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It's my 40th birthday, I want a red dress and I want to look like mutton dressed as lamb

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Themasterandmargaritas · 14/03/2011 16:47

And I don't care what anyone thinks. However I shall have only 12 hours upon touching down in the UK to find one. I haven't found one yet on t'interweb. Is red an absolute no no this year?

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madammecholet · 14/03/2011 16:55

LK Bennett have one in sale I saw today

here

withagoat · 14/03/2011 16:55

how can a whole colour be a no no?

madammecholet · 14/03/2011 16:57

umm, the dress I linked to is not really mutton though...will have a rummage..

waves at withagoat...

madammecholet · 14/03/2011 17:00

some more...

awear

lk bennett

miss selfridge

yoox

GlynisIsFixed · 14/03/2011 17:00

how mutton is mutton?

and does it have to be red?

or raspberry

withagoat · 14/03/2011 17:01

just go on shopystyle and look there

honest
we haev the same internet as you

noddyholder · 14/03/2011 17:02

red enough!

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Themasterandmargaritas · 14/03/2011 17:04

Love the Davina 2 madam, but I just would like something perhaps with a little more, erm pzazz? Doesn't have to be red, but bright is preferable. Grin

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FauxFox · 14/03/2011 17:05

Or rich mutton in viv westwood
or Michael Kors
or McQueen
or Helmut Lang

omnishambles · 14/03/2011 17:07

am hankering after this

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Themasterandmargaritas · 14/03/2011 17:08

goatie, mine doesn't work like yours does.

What's shopstyle? See I can't keep up!

I'm still trying to open link no 3, it's like being in the bleedin Dark Ages.

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Themasterandmargaritas · 14/03/2011 17:12

Fabulous dresses, I love them all. Especially foxie's vvvv expensive and chic ones. One day foxie, one day.

The Oasis one vs Davina?

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CountessDracula · 14/03/2011 17:13

uber muttony esp with croydon facelift

CountessDracula · 14/03/2011 17:14

ASOS is nearly all mutton in fact

DuplicitousBitch · 14/03/2011 17:15

hahaha @ that one cd, that is beyond mutton, people would physically recoil at a 40 year old in that

DuplicitousBitch · 14/03/2011 17:15

as seen on sluts

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Themasterandmargaritas · 14/03/2011 17:16

Really DP? It was growing on me. Especially the Slashed Slit bit.

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CountessDracula · 14/03/2011 17:16

well it was the remit...

KristinaM · 14/03/2011 17:19

Please tell that you mean tastefully sexy and not like an old slapper?

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Themasterandmargaritas · 14/03/2011 17:21

Actually DP now you have got me thinking, see I could physically wear that dress, I don't think people would recoil. They would probably be rather surprised mind you. Perhaps they would be too polite to recoil.

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DuplicitousBitch · 14/03/2011 17:23

no they would recoil,

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Themasterandmargaritas · 14/03/2011 17:24
Grin
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DuplicitousBitch · 14/03/2011 17:26

unless you were holding the puppy!

Havingkittens · 14/03/2011 17:39

I wore a print version of this on my 40th and got lots of compliments. Might be a bit retro for some but it's very flattering.

I have posted to the black one as the red one doesn't photograph well