https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:14:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307488 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:36:05 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 1307488@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not that I mean to highjack but I am highly doubtful that the Nordstrom in Canada will be anything like the U.S. stores. &nbsp;I was in TO a few weeks ago and saw a pair of ikat shorts in the J Crew window display that I bought last year on clearance at the Gap. &nbsp;I remember being extremely happy when J Crew opened in Canada but very disappointed when I saw the price and selection difference. &nbsp;Sigh.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307486 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:33:57 +0000 Deborah 1307486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, late to this and I see you made your decision. Just wanted to encourage the decision you made:). Also I joust wanted to mention that I am not sure this dress really does fit the style direction you are going in. This is purely my opinion but I thought it might be worth sharing:). I find this style of dress quite unflattering on my shape. As you know we are similar, I know my waist is smaller but I think we share more body similarities than less. The handkerchief hem isn't as "stylish" iMHO as say an straight but asymmetric hemlne, which I think has a bit of edge. I tried something on that was very similar a month ado and it felt messy and untidy due to the hem line. I felt I was channeling Stevie Nicks... Gorgeous woman but not the look I'm going for! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307284 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:24:00 +0000 rachylou 1307284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good job, Shannon!</p> <p>Neel - you're awake this morning! (At least, it's morning for me ;)) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307183 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:50:41 +0000 Elizabeth P 1307183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gloria, March 6 for Ottawa?&nbsp; Oh, happy dance!!!&nbsp; I go to Ottawa every April for meetings, and the last I knew it was just "spring 2015" so I have been praying it wouldn't be the weekend after I'm there or something.&nbsp; Fingers crossed that some sort of online thingie is also coming...</p> <p>Made my day.</p> <p>Sorry Shannon, total segue, but sounds like you're sorted </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307174 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:41:56 +0000 unfrumped 1307174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see you've already decided, and that seems like the right approach, to me. I wouldn't look at it so much as you can't buy <u>anything</u> until a certain time, but just that you are likely to be able to continue to find more EF items at good prices (regular sales, ebay) and perhaps items better for your style than this particular dress, or this dress may go on sale again somewhere (Nordstrom, Neiman's). Or, you might find a perfect item at a perfect time for you (season, weight change, special occasion) and will pay a higher price if needed to get the "right thing for the right need". So I think it's more that you are not as much into shopping seasons ahead--don't feel like you have to store up items due to sale prices. Enjoy&nbsp; storing up some "shopping opportunity credits" to celebrate progress or events. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307151 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:15:48 +0000 AviaMariah 1307151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good choice Shannon! &nbsp;And I love Suz' line "just examining the merchandise!". &nbsp;Sometimes I order like I'm in the store and just trying stuff on for fun and when the packages start rolling in I wonder what in the word I was thinking!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307122 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:40:36 +0000 Glory 1307122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon good girl - staying strong!&nbsp;<br />I am sticking to my rule of not buying items that I have to pay duty and shipping for! That is my mantra but it can be&nbsp;pretty hard.<br />I will admit to having a cart with 5 items in it - full of Angie's picks. But I won't press the button because of exactly what Shannon has mentioned.&nbsp;<br />There is a bright side - March 6 Nordstrom is opening here in Ottawa - perhaps a meet up will be needed. Maybe they will also offer an online service </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307084 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:31:08 +0000 Sadie 1307084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz- I just purchased a bunch too! I noticed most of the items in which&nbsp;I was interested were not available in store but only on-line. Hence my order is kind of a virtual dressing room. Even though I got 8 things, all 8 may go back (kind of the same as when I shop in physical stores). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307069 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:55:27 +0000 Neel 1307069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rofl@Suz - Examining the merchandise? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307063 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:51:53 +0000 kerry 1307063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Shannon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307060 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:49:39 +0000 Suz 1307060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good decision, Shannon. If it is not needed, it's not needed. And if it IS the right dress for you, there will be other chances to purchase.&nbsp;</p> <p>&lt;said by one who just DID push the button for a few items...blushing now and slinking away....&gt;&nbsp;</p> <p><b>BUT</b> in my defence, they are needs not wants (short weatherproof boot and a cardigan for at home wear)&nbsp;and some will not be keepers -- just examining the merchandise, LOL.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307059 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:49:33 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1307059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In my world, coffee solves EVERYTHING - lol!