where are all htese shirtwaister dresses then

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think they be a really good summer look

Just had a Charles Tyrwhitt catalogue through with an order from the White Company, and it's gone all Boden, with whimsical descriptions - the one for their \link{http://www.ctshirts.co.uk/department.aspx?DepGrpCode=WOM&DepCode=WTTD\shirt dress} (the linen one) I just had to share:
'It seems like yesterday. I was fourteen and we were having tea with the vicar. Mrs Rhodes Brown had arrived with a tray of Earl Grey, wearing the most beautiful shirtdress and looking stylish and elegant - the perfect older woman. Just as I was putting a cup to my lips, in came Daisy, the vicar's daughter - Ding Dong - she looked the spitting image of Greta Garbo - hypnotic eyes, perfect bone structure and a shirtdress to die for. My love for the shirtdress had just begun.'
And if that doesn't put you off buying it, I don't know what will...

loev the osasis one ( and quite alot of their stuff shock horruer) pity in balck =- wonde rif i ocudl wear for court in high summer.....

Think they look lovely if you are pretty and feminine looking otherwise very prisoner cell block H!

oh nod th plod

you loev em

I do love em but maybe a bit mumsy with big boobs

oooo, jacqueline, i really like those dresses! especially the stripey one.

Noddy, just undo another button and they aren't too mumsy then!!

COD Oais haven't got that dress in yet, I went to ask and it should be in this week. Really annoying huh.

I tried on the swirly one from Debenhams today, quite nice tbh, but too short unless wearing jeans under (mid thigh-sih)

So lets hope Oasis comes up trumps :)

not ok for very summery crunch

reporting back from shopping trip yesterday

tried on a red one in miss selfridge - looked GORGEOUS on the hanger, quite dressy, in postbox red, with large covered buttons and a nice belt. material was very clingy though, and would stretch to the moon and back. had an annoying elasticated waist and a full skirt (which i agree is mumsy im afraid) but i think it would look really really nice if you are over 5'5". so look out for it

went to next but they didnt have any in the shop! asked the assistant and she said "no they are in the directory though" pft. not very helpful. but i DID try on a lovely big-spotted dress that was semi-wrap, navy, with a cute bow belt. am seriously thinking of buying it for a wedding. very nicely cut. and it comes in petite.

the best one i saw was in h&m, i saw a black one, a white one and an orange one (which if it had been warm and sunny outside i might have liked). i tried on the black one and it was great. nice length, tie-belt. top button at a fab height for unbuttoning . and i was thinking of franny at the time, so i checked the buttons nad they werent sewed on too well so i would have to re-do them, but apart from that it was really nice. wish i had bought it, might just go back. i forgot to sit down in it though

isnt it annoying when you dont buy something then wish you had for the rest of the day??

NP don't just sit down in it, you have to dance around with 2 toddlers in it. That is the only sure fire button test :)

I like them, v short with very wide belt to cover small muffin.

Love that last one on the asos links over trousers - very luscious

franny

forgot to add, the sunday times style mag has 10 shirtdresses in it today,

the boden one looks awful!
there is a nice tennis-theme one from tommy hilfiger (if you have a spare £150)
a spotty laura ahsley one
a cheap-looking thin material one from stella mc
a safari one from mk one (v cool looking)
a stylish mulberry print
a plain red one from mavi
an overpriced silk one
a grey quite-ish full skirted one from george at asda (actually v nice)
and the best one is a really nicely cut white round necked one from fenwicks (which we dont have up here, bummer)

v v nice

the stylist at sunday times must be an mner

nailpolish i got a boden one and i love it, , didnt see the sunday times thou. what colour is it?
i adore shirt dresses. have a multitude of them.

herm i saw the pink boden one in the catalogue and really liked it, the picture in the sunday times mag makes it look awful. bad photo. its the blue with the stripy belt.

yeah its the same one, i got the brown colour. but the belt does sit more empire line than waist.
which is not bad for a bloated tummy

ok tired ont eh DEBENHAMS swrily one
it looked effin awful

skirt is not shape at ala nd material looks bad on skirt

too short too

so nailey H and am i the place to go

i am going back to get the black one from h&m

will prob wear it loads as its very wearable for daytime and drinks in the pub with mates/lunch with IL's etc

can dress up or down

now, what shoes do you wear with a shirtdress?

saw lots of ballerina pumps in the shop

nicest was faith

and TS

but wasnt looking hard

the pink pattern one from dotty p look nice, missed that link earlier

oh my word, I've just clicked on the link to the Principles Emmanuelle colleciton and I may consider moving back to the UK for it, it's right up my street. I 've been waiting for the Sophia Loren style tailoring to come back in fashion, one can display large norks in style

wedges nail polish, or those platform sandals, saw a lovely pair from cant remember.
flip flops in the height of summer

flatties only if you have stick legs

oh god i LOVE wedges! why didnt i think of that? have a groovy black pair. must paint my toenails this afternoon in preparation...

jones bootmaker have some nice wedges, i like

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yes or flip flops

is there a link to the h and m dress?