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K/R Animal print dress ETA another dress option!!!

anne

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This came today.

Catalogue pic https://www.ezibuy.com.au/sear.....0&y=0

I am quite unsure!
Pros - I like the high neck and the animal print and the waist ruching.
Cons - it is very tight - esp under the arms -

In this pic it look like I have no waist - hopefully this is a worst case pic, as I have had a bad case of PMS binging!

ETA (pics 3-5) just found an animal print dress I had forgotten I owned (a handmedown) that could work. What do you think? I tried tucking the ruffles in (pic 5) as they are the main possible detraction for me.

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13 years ago

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Latest reply was from Angie

Transcona Shannon

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It is very cute Anne but it does look a bit snug - what about sizing up?

13 years ago

Jilly

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This dress looks so cute on you - but you don't want to wear something all day that's going to be uncomfortable

13 years ago

Amy

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Can you size up? It looks a bit small. Cute style though!

13 years ago

anne

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Sizing up is a possiblity? Just have to decide if it will be worth it!

13 years ago

Inge

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It's a fun style, Anne and I love the colours on you. I would also love to see the size up on you.
(Adore your poses:-)

13 years ago

Beth Ann

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I love my python dress, and I think you could find a lot of uses for this dress, but I agree a size up would give more ease in the hip and arms/upper chest area. Even with ruching, you could try the dress with a belt for more waist definition. I like seeing you in a such a bold, different look!

13 years ago

CocoLion

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I love it and think these dresses are meant to be snug (body con and all that) but maybe the others are on to something about trying a size up.

13 years ago

ManidipaM

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Alternatively, Anne, if you think sizing up may end up too big all over, can you check if there's room in the seams to let them out ever so slightly?

13 years ago

anne

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Any more thoughts on this? Thanks to all who replied

FWIW I am thinking of returning rather than replacing. DH doesn't like the ruching at the waist.

13 years ago

rae

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I don't mind the tightness in the body - as Denise said, bodycon is popular now. But the arm tightness probably means you should size up.

13 years ago

anne

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Funnily enough I only felt the underarm tightness when I tried this on without the top underneath. With the top, I didn't notice it at all

13 years ago

anne

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Bumping because I found another animal print dress that I had tucked away!

I have added more pics to the original post

13 years ago

Deborah

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I agree with the others that the first dress looks too snug.

The second dress is cute and I like how you have tucked the ruffles down. Can you stitch them down? If so I think this could work. I like the feminine cut of the dress coupled with the animal print. I give this a go.

13 years ago

fashionista

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I like the dresses and like others said you need to go a size up for the first dress maybe. But I like the way it cinches your waist.

13 years ago

anne

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Thanks Deborah and Fashionista,

I am pretty certain the first dress is getting returned. I just don't think there are enough situations I would be comfortable wearing such a body-con style.

I am pretty keen on the second dress expecially since it cost me nothing. I am still trying to work out if I can stitch down the ruffle. Do you think the ruffle is a deal breaker?

13 years ago

anne

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Bumping for the northern hemisphere!

13 years ago

Transcona Shannon

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You look fantastic in pic #5 Anne! If you can stitch down the ruffle, it's a keeper!

13 years ago

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

I love the second style, Anne! Look at how beautiful you look in #3. KILLER.

13 years ago

Beth Ann

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I like this one, too, Anne! Still a little spunky, but with a lovely flow to your figure!

13 years ago

anne

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Angie - Wow! the K word!!!! Did you like pic #3 because I was smiling or because you preferred the ruffles? Because I am trying to work out the ruffle issue - should I try to get rid of them by tucking them under as in pic #5?

Thanks Beth Ann!

I can't believe I forgot I owned this. I had just written on someone's thread recently that I never forget my own clothes but this was an exception. I think someone gave it to me in the middle of last winter and I put it away because it was a summer dress - but now I thought of wearing it thus, over something (too short for me to wear it by itself anywayP

13 years ago

Transcona Shannon

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