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Which 2 out of these 3 day dresses?

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sethstarkaddersmum · 08/12/2010 19:32

Please would people with some kind of fashion sense be kind enough to advise me?

I can afford 2 out of these 3 dresses.
Am 38 yo SAHM and have decided I like wearing dresses either over jeans/leggings or with boots.

I have a very hourglassy figure, ok legs, but also ginormously wide shoulders (so I tend to find square necks work well and anything with slightly fancy shoulders is out).

Hobbs
East
Phase Eight

the Phase Eight is the prettiest but is also not machine washable; I could cope with handwashing but it is not ideal. I have small dcs so get a lot of snot etc on me....
Are wrap dresses/Hobbs too officey? Also as wrap dresses are everywhere at the moment will it look very dated in a year or two?
is the East one too peasanty?

any opinions?
thanks!

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sethstarkaddersmum · 10/12/2010 16:44

oh well I'm glad you think so Sparkly, since I have that one on order Smile

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moragbellingham · 10/12/2010 18:37

I find Phase Eight really long which makes them look frumpy on me.
Have now got a sewing machine and it's amazing what a couple of inches off the bottom can do.

sethstarkaddersmum · 14/12/2010 16:27

They have now arrived and I can report back Smile

Am very pleased with them both. Both flattering and nicely cut. (They looked crap at first then I remembered the importance of a Good Bra and dug out my non-nursing bras which made all the difference.)

The Hobbs one takes half a stone off me. It is very solidly constructed in the usual Hobbsian way. It seems to be staying put rather than slipping like wrappy things sometimes do.
Having experimented I hold to my initial view that it can be worn with jeans; looks good in a casual SAHM-running-around sort of way IMO.
The only caveat is that it is a very greenish blue and in electric light I would say it is green rather than blue (and hence less flattering on me by electric than daylight).

The Phase Eight one is very sweet. It's on the knee rather than above or below, on me. Really lovely shade of dark blue.

so all in all a good bit of shopping - thanks again for advice.

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