do you think wrapdresses are THE most flattering dresses ever?

[carriedababi]

i think they are

Sweet. Perfect for the school run.

You'll be sorry when Kate MIddleton is wearing them in Hollywood

Fuck me, they look like instruments of torture.

Oh no! I have just bought a wrap dress on ebay because Mumsnet told me they were the most flattering dresses.

Will I look a complete frump?

linky!

I have been trying to but now I have bought it ebay won't let me look at it.

I have a sinking feeling

what make is it?

It is this one here although this is not the one I bought as it won't let me see it now.

It is frumpy isn't it?

I hate wrap dresses.

Those trousers are fucking wrong cyb, just wrong!

I like that print- it's bargainous isn't it?

Ebay will let you look, you just need to scroll further down the page.

I do remember seeing a flatmate's girlfriend in our flat one day and wondering why she was in her dressing gown. Turns out it was a wrap dress that she was wearing for a job interview

ha ha
I have a dressing gown that I kid myself is suitable for wearing around the house/garden etc...

Oh well, maybe an alternative use for the ebay dress I have just bought

I love my wrap dresses and I'm not giving them up fr anyone.

Likewise tunic dresses with leggings and tunics with skinny jeans.

If they suit me then I wear them. Fuck fashion.

You are right Tiger. I will wait and judge once my dress arrives.

I have the isabella oliver wrap dress with long sleeves in black, very good with norkage and v slimming imo. The short sleeve one has more fabric on the bust and looks mumsy.. I wear with black patent 6" heels and a leopard clutch bag, lots of gold accessories and always feel fab.

here

also recently got this, tighter fit but double layer jersey so very very supportive. V neck much lower than on model...

fixed wrap dress

Again, really flippin useful. I love them.

Not really.

I think they fit me well but it all depends on the print, whether they look dressing gown or high fashion.

Madammecholet - those are beautiful dresses. Can you wash them or are they dry clean jobbies?

Love wrap dresses, and although it's a cliche, having tried heaps of different ones the DVF ones are really v good and more flattering than most. I have a hips and booby type figure...never really thought about whether they would work for the flat-chested.

I love wrap dresses but surely they are terrible if you bum is in anyway wobbly? When I was pregnant, I always lusted after Isabella Oliver but when my order showed up it hugged my bum and looked terrible. Is that just me then?

tooworried they're machine washable which is perfect! Heavy jersey too so they hang really well.

I've been really pleased with them both...

I'm slim and B-cup and wrap dresses do nothing for me. I have a silk DVF wrap dress and beautiful bright red organic cotton one from Australia. While both are gorgeous garments, I find them slightly difficult to wear - too much cleavage flash and the risk of thigh exposure. I feel I need a slip with both of them which kind of undoes the convenience of wearing a wrap dress. TBH, normal dresses are so much easier to wear. However, they probably work well if you are a hourglass figure.

Depends on your shape. I am not actually mad keen on the whole overall look of a wrap but they suit my body very well.