HELP HEL P HELP- Boden Riviara dress.....got to decide by tomorrow

[mrsmerryweather]

Anyone bought one?

Is this is frumpy dress or is it nice- got it in green.www.boden.co.uk/en-GB/Womens-Dresses/WH134/Womens-Riviera-Dress.html

Thanks to MNs I ordered 2 yesterday express delivery cos I need one!

Trying on now- the 8 is a tad tigth round waist/under bust but the 10 is slightly too large across the bust.

Have you washed yours and did it shrink?

[lucykate]

not looked at the link yet, but just to warn you, there is a possibility that the boden sale starts tomorrow

[lucykate]

i don't think it's frumpy, the green fabric they've used is designed by quite a well know fabric designer (except i've forgotten her name!)

[mrsmerryweather]

thanks LK_ I know about the sale- but off on hols Sat and need it now really....

[MangoJuggler]

No will not shrink

get the 10 as you will be sweating a lot in Spain

[mrsmerryweather]

I intend to chop a good 3 inches off the length whichever one I keep!

I think the 10 is too big on the bust- it gapes a bit at the back neckline.

[wifeofdoom]

I've just got one but am returning it - looked frumpy on me (but I am a 14/16) so prob looks much better on you!

[fishie]

keep the 8 this is jersey not sailcloth. it borders on frumpy anyway so baggy is diaster. good luck to you if it suits because i bet the fabric is really nice and swishy.

[mrsmerryweather]

Riviera- oh dear- DH hates it- the colour, pattern etc etc. I am not so sure- the green is much brighter than on the web- I quite like it but not just me.

Looks like it's going back- so if you want an 8 or a 10 in green, there will be one next week inthe sale!

I have now got my eye on the perfect shift in purple.

If anyone has bought it I'd be keen to know about sizing- the under bust measurement is tiny in an 8- something like 26 inches!

[BunnyLebowski]

I was reading your thread yest MrsMerry and you are quite short?

The dress looks quite long? If so it might look a bit frumpy.

[mrsmerryweather]

I am short- 5' 3"- even pinning the hem up ( ahem) about 3 inches it looks frumpy.....a bit 1950s but not quite IYSWIM. I think the skirt just looks a bit full.......for me anyway- might be great if you are taller.