https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:47:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream/page/2#post-1460629 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 20:52:27 +0000 Thistle 1460629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have seen a lot of fit and flare dresses that tickle my fancy, except for the lack of sleeves. Doesn't matter that it's summer, I still want sleeves. Hello artic AC!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream/page/2#post-1460568 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 18:58:18 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1460568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And don't forget about dresses that are made with sheer fabric...sheer! If I have to find a well fitting dress to wear UNDER my REAL dress...!!!</p> <p>And Beth Ann - I soooooooo feel your pain doesn't that menopause thing just do a number on your mid section??? Good grief. Yep, think I'll be passing on dresses for a bit and stick with skirts and tops. Much easier to fit two different pieces that find one that fits EVERYWHERE. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1460560 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 18:46:01 +0000 Beth Ann 1460560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a marvelous discussion you've started, Rachy!&nbsp; I'm afraid I've given up on dresses for this season.&nbsp; You see, my hormones are on fire, and, in a mad grab for every bit of estrogen, my fat cells have formed a search party round my formerly curvy waist.&nbsp; I need a seam there, for a bit of structure, and perhaps a belt.&nbsp; What's the problem, you might ask?&nbsp; Yes, there are lots of dresses with defined waists --- with cute cheerleader skirts that flounce and hems that end a scant few inches below my midlife booty.&nbsp; You get the picture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1460549 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 18:23:55 +0000 rachylou 1460549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>convincing the sewing machine to work</i></p> <p>This is a reason why my sewing has not progressed beyond costumes. 15 minutes of sewing on the clothes, 3.75 hours of fiddling on the machine. Needles, tension, feet...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1460514 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:50:45 +0000 E 1460514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah! The lack of dresses is why I'm taking up sewing. I know exactly what kind of dress I want, and have known for several years, but have been unable to find it. After *years* of searching! A couple of times I've come close, but then it's lined in polyster. Gross.&nbsp;So now I have to try to master sewing (or more specifically, *fitting* and then convincing the sewing machine to work) just to have a dress. Hmph. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459834 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:18:49 +0000 Debora 1459834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun post! I'm screaming along with you, Rachy. Good grief, is it too much to ask for a nonflammable, unshort (ok, I made that word up), fluid, sleeved dress??? Apparently so. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459816 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:41:18 +0000 rachylou 1459816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the links, Anna! I like the sailor too. I never think about the possibility of Brooks. Used to. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459655 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:23:13 +0000 rachylou 1459655@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've got a totally unwearable suit like that biscuitsmom! I call it my stewardess suit, because it makes me look like a Japanese stewdardess (that is, it did when I could wear it). </p> <p>I think it's glamorous, lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459654 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:22:48 +0000 Angie 1459654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HAHAHAHAH, Shevia cracks me up.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459650 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:13:09 +0000 biscuitsmom 1459650@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Rachylou, you are priceless! Love your humor and the way you describe things....<br /> I would LOVE to see some awesome 2 piece dresses back! I actually have one from the 80's (yikes) that is gorgeous.....but I'm too fat to fit it and cant bear to give it up</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459353 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 04:23:33 +0000 Neel 1459353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am hoping to buy a linen (or linen blend) shirt dress .... A two piece dress will be a dream come true in my neck of woods (my budget never exceeds $50 per item and... that's on the higher side lol). My MOTG lifestyle demands only so much.</p> <p>I am kind of losing hope after your post :-/</p> <p>P.S - I am ok with polyster as long as it doesn't *look* cheap and I am not wearing it to a day picnic in the park I did manage to find decent stuff last summer </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459349 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 03:30:36 +0000 Gigi 1459349@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, don't get me started on synthetics. I stopped wearing synthetics (except for rayon) several years ago, and I was much happier (not sweaty!). But due to the lack of fashion-forward offerings, I made a couple of exceptions within the past year. Both items were a fiber mix, with one item having about 20% nylon and the other about 40% poly. I am disappointed with both items. The nylon top wasn't too sweaty (it was mixed with rayon), but it pills and looks worn after one season. The other (cotton-poly jeans) feels scratchy and makes me sweat. So if the sweating doesn't get you, the pilling will!&nbsp;I am back on the no-synthetics bandwagon (except for rayon). Stay strong and don't cave! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459335 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 02:57:10 +0000 Jaime 1459335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hee hee my phone cover is a copy of The Scream as that is pretty much how I feel when I hear it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459287 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 01:29:36 +0000 Angie 1459287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet and I are on the same wavelength about our shirt dress needs. I don't want a black, denim or blue shirt dress - I have plenty of blue, and they must be different to the blue dresses I bought last year. I also don't want shirt fabric - it must be a substantial dress - structured with enough length - and under $500.&nbsp;</p> <p>See. I'm picky. That's why I can't find a shirt dress. (I actually found a PERFECT shirt dress at Boss last year - but it was September so with no time to wear it in Seattle).&nbsp;</p> <p>Rachy, we can't give up yet. Give it 3 to 4 more months.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459276 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 01:18:32 +0000 Aziraphale 1459276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I gave up on dresses years ago. Petite sizing is the only option, and have you <i>looked</i> at the petites sections in department stores? My <i>grandma</i> wouldn't have worn most of those frumptastic dresses.