Friend’s awful dress and my reaction

My guess is this story is true except the picture of the dress, I think the poster deliberately searched for a dress that she thought to be most hideous so that it would get people talking on here like it has.
Whether the poster has done it out of boredom or not other members have certainly fallen for the bait, bet the poster is having a right laugh.

I'm team OP. With the best intentions I couldn't have kept a straight face if someone held that thing up to me.

OP, hope it blows over. And maybe it looks better on her than on the hanger...

How was it unexpected as you’ve said a lot of her clothes are “out there” and not to your taste.You must have known it might be something unusual

She will get over it! Not a big deal, nothing wrong with being honest about a dress!!

This thread is insane. I can't believe the amount of vile posts on here!

In regards to your friend, OP you did nothing wrong, taste is relative and your friend needs a bit of a thicker skin if she's going to wear clothes that are so 'out there', all that matters is that SHE likes it, the fact that your face showed that you did not like it is pretty irrelevant. I think your message to her was fine, hopefully she moves on from it. Good luck!

so do i and i wouldn't be shocked about other people not liking it. or upset at their reaction - because i wouldn't care what they thought... after all, I don't have to look at it and don't care if it offends their eyes :)

she was shocked at the hideous dress. I love friends that are honest but then again I only have friends that are honest because there is no point to people that aren't
said friend should probably show her terrible clothes to other people that will lie to her.

Agreed, that’s objectively hideous.

A friend is allowed to disagree or differ in taste. Can't see what you've done wrong. Its not like you're making her wear something you like and she doesn't.

It certainly is. And yes, it’s definitely the sort of dress an ‘ugly sister’ would wear in a Cinderella pantomime.

It’s a horrible dress, you think it’s a horrible dress, you did nothing wrong in admitting you did not like it. I think the problem is in the way you worded your initial attempt to cover up quite how execrable you think the dress is, because, in that, you gave her the impression you have frequently hated her dresses this much but never been caught out in the lie before. Ignore the twats who think you should have pretended you liked it - they are the sort of “friends” who would let you walk around all day with your skirt tucked into your knickers, because they don’t want to be the bearers of bad news.

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Ohh dear goodness thats an absolutely awful dress. I have met plenty of woman who can pull off dresses I never could but this is hideous. However each to there own. She will definitely stand out.

Glad I was sitting down when I read the full price, then it was reduced and that was still bad enough.
It reminds me of pink nappy sacks, I used for my kids. I could make one at a fraction of the price. Not that I would want to but put it on ebay for £400 and someone would buy it.😉

😱. Its like a shiny loo roll cover, wonder if you look up her skirt there will be a spare andrex in there. 😆 🤣 😂

Do you know what is a good way to reduce people using food banks? 'The rich' paying a fair price for products and services so that people involved in the supply chain can be paid better money for their labour and output.

In principle I refuse to buy anything cheap as this encourages corner and cost cutting. I actively choose to pay higher prices to independent brands that don't mass produce in third world countries.

On the topic of the dress - surely the point of a good friend is saying 'hmmm I'm not sure I love it' and being honest. I wouldn't like to be friends with someone who won't tell me what they really think. And only after you no longer have that terrible boyfriend/ bad haircut/ lots of extra weight, tell you what they really thought.

Why is she asking your opinion. She clearly likes it and has a different style to you. What does she need your permission for?

When I looked at it on the website even the model isn't showing her face wearing it 😬.

I suspect friend has woken up this morning, taken another look at the dress, and shrieked "What was I thinking?" And is probably feeling very grateful to OP for saving her from making a total tit of herself.

Some of the stuff posters fawn over as being fashionable on the S&B board are truly awful.
But each to their own.

Missing the point but Karen Millen is still going?! I thought they vanished along with Jane Norman amd Miss Sixty.

That's a dreadful dress. It looks like a load of bin liners stuck together. Nobody could carry that off.

Tell her to bin it.

This thread is hilarious. It actually reminds me of the nonsense dramas between my year 3 class. The amount of energy people have to find issues and be so invested if them being right and getting that acknowledgement is a bit tragic.

The dress is simply ugly. I would definitely have reacted to it with a grimace because that is humans nature. Friend is being too sensitive. She can like a dress which you hate and that's ok. I've been in both positions myself and never had a failing out over it.

Where?