by Lawyerish
I recently acquired two dresses for very different occasions, and I feel I must tell you about both of them. It will not surprise you that they're both from J. Crew.
(I feel like I should apologize for my nearly slavish devotion to J. Crew, but when you find something that works for you, you run with it.)
The first is a casual, flattering, airy summer dress called the Puckered Dress. It retails for $128 (and will no doubt soon be on sale for even less) and I think it would be darling at a summer wedding just as it would be at a garden party or out for an easy dinner.
If I do say so, I think I looked pretty great in it (tall ladies take note: I had to have the hem let down all the way as it was a hair too short but now it's perfectly knee-length).
I also got the Arabelle dress in marine blue (which looks completely different in person than on the website) for a formal event, and I love it, too. It's VERY long, and even with heels on (I am 5'11" barefoot) I felt like I should have had it hemmed. I got lots of compliments on it and felt rather regal. This one I bought one size up as their formalwear can run a little small, and that was the right way to go. It's got an inner corset so it doesn't fall down on me, and I feel comfortable that I won't, um, pop out at any moment.
Happy dress shopping, girls!
{Photo credits: my own and jcrew.com}
You look lovely in both! Thank you for posting the picture of yourself in the dresses - I wish more Style Lush writers would do this!
Posted by: Here We Go Harris | June 18, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Wow - gorgeous dresses! You look beautiful in each of them. I don't often have occasions for long dresses, but I would get a lot of use out of that shorter one! So pretty!
Posted by: Life of a Doctor's Wife | June 18, 2012 at 12:41 PM
Those are great dresses and you look great!
I recently tried on the short light blue dress (my store had it on sale) and there is some fit issues for me. I'm short and have a short torso and there were some major proportion issues. I wish I could have made it work, oh well!
Posted by: laurs | June 18, 2012 at 02:05 PM
Those dresses look like they were MADE for you. Great choices!
Posted by: Mama Bub | June 18, 2012 at 03:01 PM
The dresses are cute, but more importantly, the short one looks better on you than on the model! Wow!
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