&nbsp;:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459272 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 01:16:00 +0000 nancylee 1459272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As always, Rachy, you make me laugh! &nbsp;I am with you on the dearth of decent dresses...and I'm laughing at Angie's "skimpy and flammable" description. &nbsp;I would also add TOO SHORT! &nbsp;</p> <p>I love a good dress/frock. &nbsp;Let's hope we get some better options soon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459263 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 01:09:02 +0000 Janet 1459263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel your pain. Dresses are so difficult. I love the idea of a shirt dress, but something with a bit of a twist, not TOO classic, gently fitted, and for cripes sake, longer than mid-thigh. Apparently, this is way too much to ask. I love that HH one, but it's short, and I suspect those wrap panels would emphasize the hips. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459244 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:34:01 +0000 Peri 1459244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dresses are incredibly difficult for me...I'm sure people hear me screaming every time I try to find one. I've been looking for a dress for years and haven't found one!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459226 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:49:09 +0000 Linda 1459226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love that Halston overlay shirtdress, just don't love either of the colors.&nbsp; Sigh! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459222 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:42:22 +0000 rabbit 1459222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh I like the pink gingham too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459209 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:15:51 +0000 viva 1459209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Anna, great find on those Brooks Brothers dresses. I'm actually shocked by those. I love the sailboats too. And, inexplicably, the pink. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459198 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:04:33 +0000 annagybe 1459198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.brooksbrothers.com/Non-Iron-Cotton-Sailboat-Print-Shirt-Dress/WX00278,default,pd.html?dwvar_WX00278_Color=NAVY&amp;contentpos=24&amp;cgid=0489">http://www.brooksbrothers.com/.....d.html?dwv</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.brooksbrothers.com/Polka-Dot-Shirt-Dress/WX00279,default,pd.html?dwvar_WX00279_Color=BLCK&amp;contentpos=4&amp;cgid=0489">http://www.brooksbrothers.com/.....Color=BLCK</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.brooksbrothers.com/Supima%C2%AE-Cotton-Dress/AX00172,default,pd.html?dwvar_AX00172_Color=GREY&amp;contentpos=12&amp;cgid=0723">http://www.brooksbrothers.com/.....172_Color=</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.brooksbrothers.com/Button-Down-Shirt-Dress-with-Mitered-Cuffs/44AV,default,pd.html?dwvar_44AV_Color=WHIT&amp;contentpos=2&amp;cgid=0723">http://www.brooksbrothers.com/.....tml?dwvar_</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.brooksbrothers.com/Supima%C2%AE-Cotton-Shirt-Dress/AX00173,default,pd.html?dwvar_AX00173_Color=PNBT&amp;contentpos=5&amp;cgid=0723">http://www.brooksbrothers.com/.....r_AX00173_</a></p> <p>An extra 30% off, ending tonight<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.brooksbrothers.com/Cotton-Dot-Shirt-Dress/SX00008,default,pd.html?dwvar_SX00008_Color=BLUM&amp;contentpos=60&amp;cgid=red-fleece-women-apparel">http://www.brooksbrothers.com/....._Color=BLU</a><br />I really like the sailboat one.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459194 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:57:22 +0000 rabbit 1459194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think my friend dated him. &nbsp; &nbsp;She definitely had the tribal belly dance look going, so it was meant to be. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459190 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:55:36 +0000 rachylou 1459190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just for a slightly bitter bit of entertainment: The male of the species, <i>Pseudomonas gypsii</i></p> <p><a href="http://golden-zephyr.com/what-its-like-to-be-romani-according-to-stock-photos/" rel="nofollow">http://golden-zephyr.com/what-.....ck-photos/</a></p> <p>Can't wait for the look to take off for menswear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459181 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:44:38 +0000 Marilyn 1459181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love dresses but it's so hard to find one that works.&nbsp; V-neck, fitted waist, in petite.&nbsp; Is that too much to ask for?!&nbsp; It seems like it is. :/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459177 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:37:02 +0000 rachylou 1459177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Had to laugh, <b>Angie</b>. Skimpy and flammable. Ahaha. True and therefore funny. I cannot stand the draft. Two-piece dresses are the most brilliant idea in the world (for a diabetic anyways), but I've only had success with winter sweater dresses. </p> <p><b>rabbit</b> - I actually have a silky dress that's got a shirt collar and no waist and is light blue. It's me in that I like it, that kind of minimalist look, but it's not me in that it's got such clean lines. And while it doesn't cling (hate that in the heat), when it's really really hot - I want cotton. But I'm an impossible customer because I also don't want sweet. Although, I'd settle for Swedish Midsomer Tree Nymph, but that's off message. Totally leaves my dark and spooky Daphne Du Maurier to jump out of shadows at people. And I need some summer office wear too - short sleeve, but not no sleeve. I think a tailored shirtwaist dress would be perfect for the office, but everything I've seen is denim/chambray or heavy polyester knit.</p> <p>Oh whinge moan whinge moan! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459176 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:35:19 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1459176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm laughing at your writing, Rachylou, but I do empathize and hope the season shapes up better dress-wise!<br /><i>"Floaty faux gypsy that confuses teepees with caravans"</i>--LOL. I totally get the image. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459173 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:31:32 +0000 Diana 1459173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am hoping for more (non polyester!!!!!) dresses too. It's one of the only things I really want to buy this season. (That and another big zippered tote.)</p> <p>I have been looking at shirt dresses lately actually. Here's some that I added to my finds recently. Prob not structured enough for Angie though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459168 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:24:15 +0000 annabelle 1459168@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This isn't helping, necessarily, but I want to add a complaint about all the silk dresses, too. For me, I'm worried about ruining them, and they are as equally annabelle repellant as a synthetic fabric. </p> <p>Have you looked yet at Ace and Jig? <a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/dresses?fts=ace+and+jig" rel="nofollow">http://www.shopstyle.com/brows.....ce+and+jig</a>&nbsp; xo</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-scream#post-1459165 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:19:29 +0000 rabbit 1459165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you like not-as-tailored shirt dresses? (As in the kind with no waist unless you create one). &nbsp; H &amp; M had one in pale blue and one in white cotton that went down all the way to the knees. &nbsp; What would be the general vibe of dress you were looking for? </p>