https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 01 May 2026 22:58:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596710 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 19:49:51 +0000 Inge 1596710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*nodding*, longer length dresses are still quite hard to find. COS is always worth a look too, as they often have interesting (sweater) dresses in various lengths.<br /><a href="http://www.cosstores.com/us/Women/Dresses" rel="nofollow">http://www.cosstores.com/us/Women/Dresses</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596686 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:04:10 +0000 Beth 1596686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought the Calvin Klein dress Angie has in her post and love it. Might be worth a go? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596670 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:44:24 +0000 Angie 1596670@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you tried these?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596659 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 13:29:01 +0000 Karie 1596659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love sweater dresses and own several. I think stores like JJill and Talbots tend to have longer ones because of their target age range. When I buy from stores like Old Navy and Gap, I buy on-line and purchase tall sizes for the added length.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596657 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 13:07:14 +0000 Staysfit 1596657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure how tall you are? I purchased this dress to have a non-body con option. Equipment may or may not work well for you, but I found it to work without having being overly loose or tight. It's on sale which is nice because Equipment is expensive!</p> <p>ETA: It looks like Nordstrom is sold out. I didn't check the Equipment website. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596642 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 07:37:57 +0000 Brooklyn 1596642@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not sure about the difference between a knit dress and a sweater dress. In Australia we don't use the term sweater dress (or "sweater" for that matter). But I do love knit dresses and also like them to be at least 38 inches long (40 is ideal), so I thought I would respond.</p> <p>I recently bought a dark green knit dress from ASOS (first find). The brand is called Selected. It is summer here so I wont be wearing it for a while but it ticks a lot of boxes for me - loose, dark green, knee length, fine and short sleeved (fine and short sleeved will make it much more wearable in my mild climate). It is like a cool weather T shirt dress. I love it! They have it in grey also (second find).</p> <p>I have also had success in the past with UK brand Whistles. I love the asymmetrical navy knit dress shown in the third find. (But I really mustn't buy it because I wont get enough wear out of it!)</p> <p>ETA I don't think my green dress is a sweater dress within the meaning of Angie's post. It has a hem and could be hemmed up further. It is more a stretchy fine knit dress. But still nice </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596615 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 02:12:33 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1596615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I found the J.Jill dress I liked on a forum member--it's the one below, and it was <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/some-easy-fall-outfits-pic-heavy" rel="nofollow">posted by Debora</a>. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596613 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 02:06:35 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1596613@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here are a couple of finds from J.Jill. They are knit dresses, though not sweater dresses per se. But they could be worn similarly. A forum member has a knit dress by J.Jill that I really liked on her, and it may have been the ponte one below, or one like it. (It was a post by the "tub-balancer" --can't remember her actual screen name!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596575 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 21:57:28 +0000 crazyone 1596575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfrumped, I really liked this dress and posted about it today:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/psa-great-non-flare-sweater-dress-for-pears">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....-for-pears</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't know whether it's the style you're looking for, but it's fitted but not too body con because of the way it's cut and the substantial thickness of the knit. &nbsp;The length was knee-length on 5 ft 3 me, not too short at all--perfectly decent without tights. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/resurrecting-sweater-dress-hunt#post-1596572 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 21:38:50 +0000 unfrumped 1596572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved Firecracker's new dress post and I found this prior blog post by Angie that summed up the HEWI-hunt. <br />Unfortunately it's still true! I think there has been some shift in lengths to a bit longer, but still hard to come by.<br />I measured once, but I think I need at least 38" length and maybe a smidge more--and that's even with tights. Whatever it is, there is a specific&nbsp; sweet spot &nbsp;that is "elegantly energetic", whereas too short and I feel I look juvenile (even if not indecent,&nbsp;with tights anyway), yet too long or midi-length either look droopy or demand more from footwear and proportions.<br />I was re-reminded and inspired to keep looking at the boxier shapes. These can be tricky if too shapeless, but many typical sweater dresses are way too body-con. Have had some luck with empire or styles that have tucking on top and flare out, but again, so often are still short.</p> <p>Has anyone found a particular brand or style this year that ticks all the boxes for you? <br />&nbsp; </p>