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I want a dress like this but without the Per Una label! Views on the dress please

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LostMarbles99 · 09/09/2013 19:58

this dress. I really like the style of the dress but I'm not ready for Per Una yet!

Am 34 size 10 and need a confidence boost as have just returned to work after first baby.

Any ideas where I could get something similar and do you like the dress? I'm a teacher if that's relevant?!

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MotherOfDragon · 09/09/2013 19:59

What's wrong with the label? No one will see it!

DioneTheDiabolist · 09/09/2013 20:01

Just buy that one. It's lovely.

ArtDecoGirly · 09/09/2013 20:05

If you like that dress, what does the label matter? To try and search high and low for a similar one is a bit daft when the one you like is right in front of you...

britishbakeoff · 09/09/2013 20:10

My dear departed mum, who was an actress and very glam (though sadly I take after my dad) had a saying that you should never dismiss anywhere that sells clothes because someone with a good eye can find a gem 'even in Dorothy Perkins' (sorry, DPs - her words, not mine).

This is a longwinded way of saying get it.

IsThatTrue · 09/09/2013 20:16

Cut the label out

It's a nice dress, great for a teacher, order it!

noddyholder · 09/09/2013 20:17

Its quite Victoria Beckhamish

DontmindifIdo · 09/09/2013 20:21

lord, just order it! It's only £45, you're probably going to have to pay a lot more to get something similar that's not Per Una.

They have managed to make one dress you like, buying one nice dress isn't a slippery slope towards a wardrobe full of excessive applique and 'jazzy buttons' unless you want it to be.

ItsaTIARA · 09/09/2013 20:23

Yakky · 09/09/2013 20:25

You could try eBay.
I see loads if great dresses on there and it doesn't have to be per una.
Must add though that whenever I put any per una stuff in for sale, it usually gets a lot of interest so it must be popular.

magnumicelolly · 09/09/2013 20:26

Uh you like it? So buy it and don't be so ridiculous. It's not like it has 'per una' scrawled all over the front, is it?

Zoe789 · 09/09/2013 20:27

I can see how that would be really flattering. it's not frumpy so don't worry! ignore labels! I have bought things from country casuals can you top that!! - and people have said "oh is that from hobbs?". i'm not saying I like everything from cc by the way but when I see it and I like it I know I like it regardless of where it's from.

flowery · 09/09/2013 20:27

If you like it you like it, surely?! Buy it!

Bunbaker · 09/09/2013 20:32

Ditto everyone else. I don't get why some people are so hung up about labels.

I like the dress and have even seen it in the flesh. It is lovely and would consider it for myself.

AnythingNotEverything · 09/09/2013 20:32

Buy it. M&S do great shift dresses for work.

ItsaTIARA · 09/09/2013 20:38

I think we should nominate this thread for Classics.
The Day That All Of S&B Begged the OP To Buy A Per Una Dress.

ItsaTIARA · 09/09/2013 20:39

...or do you think the OP is actually a fiendishly cunning member of the Per Una Marketting team playing mind games with us?

LostMarbles99 · 09/09/2013 20:42

Definitely do not work for M&S!

Right I will order it as it is nice!

You lot have me all paranoid about buying from Per Una, that's why I asked!

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GreatNorthRoad · 09/09/2013 20:49

The dress I get more compliments in than any other is Per Una

SniffAndMoomintroll · 09/09/2013 20:54

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Belindaearl2 · 09/09/2013 22:01

Dame Mirren wears it in the latest ad - sure you'd not pass for the queen? [cardigan]

SundaySimmons · 09/09/2013 22:13

I like it. But I'm pushing fifty.

At 34 I had two children under the age of four and would have considered a dress like this a little bit mature.

But it would depend on where you work. It is smart but my honest opinion it is what I would expect to see on an older woman.

SpottedDickandCustard · 09/09/2013 22:17

Gorgeous dress!!!

Am pmsl that the style and beauty vipers have done such a good job of blacklisting per una!

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ShoeWhore · 09/09/2013 22:25

Buy it, looks great.

TollgateDebs · 10/09/2013 18:59

Buy it and love it! I've found and buy clothes from anywhere and everywhere with the proviso that they look good, I feel good in them and they will wash! Lots of the clothes come from the same manufacturers, with often minimal variations in design, but huge differences in pricing. I have received the most compliments recently for a suit from Primark, where I changed the buttons and the look of the outfit, so don't be afraid to fiddle too, as cheaper ranges often save money on the quality of buttons and belts and this is easily remedied.

thenightsky · 10/09/2013 19:03

It's gorgeous for work. I might go see if they have it in my local M&S. Not sure what size I am in there

IMO M&S need encouragement to produce more nice stuff like this. If we all go out an buy the good stuff, they might get the hint.

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