I will just look like a nun in this, won't I?

[JaneS]

It's this dress from Toast:

www.toast.co.uk/product/dresses+and+tunics/C1AC4/Fine+Wool+Maxi+Dress.htm?categoryref=%2fcategory.aspx%3fcategoryid%3ddresses%2520and%2520tunics%26seoterm%3ddresses%2520and%2520tunics%26&pcat=dresses+and+tunics&adimage=

I was looking through Ghoul's comfortable day dress thread and also want something jersey-ish and simple. I love this dress and really like maxi-length, but I can't help suspecting I will look a bit like a nun. I'm 25 and 5'4, usually wear heels though, don't usually shop in Toast! Has anyone tried it on in the shop, and is it nice on, or a bit conventual?

Yes you will I'm afraid. Or on your way to a funeral.

Sorry

Looks incredibly frumpy

Sorry

If it were anything other than black it would be lovely. I like the cut, etc. But yes, definately a touch of the Maria Von Trapp there.

Don't be sorry - I did know but the temptation of something warm and cosy that meant I didn't have to think about tights was quite huge. I sometimes commute very early in the morning and would really love it if it were appropriate to wear a dressing gown. I've got a gorgeous full-length black velvet coat to tuck around me when it's really cold, but too wintery yet.

Ah well ... I'll just have to man up!

Real nuns wear M&S.

Could you maybe carry a broomstick and wear a pointy hat to vary the look a bit?

Oddly enough, my cousin was a nun. She wore a very proper and traditional Anglican habit, but she did say it was always odd shopping for underwear - apparently the young men in John Lewis found it most embarrassing and she wondered if there were a public preconception that nuns didn't wear knickers.

Thanks Beta .... ok, ok, I will now hang my head and never darken the style section again ...

I like it.

Sister Wendy very on trend for AW11.

Yup -= you'll look like an extra from the nun scenes in sound of music

You're all being mean now.

I really do like it!

I think tbh it would depend how it was worn. Maybe with boots and a grey leather biker jacket? All the mags would say an aviator jacket but tbh I think they look a bit daft.

Jesus, that is criminal.

I really like it, could you order it and return if it didnt look good?

My mother would approve.

I thought it was lovely until I read that it was a maxi...think it really would be a little nun-like.

Less frumpy?

More vampy?

No, tethers, I don't think I can now! I'd be thinking of you lot every time I wore it - and not in a good way.

I think I'm over-compensating - I've got a gorgeous black knit dress that I wear a lot, but I made the mistake of wearing it in front of my students and realized that:

a) my boobs aren't really a D cup any more and
b) they do bounce quite a lot when you've had to loosen your bra straps in order to keep said bra out of sight.

Hence the foray into nunnishness.

Have you seen this jersey maxi dress from topshop...dark grey marl, and straighter skirt, so not as nun-like, and ££££ cheaper!

Ooh, trillian, I like the second dress ... but I am thinking I may need to go and explore colour for a while to get the witch-images out of my head!

I thought it was very nun-like when I first looked, but looking at the pictures of models wearing it, it looks much better on. I think it could look very stylish with the right accessories. (not on me I hasten to add - I would definitely look like sister Wendy)

Lol at loosening bra straps! Maybe wear a cami or contrasting vest top under?

garcia - not so keen on the topshop one. That waistline doesn't really work for me (tummy). I don't normally go around flashing my boobs at students btw, just forgot to wear the right bra that day.

kurri, thanks, but I think it's a lost cause now!

Yes before you enlarge the picture the model in the second picture looks like a nun.