Did you check PC? They're having a sale! AV looks promising too!

I was just going to suggest Peruvian Connection:

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I’ll take a look at PC, thanks!

I’m really picky about prints right now for some reason — many are just not speaking to me. Sometimes it’s the colors, but also some are just not quite me somehow. But solids are difficult to wear (many of these jersey fabrics show a lot of lumps and bumps, particularly not good for me now). I suppose I am practicing some PPP!

Janet - I don't usually shop online at Macys but just recently "accidentally" got into their online dress selection (I'm sure it was marketed to me) and was surprised by how many I was finding that looked like they would work. I'm waiting for them to arrive so we'll see!

AM, I kind of forget about Macy’s even though there is one in the closest mall. I haven’t seen anything in there I like in years. I think the buyer has very conservative tastes. Maybe online there would be something more to my liking.

I’m actually tired of looking at this point. I placed three orders: Boden, Anthro, and Amour Vert. If none of those contain a winner, I’ll just wear out what I have for the rest of the summer.

I tried on all my summer dresses last night, and there are several that I’m ok wearing, if not terribly excited by. There are a couple more I’m demoting to loungewear. Most of them I am totally unexcited by these days, for one reason or another — fit is off, or I’m tired of the print, or I feel ever so slightly frumpy in them. They are serviceable but if I were trying them on in a store, I would not buy them now.

I’m really seeing very little on these online sites that’s making me sit up and say, “ooh yeah, I want to wear that!” Everything seems to be florals and prints that are not quite “me,” juniors looking styles, too flirty, too bodycon, too officey, or too boring. I already have enough boring. ;-D

Sorry I’m bitching so much about this! Just when designers start making some longer lengths, all the other variables are against me!

I hear you Janet. The search for pieces I like is wearing me down to the point where I have stopped looking and caring. I pulled out this dress today from my sample set - (from a line I was repping until just recently ) and feel FANTASTIC in it. I haven't checked the back view yet, and sure hope there are no nasty surprises waiting for me back there. Nice heavy bamboo knit with a lot of heft and a cool hand. It's not a shape you like though - I guess I'm just commiserating and assuring you that hope is around the corner - sometimes when you least expect it . It's in a mid navy, and I plan on wearing it with gold leather espadrilles and lots of gold jewellery today - then throwing on white sneakers and simpler jewellery for work tonight (bucking that all-black dress code once again).

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Thanks, Lisa! I have lots and lots of recommendations, which is awesome and appreciated!

That dress is great. I wish those styles looked better on me than they do!

I’m also grumpy because it’s 95 degrees and I just want to go bike riding and walking around with my camera but it’s too darn hot. And my laptop is still not fixed. I think I’ll spend there afternoon in a nice cool pub watching the women’s soccer game!

I immediately thought of the dress that Nadya linked to from US, which I recently got in periwinkle. So +1 for checking our Universal Standard wihch now comes in smaller sizes, BTW.

Janet, I just ordered the Lola dress from Boden today. Hoping it works for both of us!

I also have this one and love it. https://bananarepublic.gap.com.....ge-content

The black is almost more of a dark greenish gray, IMO.