https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:37:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses#post-1834631 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 02:41:38 +0000 unfrumped 1834631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for comments! I will try to be less bow- averse. When I tried it with my pumps and clutch and sparkly necklace, I felt more grown- up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses#post-1834525 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 15:22:30 +0000 jill58 1834525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes, the black dress is great. I'm uneasy with ties of that type if they're in back but I would have no problem at all with this dress. I do think the tie, and the bow, are rather integral to the dress but it seems elegant rather than young.<br />The Reiss dress and the skirt look good to me too. For what it's worth, the pink and blue dress is my least favorite although I understand why you were looking at it for weddings and showers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses#post-1834517 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 15:02:57 +0000 DonnaF 1834517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To my eye, the sleeves on the first dress scream, "DANGER!"&nbsp; and would tend to be unflattering on almost everyone but Taylor Swift or a teenager.&nbsp; It's the dress, not you.</p> <p>The bow on the black dress may be the thing that lifts it out of the ordinary.&nbsp; Why don't you try it that way a time or two?&nbsp; Or maybe show us?</p> <p>I am averting my eyes on the skirt.&nbsp; I love seersucker and high waists. . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses#post-1834430 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 05:46:40 +0000 Lucy 1834430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I have had that squidgy underarm thing happen too!! So annoying to ruin a perfectly lovely dress.&nbsp;<br />That said, I really like the black dress, and will be super useful over the next few years I'd imagine. I like the olive one too. But then I do have a sugar eye for dresses :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses#post-1834428 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 05:23:15 +0000 Aquamarine 1834428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the black dress. The back is gorgeous. I don't think it's too frilly at all.</p> <p>"Squidgy underarm bits"...ha, I found mine too this summer. When did *that* happen?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses#post-1834420 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 04:30:30 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1834420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The black dress looks really nice for your special occasion capsule. I don't think it looks little-girlish at all; I see it as quite feminine but not frilly. The skirt looks great, too, and the olive dress is worth stalking! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses#post-1834400 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 02:57:47 +0000 unfrumped 1834400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Anne. The black dress is the one I'm keeping. The pink and blue I sadly sent back. The skirt is seersucker. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses#post-1834396 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 02:34:45 +0000 anne 1834396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi UF, just to clarify, is picture one the one you are keeping and picture two the seersucker dress? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-dresses#post-1834395 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 02:30:23 +0000 unfrumped 1834395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In addition to NAS I did some dress hunting and thought I'd report on these. Length is always a problem, plus sleeves.<br /> The floral was SO CLOSE and I was done - in by a small detail. Though I don't like cap sleeves, I was so eager to try to have a small summer frock capsule for weddings, showers and such that I ordered this one . It has a great skimming fit and the colors are nice and the cap sleeve per se was not really a deal- breaker BUT-- somehow the armhole is cut forward just a little and it actually highlights some squidgy under arm bits that, wow, in other clothes I thought were not too bad. It's not even really tight. Hard to explain but I can't get past it, it's the first thing I see. So, back it goes. </p> <p>The next one I think I'm keeping, for a fall evening dressy event and hopefully other occasions. I'd prefer if the tie were removable so I could wear it a little lower or try belts, but it's integral to the dress, almost a reverse wrap. I think I can wear the tie knotted and hanging down rather than in a bow, which I think looks too young or too fussy.<br /> I almost wish I'd tried a size down as well but it's sold out and think my usual AP size is best, rather than being too snug. The boatneck does not gape at all, it has a low V - back but still works with a regular bra, though I might either use my little back band adapter or overlap the back a little more. Not sure the photos show but the sleeves have ? cutouts down the arm, which I think is less " trendy" or noticeable than a cold- shoulder. This is an extremely comfortable dress which would be forgiving of small weight changes or eating dinner! It has pockets, though, why?<br /> Does it strike anyone as too girlish? I would wear with black closed- toe dressy pumps, not sandal styles. </p> <p>Then- a Reiss dress I liked when at an actual Reiss store, but could not justify the price for an olive polyester summer dress. Perhaps I should have given thought to " fall- erizing" it. I'm not actively stalking but could be tempted if it were on big sale. </p> <p>Also-- not a dress, but AT skirt with high waist for those that like them. I am a sucker for seersucker in the summer and this is neutral, versatile so it came home with me. </p> <p>Showing these in case someone with similar " figure requirements" is interested. </p>