Very interesting and helpful responses! I think I need to put it on again. Maybe compare it with the Boden Josephine.
It's interesting that I am looking at dresses that feel slightly outside my style wicket...must be craving femininity or something.
But those of you who wonder if I'll have occasions to wear it are probably the voice of sense. I need to think on that a bit. I do have a few events to attend this summer.
Dress 2 is navy, a colour I definitely love, Thistle. (3/4 of my wardrobe is navy, LOL.) Also, I did try (and buy) several of the Boden dresses. Am wearing the heck out of them!
It's the ruffles on the shoulder that give me pause. The tiered panels of silk are great -- no problem with that. It's the eentsy weentsy ruffles I am unsure about. Smittie knows my style so well. :). Elizabeth P, too.
But so does Sally. It feels like a "party" dress to me. (I do think it works with toppers, Sal, but I need to try that. The ruffles are really small.)
Roxanna, I am tempted by Angie's CM striped dress but worried it would be too long on me. Is it too long on you? It seemed to work on Jane, who's not super tall. You're right that it would be a lot more practical. But then again, nothing wrong with a dressy dress.
I think I will keep ONE of these two -- Boden Josephine (if it's possible to alter it easily) OR the silk J. Crew. Not sure which one. Maybe I will start a new thread for a vote, ha!
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