Posh do! Excited but please help me find a dress like this

[Chorltonswheelies422]

I've been invited to my first proper posh do at end of March- I absolutely love the dress that Vesper wore in Casino Royale - can you help me find something similar please? I'm a 5' 3" hourglass

[ThirtyNineWeeks]

Oh crikey that's too much cleavage, love. By 'hourglass' do you mean you carry some weight? No offence meant.

[Chorltonswheelies422]

No offence taken thirtynineweeks. I'm a size 8/10 with full bust and my bust and hips are about the same size and my waist is very small.

[herecomesthsun]

You will look so stunning!!

[CaveMum]

Budget? Colour preference? Black is very safe, but sometimes colour is better.

[herecomesthsun]

As a small-waisted hourglass/pear though I have found that you can't beat trying stuff on to check that it suits your bust-waist -hips.

Also, if you are going for a style like Vesper's, bust support will be important. It might be with the right (very well-made) dress that you don't need a separate bra even. However, slip dresses are majorly on trend, but they often don't allow either for supporting boobs or for subtly incorporating solid underpinnings.

I have looked on TK Maxx, Bustier and Monsoon so far and not found anything...

[BooAvenue]

How big are your boobs? I think if your boobs are above a C that dress could look a little obscene! It's lovely though.

[Chorltonswheelies422]

Thanks everyone -

Budget is £500 - I just had a birthday and a bonus so could stretch to that and I really do want to look good.

Black would be perfect.

Boobs are a 28c

[CaveMum]

Black

Monochrome

Purple - my favourite

[CaveMum]

Cross-posted, with that budget you could buy all three of my suggestions!

Look at House of Fraser, Debenhams, Asos.

[YellowTulips]

www.phase-eight.com/blog/occasions/dressed-to-kill-bond-girl-party-dresses

[icklekid]

This obviously doesn't have the straps but is stunning and there are others on their site (they even have a bond girl dress section) www.littleblackdress.co.uk/dresses/black-dresses/natalya-couture-natasha-dress-in-black

[YellowTulips]

www.phase-eight.com/fcp/product/phase-eight/dresses/audrey-embellished-full-length-dress/203268891

[herecomesthsun]

matches

osman

Galan

Matches sale - long black and slinky but not really similar necklines I'm afraid.

[VirginiaWoofs]

Loving all the body shaming here. So what if youve got big boobs? Where whatever you like. I've got 32e and I would wear that dress. I'm not covering up just because other people think that a certain body part being exposed is wrong. Eurgh.



love Vespers dress OP. Have no advice where to find one like it but is beautiful.

[Mytholmroyd]

www.theprettydresscompany.com/fashion/Fatale-Black-Fishtail-Gown.html

in black red or cobalt. french crepe and boned bodice - great quality dresses IME for the price although well within your budget

[BooAvenue]

Well I'm an F and if I wore that dress my boobs would be literally falling out of it. It's not body shaming to point that out. I never said the OP shouldn't wear it if she had big boobs, just that it might be a little unflattering.

[thatstoast]

www.theoutnet.com/en-GB/product/Marchesa-Notte/Metallic-lace-gown/626591

www.theoutnet.com/en-GB/product/KAUFMANFRANCO/Washed-silk-satin-gown/469690

[Chorltonswheelies422]

Truly grateful for all your store recommendations - I lurk about in style and beauty and have learnt about lots of stores I'd never heard of

great suggestions - working through them

Cavemum - the purple is my favourite too - thank you

Icklekid - thank you - lovely dress - I haven't come across this company before

Herecomesthesun - the matches one is lovely

Virginiawoofs - agree with you - I should make the most of my natural assets.

Just once I would love to make a few heads turn

[SnuffleGruntSnorter]

Is it black tie or white tie?

subtly sexy?

[Towardsthesun]

Beautiful suggestions. I think any of them would look amazing.

[SnuffleGruntSnorter]

reasonably similar?

[FauxFox]

fishtail
sequins
embellished shoulders
ghost

[cathyandclaire]

It looks like a Narciso Rodriguez dress I think, so maybe worth keeping an eye out on Ebay/ vestaire collective?
Something like this one but don't get excited even in the sale it is still eye-wateringly expensive.

[starsinyourpies]

With that budget I would definitely look at Vivienne Westwood, brilliant for hourglass.

[StatisticallyChallenged]

Ach well I'm a 30HH, and that sort of neckline suits me and looks far from obscene. A 28C is a fairly small bust really (no offense op, it's probably very in proportion to your frame, just mean it's hardly Katie Price territory!), and all C cups are not the same. A 28C has much less breast volume that a 38C.

In fact I'd say that dress needs some decent breasts, and ones which are relatively close set (or respond well to the right bra), as it would be spoiled by a visible gap between the breasts.