What do you think of this Toast dress?

[FrancesFarmer]

What do you think of this Toast dress?

www.toast.co.uk/product/dresses+and+tunics/C1AB4/Silk+Velvet+Wrap+Dress.htm?categoryref=%2fcategory.aspx%3fcategoryid%3ddresses%2520and%2520tunics%26seoterm%3ddresses%2520and%2520tunics%26&pcat=dresses+and+tunics&adimage=

Is it a comfortable yet elegant dress for winter occasions or a glorified dressing gown? I can't decide.

I wish they would provide better photos of their clothes - just one blurry one of a model in this dress.

I don't like it from the photo of the dress on its own but it is so hard to tell. It does look like a dressing gown in that picture as you have no way of telling how it hangs or fits. The other photo is useless.

I am sorry, but I don't like it. It looks like a dressing gown or a smoking jacket.

sorry - dressing gown is exactly what that looks like!!!

I think it does look exactly like the dressing gown they do in the same fabric (which I have from a couple of seasons ago - and it really is dressing gowny velvet if you see what I mean) - sorry

i think it does look a bit like a dressing gown. what about this? there are not many sizes left though and none in the lovely green colour!

but that one's so shapeless...

Sorry but it's horrible imho. It looks like a 3 Kings costume.

this?

nice in blue

I like this:

shop.uniqlo.com/uk/goods/066977

I can't decide. I linked to it on another thread a while ago, and thought it was ok at first glance- but you would never stop thinking of it as a dressing gown. How about:

This?

This?

This?

This?

This?

Lovely

Baragin

A baragin is a bit like a bargain, only cheaper.

I liked the idea of it too but then had a butchers at it in the shop and it is like a dressing gown. I think that the only way that you could get away with it was if it's a perfect fit. Eg: Huggy at the top without too much volume in the skirt.

Thank you for all the feedback and links - I will be taking a good look at the alternatives you provided and possibly ditching the idea of a velvet dress altogether as I have a feeling it's one of those fashion whims that's best left unrealised.