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Dress with trouser legs

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Wouldlovetobeinthesun · 09/08/2022 18:05

Posting here for traffic and answers (hopefully)!

I've been searching for ages for a linen/cotton dress that I saw a lady wearing but it had legs sewn in. I've looked everywhere googling culotte dresses etc but can't replicate it. It's wasn't a jumpsuit as it wasn't fitted and didn't have a bib top. It definitely looked like a dress.

My AIBU is to think that it shouldn't be that hard to find one! Mumsnet wisdom required please.

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KangarooKenny · 09/08/2022 18:06

How do you know the legs were sewn in ?

KangarooKenny · 09/08/2022 18:07

Sorry, you’ve already answered that !

IsDaveThere · 09/08/2022 18:10

Anything like this?

Dress with trouser legs
ReviewingTheSituation · 09/08/2022 18:15

If it's got trouser legs then it's a jumpsuit, not a dress. Jumpsuits aren't necessarily fitted.

It sounds like a very wide-legged culotte jumpsuit (I don't know what you mean by a bib top in the context of a jumpsuit/dress - that's something I'd associate with dungarees)

For example - this would look like a dress if you were standing with your legs closer together, but all the photos of jumpsuits will always have a slightly exaggerated 'legs apart' pose, to demonstrate/emphasise that it's not a dress!

If you google 'culotte jumpsuit' loads of results come up. A 'culotte dress' doesn't exist, so I'd change your search term.

FOJN · 09/08/2022 18:15

www.freemans.com/products/seasalt-cornwall-treen-cove-wide-leg-linen-jumpsuit/_/A-89S447_8

This one looks like a dress from the front but less so from the back.

FatPatsCat · 09/08/2022 18:19

Like this?

Dress with trouser legs
Wouldlovetobeinthesun · 09/08/2022 18:29

Thanks all so far. The dress wasn't fitted at the waist. It was more like an a line shape with legs from about half way down the thigh if that makes sense?

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Wouldlovetobeinthesun · 09/08/2022 18:32

ReviewingTheSituation · 09/08/2022 18:15

If it's got trouser legs then it's a jumpsuit, not a dress. Jumpsuits aren't necessarily fitted.

It sounds like a very wide-legged culotte jumpsuit (I don't know what you mean by a bib top in the context of a jumpsuit/dress - that's something I'd associate with dungarees)

For example - this would look like a dress if you were standing with your legs closer together, but all the photos of jumpsuits will always have a slightly exaggerated 'legs apart' pose, to demonstrate/emphasise that it's not a dress!

If you google 'culotte jumpsuit' loads of results come up. A 'culotte dress' doesn't exist, so I'd change your search term.

I'm aware the term culotte dress doesn't exist; that was my way of trying to describe it. I referred to a bib because I have seen them but with a bib/dungaree top but I'm looking for more of a dress top half.

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DubiousGoals · 09/08/2022 18:35

Something like this?

Dress with trouser legs
Snid · 09/08/2022 18:39

I wonder if it was Plümo? I can’t see it on their site now but I’m sure I saw something like that early in the season. Sort of a huge babygro, like a T shirt with legs.

Meredusoleil · 09/08/2022 18:55

Omg, I don't know if this is what you mean, but the female mayor character in teh animation Bad Guys wears something that is a cross between a dress and a jumpsuit and I just love it 😀 Like a skort but full body length instead of just waist down. Will see if I can find a pic.

Meredusoleil · 09/08/2022 18:59

The Bad Guys Mayor Fox

This doesn't show the whole thing, but basically the front of the dress opens up to the sides like curtains and there are trousers underneath attached!

Wouldlovetobeinthesun · 09/08/2022 19:01

DubiousGoals · 09/08/2022 18:35

Something like this?

Very similar but not such defined legs.

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Meredusoleil · 09/08/2022 19:03

Meredusoleil · 09/08/2022 18:59

The Bad Guys Mayor Fox

This doesn't show the whole thing, but basically the front of the dress opens up to the sides like curtains and there are trousers underneath attached!

Here's a better picture.

Meredusoleil · 09/08/2022 19:05

Sorry to hijack your thread OP, if this is not what you're after.

(If anyone else knows where to get something like this, please do let me know though 🙂)

Wouldlovetobeinthesun · 09/08/2022 19:05

Similar to this but longer with a loose trouser bottom.

Dress with trouser legs
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Wouldlovetobeinthesun · 09/08/2022 19:06

Meredusoleil · 09/08/2022 19:05

Sorry to hijack your thread OP, if this is not what you're after.

(If anyone else knows where to get something like this, please do let me know though 🙂)

No but I like it! My huge boobs wouldn't suit it though...

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Meredusoleil · 09/08/2022 19:08

Also, there are sarong style wrap trousers which I've had and loved in the past.

missbipolar · 09/08/2022 20:04

Is it the smock style one with pockets and shorts?

ItsNotNormalLove · 09/08/2022 20:10

Wouldlovetobeinthesun · 09/08/2022 19:05

Similar to this but longer with a loose trouser bottom.

Maybe it is the style called Lagenlook? This sort of thing?

Dress with trouser legs
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