https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:56:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2317031 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 22:44:49 +0000 kellygirl 2317031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a shame! Oh well. It sounds promising for the broad shouldered, no waist crew! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316984 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:40:59 +0000 CarolS 2316984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, you gave it a good shot, Janet, and something better is waiting for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316981 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:35:30 +0000 Suz 2316981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is <b>exactly </b>the problem I have with a lot of tops and dresses in summer, especially oversize cuts. I had to send back this BR tee for the same reason (plus, it was too sheer).&nbsp;</p> <p>Like you, I'm short waisted. With a narrow back/ small band size. And I'm also just plain <b>short</b>, which adds to the problem, LOL.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>Well, you've saved me from trying this one, <b>Janet </b>-- thanks!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316978 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:24:52 +0000 Debora 2316978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry it didn’t work out, Janet. The armhole issue would be a no go for me too. We have a very similar climate, and I really wish it were easier to find breezy summer dresses. Good luck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316976 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:13:34 +0000 JP 2316976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have a point. Sometimes the design idea is good but the sewing pattern is not well thought out.<br /> As Angie says, next </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316973 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:07:53 +0000 Janet 2316973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carol, I thought about that, as I do have a pretty blue bra, but combined with other factors, I just don’t feel like this is the dress for me. The armholes are not just deep but wide, which makes even a nice-looking bra too much on display for my taste. I wear a large cup size so the visible bra with side-boob look on me is not really so cute. LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316971 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:03:18 +0000 CarolS 2316971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, what if you wore it with a pretty blue bra, or a bra in a colour that was "meant" to be seen -- something lacy and white, hot pink, etc? Would that be enough to make it wearable for you?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316969 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 17:57:33 +0000 Carla 2316969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with&nbsp;<b>nuancedream. &nbsp;</b>The armholes issue is a deal breaker. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316965 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 17:51:20 +0000 Minaminu 2316965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>shame that the dress didn't work for you but you are right that you'll find a better one soon </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316959 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 17:42:34 +0000 nuancedream 2316959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry the dress didn't work out. It had potential but too deep armholes have caused me to reject many summer dresses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316951 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 17:09:42 +0000 Janet 2316951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Update: I tried the small and even the XS and even on the XS the armhole gape is just too big for me. Short, torso, narrow back… just not the cut for me. I don’t want you have to layer under this kind of dress. I’d be working too hard to make it work. Next! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316592 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:02:23 +0000 Jenava 2316592@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I personally would want to see it pressed a bit before assessing the fit. It may drape differently once all those wrinkles are gone and the fabric relaxes a bit. If you're in store can you request them to do a steam for you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316504 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 22:02:00 +0000 Sal 2316504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting to read all the opinions.&nbsp; I think it has potential but doesn't compare to your existing blue dress.......</p> <p>Volume can work so well, but when it feels off it's hard to feel wonderful and stylish.&nbsp; &nbsp;It's so many aspects - length, shoulder fit etc </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316502 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:44:29 +0000 JP 2316502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div><br /> I like the color but not the volume. I agree with trying the smaller size and I like the picture that you are </p> <p>holding it back at the waist.&nbsp; You could do that with something like these no sew alteration tools:&nbsp; <a rel="nofollow" href="https://a.co/d/jhAUQtY">https://a.co/d/jhAUQtY</a></div><div>I really like your other blue dress.<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress/page/2#post-2316494 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:42:28 +0000 cat2 2316494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Given the seam locations, taking up the dress at the shoulders is going to be a POA. