Please help me find a couple of winter warm dresses.

[meltedchocolate]

Hi, I don't want to be stuck in jeans and jumpers this winter. I want to be feminine but warm.

Can you help me find some warm dresses? Either wooly warm long sleeved or dresses that can easily go with cardis (and help me find some cardis). I am Top Heavy (shoulders, not boobs) so need something that kicks out around the hip to balance me out. I don't want to spend more than £40 on each dress but would stretch to more for something fabulous that I could wear again and again! Don't mind colours but not used to wearing anything bright and in your face.

Thanks in advance for any help :)

The navy jersey dress looks very comfy!

Does anyone know if the WC discount codes work on top of that reduction please?

I alreday have that white co dress. Havent worn it yet as im tryimg to pretend its still late summer ( depite horribel weather)

Embrace the new season Kristina! Get your dress on, get a fire on and sit back and enjoy it with a glass

I have the white company dress - the navy one with button cuffs. It is lovely because it can be dressed up ( with white cami and silver necklace) or down with tights and boots. I think I'll wear it a lot over the winter months so cost per wear will make it a bargain ( try that argument when something is too expensive! you can usually con yourself)

i cant believe all the dresses that u showed im of to the shops wheres myhand bag

MMmm- kristina- will you handwash it, or dry clean? Only thing putting me off tbh, as handwash things tend to lurk in the basket for months a while.

That is the only thing that concerns me too. Not the handwashing, I will do it on the handwash cycle in the washing machine but it's how to dry it? It will come out soaking and will take aaaages to dry and could end up smelly!

Ah- I could put it on a wool wash do you think? (v old washer, might not be gentle enough...)

Ahem, i try to wash very infrequently and then put in machine. V short spin, roll in towels, pat, unroll and put on the aga.i had a merino wool one from white co last year and wore it LOADS. Pillimg was more of a problem thna washing, had to use one of these little shaver things a few times

Chocolate, im just having the wine. No fire yet. Though its bloody freezing here in scotland today so i may give in this weekend

meltedchoc- wool and silk dry v quickly IME tbh, so shouldn't go smelly!

There is btw a v similar tunic length wool mix tunic/dress at sainsburys atm btw- washed well so far, though no buttons up the sleeves (I have the grey one). It was £18 IIRC.

I see that Tethers has bowed gracefully out of this, now you've all got obsessed by the WC one! Stop sulking Tethers.

Does anybody know if the 20% off knitwear is for purchases in store as well?

I can't join in. I find it too painful

I love that dress too Tethers. Have you seen any cheaper versions of v-neck knitted dress around? [hopeful emoticon]. I have one from Oasis from about three years ago, it has cashmere in, very deep v-neck, and perfectly suits my rounder new shape post baby..... Failing that we could go halves on the dress and share it?

I like your thinking, Vanilla! Do you happen to be a size small in WC sizing and live in Birmingham? :)

Oh vanilla, the pain is not because i love the dress- quite the opposite, I'm afraid...

Remus, grey leather biker jacket in river island...

You are a bloody marvel, woman. Thank you. Thank you. I think that may just be THE ONE. Will have a look on Sunday. Deffo can't afford that AND the dress though. :(

Remus -Birmingham is do-able from where I live....(from Birmingham originally though). Size small, ha - if I want to wear the dress around one leg [sceptical].

Tethers - I apologise for getting the wrong end of the stick....that'll learn me for skim reading threads and just clicking on links nilly-willy...

You could start a new trend in legwear, Vanilla.

Tethers - don't get too excited; I haven't seen it irl yet!

Is it wrong to quite like the look of this?

Don't worry Vanilla- I am being cross and contrary

Remus, you better bloody like it Although I do quite like biker jackets made out of fabric, and that is nice.

I think both of them would depend on what the colour looks like. If the RI one is greige rather than true grey it will look dreadful on me and if the red one is 'too' red it will swamp me. I will report back!

Both jackets are gorgeous but tethers is amazing. I want! That really is out of my budget though.

Kristina I am also in Scotland and have now gaven in to having fires. They're lovely :o

Tethers I mean no offence, I always really like your suggestions (also admire how quickly you come up with them all and how willing you are to help people) but the WC dress was almost exactly the picture I had in my head, right length and everything. Sorry! :)