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(Copied from my journal cos I'm lazy.)
I haven't bought a dress in YEARS. Like. I don't know. A decade? No joke. I have a few long hippie dippy skirts that I love, but I need a for realsies dress to wear to the 40th anniversary party for my husband's parents. They are going all out for this party and I really don't want to show up under dressed.
I have some serious problems, though.
First: I have no idea of what sort of dress would be most flattering. I'm short and ... fluffy? Not *fat* per se (Ok maybe a little fat) so I'm guessing I need to sort of take notice off my not-exactly-firm arms and my-less-than-tight tummy. Let's put it this way: 5'3" and size 12. (ouch.) Can I even get away with a dress at this point? *sigh* (Hello, just hand me a burlap bag and a belt and we'll call it good.)
I've heard "empire waist" and "baby doll style" tossed around but I only vaguely know what that means.
Second: I don't even know where to buy dresses. We live in a very rural area so as far as going somewhere to buy dresses, it means driving an hour or two away to get to "real" stores (something besides Walmart/Kmart.) I don't mind making the drive, but I'd like to have some clue of where I'm looking.
Can anyone help in /any/ way?
I haven't bought a dress in YEARS. Like. I don't know. A decade? No joke. I have a few long hippie dippy skirts that I love, but I need a for realsies dress to wear to the 40th anniversary party for my husband's parents. They are going all out for this party and I really don't want to show up under dressed.
I have some serious problems, though.
First: I have no idea of what sort of dress would be most flattering. I'm short and ... fluffy? Not *fat* per se (Ok maybe a little fat) so I'm guessing I need to sort of take notice off my not-exactly-firm arms and my-less-than-tight tummy. Let's put it this way: 5'3" and size 12. (ouch.) Can I even get away with a dress at this point? *sigh* (Hello, just hand me a burlap bag and a belt and we'll call it good.)
I've heard "empire waist" and "baby doll style" tossed around but I only vaguely know what that means.
Second: I don't even know where to buy dresses. We live in a very rural area so as far as going somewhere to buy dresses, it means driving an hour or two away to get to "real" stores (something besides Walmart/Kmart.) I don't mind making the drive, but I'd like to have some clue of where I'm looking.
Can anyone help in /any/ way?
Personally, I feel a lot more comfortable in really nice dress pants and a blouse. We have a few excellent plus sized clothing shops and the ladies that work there are really helpful. Take an honest friend along too. Check out what shops are around before your drive. I'm pretty sure you won't find what you need at Walmart. I used to buy Walmart clothes. But I would feel like I was wearing Walmart clothes. To feel like a million bucks, you will need to spend the money and invest the effort for something fancier than Walmart can offer. Good luck :)
I personally think empire and baby-doll styles only look good on really skinny women cause the rest of us look pregnant in them!
Try on a bunch of dresses... I personally like a waist, it makes us curvier women look more voluptous (sp?) rather than frumpy.
BTW, I was 5' 2" and size 16 before dday... that is chubby. Now I am size 10 and feeling really skinny! Only silver lining of this.
So I am going to post a couple links to reasonable dresses that you can get at normal places.
First this one paired with a white sweater:
http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/landingpages/dressfinder/specialsizes/petites/PRD~958181/SONOMA+life+++style+Floral+Empire+Dress++Petite.jsp
Want to spend a little more this dress is fabulous! And the v-cut neck and layers draw the eye up away from our tummies.
http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/landingpages/dressfinder/color/purple/PRD~949156/corey+p+Crinkle+Empire+Satin+Dress.jsp
If you want that little back dress JCpenny has this one. It has a square neck that is also great for drawing the eyes up.
http://www.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=1ddd99e&cat=Dresses&pcat=WOMEN&catid=80145&pcatid=70656&x5view=1&cattyp=RLE&Ne=4294957900+29+3+23+1031+1490+8+1545&NOffset=2&SO=0&CatSel=4294936939|little+black+dresses&Nao=0&N=4294936939&dep=WOMEN&SelDim=4294957900~&deptid=70656&PSO=0&bcCat=3&cmAMS_T=XGN5&cmAMS_C=MERCH&cmAMS_Z=XGN5TOPOFRESULTS&CmCatId=70656|80145&sa=1