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316493 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:17:56 +0000 Carla 2316493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I quite like the dress and the colour. &nbsp;Looking forward to seeing what it looks like sized down (and with the creased pressed out &nbsp; ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316487 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:41:27 +0000 Janet 2316487@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For those who think it would be too long for you, you may want to try it — I think shortening the hem would be an easy alteration. </p> <p>Volume is a tricky thing, especially for those of us who are more hourglassy. I have more tolerance for it in a garment that has drape than a stiffer, crisper fabrication. Granted, I didn’t have the advantage of a freshly steamed or pressed dress to try here, so maybe with proper care the fabric would behave nicer. I don’t really want something that wrinkles badly at, say, the hip, where it could naturally crease with sitting. I didn’t even get to evaluate that! I’ll give it a more fair chance when I see the smaller size. </p> <p>The point some of you make about the color is a fair one. I don’t mind the color, personally, as I love most things blue, and it’s a good color for me in general. I like that it reads as a bit of a false plain from a distance — I have an awful time finding solid-color dresses that work for me. So many dresses come in black, or tan, and that’s it. And lately it might be yellow or pink which are not me.</p> <p>We shall see what the smaller size brings! Especially since I am losing weight, albeit slowly (officially down 6 lbs). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316483 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:21:36 +0000 judy 2316483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, <b>kellygirl</b>, same...tempted by this dress but at 5'3" I think I'm too short for it.&nbsp; .&nbsp; Also, it looks like it doesn't have pockets...?&nbsp;&nbsp;I have a black linen dress, it's kaftan type, with lots of volume, so the width thing is fine with me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316465 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:20:16 +0000 kellygirl 2316465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, I love it. It looks perfect to my eye. I love oversized and was so tempted by this find. I can tell though, it would be too long for me. Thanks for sharing and hope that you find the fit you like! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316454 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:12:05 +0000 RobinF 2316454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, I'm a little torn. It is very fun and avant garde but I think I would feel like I'm wearing a bed sheet. The fabric doesn't look as flowy as the model shots, maybe that is why. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316451 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 11:13:53 +0000 Dee 2316451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting architectural dress but wearing it IRL is probably a different story. Its likely going to get wrinkled a lot by its sheer volume and fabric make up. The big arm holes and it feeling like a tent would cause me to take a pass on it as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316447 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:55:28 +0000 Star (Lise) 2316447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not a fan.&nbsp; In theory I love big cotton/linen dresses but in reality on me they look like hospital gowns. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316446 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:54:27 +0000 Brooklyn 2316446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Irina said exactly what I was thinking.</p> <p>But I also think a more saturated colour, like cobalt, would make it more “you”. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316444 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:26:35 +0000 Jenni NZ 2316444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m just confirming what I wrote on Runcarla’s thread. If this is fashion forward, I’ll never be fashion forward… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316437 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:02:35 +0000 rachylou 2316437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. Well, I confess I don’t see what everyone else is seeing. Maybe a steam would make a difference, but I don’t see it draping at all like it does in the ad picture… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316430 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:23:06 +0000 Bijou 2316430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, I love this dress for you, the colour and architectural details are fabulous. With voluminous dresses, I find a cross body bag works well to add some structure without changing the line of the dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316417 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:36:26 +0000 Irina 2316417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with others on the intended oversized look but I understand it’s not a conventionally flattering silhouette. IMO in #2 where you pull the dress back, it lost its drama. But it would be definitely interesting to see a smaller size.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316414 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 01:54:42 +0000 judy 2316414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, you've got to be happy with it, but I agree with Angie and Jamie that the drama of it is in the volume, and it doesn't look too big to me!&nbsp; Once it's steamed and hangs better, it might be more evident.&nbsp; Looking at the model pic, I think i's got to be big enough to hang straight down, and the armholes are large on purpose.&nbsp; Curious about the fabric, is it like a nice shirting fabric?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316410 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 01:08:33 +0000 Janet 2316410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jaime, I’d be more comfortable with volume in a softer fabric too. I’m not sure about the fabric — it may be too wrinkly for my liking. If it creases a lot with wear, I won’t be happy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/zara-striped-dress#post-2316409 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 01:06:21 +0000 Jaime 2316409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, I am with Angie and think it looks great like this, but I am known to wear tents so take this with a grain of salt. It would also depend on the material - a softer material would fall back and give more structure in motion.&nbsp; </p>