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I am looking for a dress for a wedding and having trouble finding anything. I have a dress that I lucked out finding, believe it or not, on Amazon 2 yrs ago for a not so formal wedding. It's nice, but not fancy/formal. It's a short sleeve round neck floral(not loud or ugly/cheap looking like most) maxi dress and the length is perfect. I'm 5'4", so most long ankle length or longer I see online are way too long and others are not long enough. The dress I have is 54 1/2 inches in length(hollow to hem) which just makes it floor length without touching the floor when I wear heels.

The first wedding I wore it to was my husband's neice's wedding which was at a barn venue and not really formal, so the dress was perfect. I wore it again for my neice's wedding which was supposedly semi-formal attire, but it was actually very formal(not black tie, but formal) and I felt like I wasn't dressed right.

The wedding I am going to this summer is at Notre Dame and even though it's semi-formal attire, I want to be dressed right. I have looked everywhere online and 99% of what I see is from a very cheap china site, the dresses look cheap, are very thin and see through, wrinkle easly, really ugly or just not right. I have looked up some stores around me and nothing! So far, Shein and Amazon are the only sites I've found anything even possible to wear. And even those dresses are very questionable(thin, wrinkle easily, not dressy enough...).

If need be, I will wear another maxi dress, if I can't find something more formal(that's how desperate I am!). I am looking for something with a round, crew or scoop neck, short sleeves that aren't too short or tight(I have wide shoulders and bigger arms), is not tight fitting(waist with loose flowy? skirt), is 54" or 54 1/2" in length(which I have actually found, but the dresses were ugly) and not loud or cheap looking. Also, a lot of them wrinkle and are too thin and see through.

I am desperate to find something. I've even looked at more expenseve stores, and found nothing! I am willing to spend near $200-$250 give or take if I find the perfect dress. Also, I am willing to pay for express shipping to get it in the next week or 2.

I've been to most stores in person and found nothing!
I am hoping I could get some advice on where to look online Thanks!

2 years ago

MsMaven

Veteran

Take a look at Neiman Marcus Last Call.

https://www.neimanmarcus.com/c.....038;navpat

They have a lot of dresses there, all different styles and colors. After you limit it by size, color, and price, there will still be a lot to look at.

In the past I've done well with Last Call. I wish they still had the separate website because now I forget to look on the main site.

Kathy642

Active Member

MsMaven, Thanks for the suggestion. but I've already looked at Neiman Marcus and didn't find anything.

If anyone has any other suggestions of where to look, I'd really appreciate it.

kkards

Have you tried Rent the Runway? They allow you to filter on a ton of attributes and cheaper than buying for a one and done event

cat2

Nordstrom Rack?

I would like to buy a dress, as I will have other weddings to wear it to.

Also, I've looked at Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack and there is nothing at either one.

cjh

(website)

Macy’s? Talbots? JCPenney? Ann Taylor? Anthropologie? White House Black Market? Chico’s? Dillards?

rachylou

Bloomingdales? And also, crazy - but Ross.

I've looked at all of the ones mentioned other than Ross and White House Black Market. I will check them. Please let me know if any other suggestions.

madeline

I went to Macys website and put in the search box “women dress for wedding guest”. About 1000 dresses came up.
You can filter by style and price.
I usually have good luck with Macys.

Also I would go to your Nordstrom’s or Nordstrom Rack brick and mortar store if you can. I found my mother of the groom dress there for $85.

Good luck to you! I know you’ll find the right one.

Im sorry your having such a hard time.
I’m going to still suggest you look at rent the runway just for the sheer number of options, then if you find something you can google that item and find where it’s available to buy (or if you really want to buy it, you can buy it from them).

kkards, I'll take a look. Thanks.

Quick look at Nordstrom Rack under Formal occasion.

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Those are nice dresses, but I'm looking for a looser short sleeve, not 3/4 sleeve which would be too hot for this time of year and I can tell the sleeves would be too tight. It would be nice to just look, pick something and be done like my daughter can. She's 20 and can wear a short sleeveless dress, so it's easy for her to find one, but unfortunately very hard for me.
Oh, and nothing at any of the places suggested above. I'm running out of places to look. It shouldn't be that difficult to find a long dress(ankle length, so it would be floor length for me) with a waist, short loose sleeves and rounded neckline that is at least nice enough for a wedding.

Here is the dress I was lucky to find on Amazon 2 yrs ago. Not really formal, but fit well, just to the floor and looked really good. Since I'm having trouble finding something formal, I'd settle for another one similar to this one.

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By the way, that's not me. It's the online model from Amazon.

A couple other thoughts: Adriana Papell and ModCloth…

Zaeobi

Have you considered eshakti? They allow you to customise their base dress designs to almost anything you like (neckline/ sleeves/ length/ pockets etc). They allow you to filter by fabric. If you're in a rush, just filter the ready-to-ship dresses by your requirements instead of going the custom route.

I just took a look & their homepage has a dress that sounds like exactly what you're looking for - a purple short sleeve dress with a rounded neckline & waist definition. The length seems to be midi but customisable.

Good luck!

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