https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:12:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838599 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:05:13 +0000 Bijou 1838599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow - thank you so much for all the styling ideas. I was not sure about this, and now you have helped so much. It is wonderful to be able to tap into the collective style wisdom of YLF. I will have a play and take photos on the weekend to report back!</p> <p><b>JenniNZ </b>- whilst I was worried that I would look like too much black, I actually think I should give opaques and knee high boots a try - it is likely to look much better than currently worn with bare legs.</p> <p><b>Brooklyn</b> - the skirt idea is genius - I will definitely give it a try!</p> <p><b>RobinF &amp; Sara L</b> - I think full height boots would be an improvement, so I will give that a try.</p> <p><b>Janet </b>- you are so right, it does look a bit bathrobe...that is not the look I was hoping for, so I need to change things up. I will give cropped flare jeans a try - that may work really well. Thank you for the suggestion.</p> <p><b>Lisa P</b> - thanks for your feedback. I do like the tunic, so I just have to work out how to wear it. I think it will be a fun piece to wear as a tunic.</p> <p><b>Angie </b>- thank you for chiming in. I will give all suggestions a try and report back.</p> <p><b>Sal</b> - I had not thought of leggings and a pump, but that could be a fun way of wearing it.</p> <p><b>Joy </b>- I love the idea of putting a fun skirt underneath.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Zibbets</b> - treating it as a layering piece is a good idea. I had not thought of wearing a top underneath it.</p> <p><b>Deborah </b>- I really like wearing pants, so I think treating it as a jacket will work well.</p> <p><b>Rachy</b> - I love the idea of wearing red underneath, but I am not too sure about wearing red stockings. I may look like a crazy Santa's helper!</p> <p><b>Lyn67</b> - a tube skirt underneath is a great way to get the dress effect. I will have to try it out with a pencil skirt.</p> <p><b>Unfrumped</b> - thank you for the feedback and I will give the alternative stylings a go.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838561 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 11:30:12 +0000 unfrumped 1838561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Janet and Deborah said. It's a combination on length and style that does not read as a " dress". I think it could still have multiple stylings, but in other ways. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838557 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 11:01:52 +0000 lyn67 1838557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Try a tube or fitted pencil just a few inch longer, underneath. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838545 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 07:14:42 +0000 rachylou 1838545@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So... not too short. But I feel like it's a lot of material on you. I think you would need open toe shoes and big jewellery at the neck to wear this as a dress - or a red turtleneck, red stockings, and red shoes... to go loud... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838505 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 02:55:20 +0000 Deborah 1838505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's gorgeous but it doesn't read as dress to me. I would wear this with pants and treat it like a wrap jacket that you keep on. I think the proportions of the overall outfit will work better this way xx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838465 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 00:36:04 +0000 Zibbets 1838465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I WANT to love it. It's gorgeous!</p> <p>Janet said what I was thinking. I wouldn't give up on it, but with bare legs and the open neck, it does look akin to a fabulous bathrobe. I would be tempted to try it with something like a sheer black blouse, black micro fishnets and the black tube skirt Brooklyn suggested.&nbsp;</p> <p>I would love to see an outfit lab with it. There IS a perfect way to style it. I'm just not sure what it is. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838426 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:30:46 +0000 Anonymous 1838426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks a bit too short with bare legs. It could still be dress-like with a bit of skirt showing an inch or two at the bottom. It could be black or white, or pick up a color in the pattern like light pink... maybe tulle or lace. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838402 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:26:57 +0000 Sal 1838402@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with others that it is not the length that is too short, it is the colour and the style. &nbsp;I love it- it will be gorgeous with pants under and I could see a pencil skirt too. &nbsp;It is a stunning piece!!</p> <p>I could see it working with leggings - maybe with a pump? &nbsp;Not sure but the sliver of ankle skin might balance it out - I think opaques might be too dark?</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838390 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:54:38 +0000 Emily K 1838390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IMO, it's not too short for modesty but the piece doesn't look its best worn as a dress at this length. &nbsp;Using it as a tunic sounds like a fab idea. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838368 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:53:41 +0000 Dianna 1838368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Janet said. Gorgeous dress btw, and so unique. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838363 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:11:50 +0000 karen13 1838363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think leggings or tights would be better than bare legs too. Is there a bit of burgundy in the flower? Bottoms that picked up that color might be nice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838309 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:09:08 +0000 Liz A. 1838309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can you sit down without exposing too much? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838298 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:09:59 +0000 Angie 1838298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bijou, I don't think it's too short - but FWIW, I'm not convinced it's fabulous worn this way. I like Brooklyn and Janet's styling suggestions. Try that.