medium fits better - the arms, the length and the tapering at the bottom in particular. Plus the medium shows the overall shape of the dress a bit better, although that's impossible to tell in the pictures due to it being black.</p> <p>Again, thank you all so much for your feedback. It's always so helpful for me to see something through someone else's eyes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180627 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:09:06 +0000 Karie 1180627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they look great&nbsp;with the toppers. I know it's hard to photograph black, but do you really need the L now? The M looks fine to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180621 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:09:10 +0000 lyn67 1180621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, why not keep them both! I like them with the jackets, but the&nbsp;size L&nbsp;not that much without. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180609 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:05:28 +0000 Debra 1180609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't seem to enlarge the photos but have looked at the link and love the dress from what I can see I think they both look great but like the length of M best enjoy wearing them </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180597 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:47:06 +0000 Deborah 1180597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my...I love this dress. Keep both and you can sell me the large when your done with it lol.</p> <p>I actually think the medium looks great but if you feel better initially with the large, then keep both. This is such a fab dress. I love it on you. This fits the category of dream dress for me. Can you provide a link....pretty please? </p> <p>Oh yeah....Keep keep keep...got it? :). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180594 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:24:33 +0000 Lyn D. 1180594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the medium too, and partly due to the knee-length (which could be remedied in the L if necessary.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180584 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 06:37:05 +0000 Ariadne 1180584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it, and I think you should go with the Medium right away. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180572 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 06:12:00 +0000 Anonymous 1180572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the way you look in the medium right now. This is a great dress and plays well with your jackets. Maybe you should start searching eBay for a small </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180552 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:27:05 +0000 catgirl 1180552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of course, Shannon! You are totally correct. And that is why I didn't want to say anything - I feel like I'm a bit of a downer. I am going to vote for the M though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180480 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 04:03:20 +0000 Caro in Oz 1180480@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love both with the jackets. I think it's a great dress from what I can see - I would like a slightly longer sleeve though.&nbsp;This is why I don't post K/R for my drape-y buys, I can't convey the sense of them in a still shot either.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180479 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 04:02:23 +0000 Anonymous 1180479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I could tell a big difference in the sizes and I think you are definitely ready for the size Medium, Shannon! It looks great on you, and the slightly shorter length and better fitting sleeve provide the structure needed in a dress like that. I even like the way it cups your bum ever so slightly, although at the rate you are going, it might loosen up on you pretty quickly.Pics 9-12 pretty much blew me away and I can see why hubs likes it styled like that as well. I think there's a good market for E.F. pieces out there so if you decide to sell the large, you will probably be able to recover all of your costs.&nbsp;I love your new jacket, too (at first I thought it was a vest because the sleeves are black, lol)! Nice refresher. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180464 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:46:14 +0000 Suz 1180464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Gaylene said. It is doubly frustrating that not only do you have the difficulties of photographing black, but the qualities that rather "make" the dress are not truly visible in a photo, no matter how great the light. I do think the medium looks better from the front, even now, and if you plan to wear it mostly with toppers for the next few months, maybe you don't truly need the large. By the time you are wearing it without toppers, you would feel more confident in that size.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180452 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:36:09 +0000 Gaylene 1180452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think EF dresses are hard to assess from static photographs because so much of their appeal lies in the feel of the fabric and how it falls on the body, especially in motion. Like the other posters, I can't see much difference between the large and the medium sizes from the pictures but if the larger size makes you feel more confident and graceful, then it makes sense to go with it until you feel the same way in the medium. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180450 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:34:57 +0000 anne 1180450@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hard to say with the black, but from what I can see, I prefer the medium. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180432 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:19:21 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1180432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all so much for your feedback and I apologize if my post was confusing.</p> <p>I sure wish black photographed better. The details and movement of the dress really aren't captured here.</p> <p>Una - I totally understand what you're saying and yes, I have certainly had that post purchase regret before. Will that happen with this dress? Who knows. But sometimes we have to just jump in and go with how we feel at the time, no? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180396 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:40:51 +0000 Peri 1180396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel like it is hard to notice a difference between the sizes. As in, both are okay. I like all the styling variety and think it will be really useful.</p> <p>If you have both and can't return, no hurry on any decision anyway. If you decide later you don't want the medium for some reason you can sell it at that point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180390 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:37:41 +0000 columbine(erin) 1180390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It makes sense to keep both dresses. I don't love the dress with the black booties and no topper though. With toppers it's more conventionally flattering. The lighter colored footwear extends the leg line and I admit I prefer that. Take that with lots of grains of salt; I don't really know what I'm talking about. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180377 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:23:58 +0000 rae 1180377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to say it's still hard to see the details of the fit with the black, so although I like the M a lot better, I have to trust you that you aren't 100% with it yet. If you love the dress, you should be able to make a nice recovery reselling the L when you move on.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-drape-front-dress-reveal-and-a-sorta-kr#post-1180375 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:22:48 +0000 Marley 1180375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I cannot see the details of the dress on my monitor - so, its really difficult to give an informed opinion.&nbsp; The side shots are showing some type of draping at the neck?&nbsp; (sorry - can't tell for sure!)&nbsp; The first thing that I noticed when looking at your pics was the sleeve length.&nbsp; I'm not crazy about that length - but, that's just me - and since you love the dress, I say keep! </p>