</p> <p>kerry - Nordstrom's shipping &amp; duties is very pricey and for regular priced items, it just isn't worth it to me to buy and ship. On average, I would say an order of a single dress would cost somewhere around $40 - $50. What I have done is put the item in my cart and gone through the checkout process as far as I can without hitting the "buy" button - you can then see what the total will be to ship and make your decision from there. Sometimes it's worth it and sometimes it isn't. As for EF sizing, I find I need to size down. I'm a petite large in all other brands but take a petite medium in EF.</p> <p>Good for you textstyle </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307055 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:44:39 +0000 texstyle 1307055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good decision Shannon - I placed a couple of things in my cart too, then removed them after carefully considering the items, my needs and the reviews. I didn't need them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307054 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:43:33 +0000 chadya 1307054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>good plan</p> <p>too easy to get caught up in the AS frenzy</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307053 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:43:25 +0000 Neel 1307053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*giggle* Good girl :)</p> <p>ETA: Thank god I can't shop NAS lol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307050 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:42:34 +0000 kerry 1307050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey Shannon, a little help? Do you have Nordstrom orders shipped directly to you? I'm thinking of my first Eileen Fisher purchase at NAS and wonder if the duty negates the savings. Also can you advise on sizing in EF? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307048 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:42:16 +0000 Alexandra 1307048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for coffee! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307047 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:41:26 +0000 Astrid 1307047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Coffee always helps! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307046 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:39:42 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1307046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Alright. I'm part way through my first cup of coffee now and feeling much calmer. Just got caught up in the NAS fun and have taken the dress out of my cart. Nope. Not buying it. Sticking to my plan.</p> <p>Thanks for talking me down off the ledge Alexandra, Neel and Astrid </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307040 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:34:34 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1307040@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Alexandra - nope. Don't need it now.</p> <p>Sadie - good point. Nordstrom's has the BEST return policy.</p> <p>Neel - ah ha! You are very wise I don't usually wear a higher neckline as it's not as flattering on my shorter neck and I don't wear flared skirts either. In fact, that's one of the reasons I purged my citron flared skirt. I always felt "hippy" (and not the 1960's kind of hippy!) in it. I do prefer a tapered bottom. Definitely something to think about.</p> <p>Astrid - I think I'm leaning that direction. Thanks for the input.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307038 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:33:19 +0000 Astrid 1307038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wouldn't order it. It's a nice dress, alright. But you have so many other great things! And I think your decision not to shop until your current clothes won't fit is sensible. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307037 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:31:30 +0000 Neel 1307037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, when I saw the dress I did think of you! EF always reminds me of you. But the high neckline and the flared style gives me a slight pause. What do you think about those two factors? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307036 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:30:58 +0000 Sadie 1307036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not to try to sway you, but it is Nordstom's- purchase now, keep tags on, and re-assess in a few months when you see where your weight is/how it fits. Then return if you don't like the fit, regret the purchase, etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307034 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:29:00 +0000 Alexandra 1307034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you NEED it? NOW? <br />I'm not being flippant, just saying these are the two questions I'd answer first. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help---nas-dilemma#post-1307030 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:26:21 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1307030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok ladies - I need your wisdom and reason here. I have vowed to not purchase any more clothing until what I have no longer fits (on weight watchers plan) and I truly don't need anything for fall. I have however expressed two items to refresh my fall wardrobe - one is a replacement pair of boots for my soon departing Doc Marcies. The other is a hope to add a dress or two to my fall/winter wardrobe. I was not planning on adding that dress now though.</p> <p>However Angie has included in her NAS picks an Eileen Fisher dress <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/eileen-fisher-ballet-neck-handkerchief-hem-jersey-dress-petite/3752573?fashioncolor=black&amp;cm_ven=linkshare&amp;cm_cat=partner&amp;cm_pla=10&amp;cm_ite=1&amp;siteid=fv7qgdwuwe0-pxjw8wylmunzdtrloem1xw" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/ei...../3752573?f</a>&nbsp; that I have fallen seriously in love with and would work brilliantly with my new style direction. I note that Angie has indicated it fits large. I would size down to a Petite Medium (the same size as my EF drape front dresses) which would mean it would most likely fit now and would work for a few pounds down due to the style. </p> <p>The NAS price is significantly lower than I would be paying at any other time. So my question is: does it make sense to purchase it now knowing I will be able to wear it for a couple of months anyway? Do you think it is the type of style that Wonder Woman could alter in the event it becomes too large? Or should I just walk away? I'm caught between purchasing for the body I have now (which this dress would work for - only not to wear in the killer summer heat we're having now) and not purchasing in the hope it won't fit by November - HELP!</p>