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838296 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:08:15 +0000 Anonymous 1838296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Janet on this one. It doesn't look like a dress to me - it looks like a jacket/wrap/kimono/whatever meant to be worn as a third piece. Very cool though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838291 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:47:34 +0000 Janet 1838291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think it's too short per se, but there is something about the style that I think may work best treated as a tunic over leggings or even flares. I really like it, but I'm getting a slight bathrobe vibe from it with bare legs. That might be a quirk of my own personal bias. Something about wrap styles that are on the short side. I'd love to see it styled with pants or leggings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838286 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:38:04 +0000 Sara L. 1838286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think it's too short but I think I would like it better with tights or tall boots. &nbsp;It's an interesting piece and I'm curious to see how you style it over jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838270 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:52:17 +0000 RobinF 1838270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think it is too short but would love to see it with full length boots instead of booties. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838250 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:36:06 +0000 Brooklyn 1838250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's gorgeous on you! For me I'd say a little too short for work, at least with bare legs. But I probably wouldn't treat it as a work dress anyway because it's so exotic. (Well, maybe if I was going out after work...) But it's perfect for date nights and going out wear (and definitely not too short for that).<br /> You should wear it both ways. And with crop pants too.<br /> Oh, and a trick I do sometimes is to wear a tapered black pencil or tube skirt underneath a dress that is a little short to lengthen it. With this dress you could then wear a leather belt over the self tie at the waist to create a peplum jacket effect with the dress over the underskirt. It could look a bit 1940s movie star awesome. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838240 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:49:19 +0000 Jenni NZ 1838240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I see that you didn't like the idea of it with opaque tights... too much black... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838239 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:46:51 +0000 Jenni NZ 1838239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>May I hedge my bets? It looks a little odd to me worn as a dress with bare legs. I think it is the contrast of the black with the skin? But I wouldn't think it too short if worn with some sort of black tights, I feel, whether opaque or sheer. I would like to see it tried like that. Currently I cannot decide either yay or nay... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838237 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:38:10 +0000 Bijou 1838237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>The Cat</b> - hmmm, you definitely have something there... if I need to ask the question, I probably already know the answer. It does look good over jeans, so I am happy to keep it. I may occasionally wear it as a dress if I feel daring enough. Thank you for your honest opinion, much appreciated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838236 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:35:07 +0000 Bijou 1838236@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Bridgie </b>- I am glad that you like the dress, I am a lover of velvet, so whilst I had reservations about the length, I did not want to pass it up. It will be nice to be able to have the option to wear it as a dress.</p> <p><b>Sterling</b> - thank you! I am glad that you think it works for me. Hilariously, I bought some jeans that had distressed knees and my husband asked me if I was having a mid-life crisis, so I am not too sure of what he will think if I start wearing mini dresses!</p> <p><b>Mainelady </b>- I am glad that you don't think it is too short. Whilst I was thinking I could wear it with opaque black stockings, I would prefer not too, just because it is so much black.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838235 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:34:32 +0000 The Cat 1838235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful dress. Will be nice worn over pants. To my eyes, it is too short to be worn as a dress, and I think that you have the same feeling yourself and that this is why you ask. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838223 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:58:02 +0000 Mainelady 1838223@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The length is not too short. I think it is flattering. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838220 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:42:49 +0000 Anonymous 1838220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Emphatically NO. &nbsp;I think it is the perfect length for you. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838216 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:30:32 +0000 bridgie 1838216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is not too short for you to wear on its own.&nbsp; It is beautiful and will also look nice with the pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tiger-velvet-wrap-dress---is-this-too-short#post-1838211 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:09:54 +0000 Bijou 1838211@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I recently bought this wrap dress, to mainly wear over dark skinny jeans, but did want to see if you thought it was too short to be worn on its own. I can successfully wear it with a safety pin to stop the skirt coming open when sitting.&nbsp;</p> <p>I loved the black velvet and white piping and I am always drawn to oriental prints, so I am happy to wear it with jeans only, but it would be nice to have the versatility of it as a dress as well.</p> <p>I would appreciate your honest opinion. </p>