MN STYLE GURUS: VERDICT NEEDED!

[juliab]

Have to go to a posh-ish wedding and thought I could cut a reasonable dash in \link{http://www.marksandspencer.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=2651&Product_Id=1957883\this}
But dh says it's 'a horrid, Abigail's-party, middle-aged dress'
Now, I'm not exactly a fashion queen, so need to ask you all: what do you think of it?

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there are lots of posh dresses on the principles website, have a look there

MrsBadger, you are a STAR! thank you - plain, or at least, less frumpy floral, could well be the answer.
Like all your suggestions - especiall the last one with the sleeves (cos I'm too scared to bare my batwings!)
Would \link{http://www.boden.co.uk/col.asp?segname=Women&styid=WH067&segid=6&gpname=Dresses&desname=Chic+Dress&gpid=6&gen=\this} be in the right ball park too?

cant link it but dorothy perkins have a gorgeous black and white print square neck dress (go to website, click on dresses and roll along)

\link{http://www.dorothyperkins.co.uk/promostores/dp/2006/\dp's site}

ooh, like the DP one too, nailpolish! getting all excited now.
So glad I asked for advice - you lot are FAB

julia, i like the last one you linked but im not sure about the material - it might cling

maybe not tho'

i love that dp dress myself

very posh

very flattering

and very easy to buy accessories for

ah, now, I saw that last Boden one and wasn't convinced by it.

I don't know why exactly - it looks fine on the dummies in Product Colours, but the model doesn't seem to have the norkage to fill it, so it hangs all limp round the chest and upper arm/shoulder.
I suffer from this (not being overly endowed) so I'm hyper-aware of clothes that do it, but if you are confident it will hug you flatteringly it might be worth a try.

To be quite honest I think fitted sleeves are always the way to go - apart from my actual ankles my arms are the thinnest bit of my body, and I always think I'm damned if I'm going to shroud them in swathes of fabric!