I think I've found my school run dress - Seasalt Cornwall

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

What do you think of:

the red one

and

the dotty one ?

[OneLittleLady]

I prefer the red one. It looks like it would work both with bare legs in summer and with opaques and boots when it's colder. Good find!

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

Thank you! One of those catalogues I got through the post because I must have forgotten to tick a box somewhere, but actually quite pleased with this find - there are loads of nice dresses there!

[VivaLeBeaver]

I don't like the length of the red one.

[Lambzig]

Both nice, but gosh you are a bit smarter than I am on the nursery run.

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

I meant as a 'throw it on' sort of outfit - I am a bit of a dress wearer

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

it might be a bit long, mightn't it?

[Autumn12]

A tad frumpy IMO sorry.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Don't like the red one at all, sorry. Dotty one is okay if you are v tall.

[happyreindeer]

Frumpy .. sorry

[happyreindeer]

That is the red one .The blue one is nicer.

[Pinkflipflop]

Terrible, sorry.

Give us more detail as you can do way better.

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

Nooooooooo!

Ok, am size 14, 5'4'', curvy, short legs, like prints, hate dry clean only, won't wear anything that is shorter than my knees or that doesn't have some sort of sleeves. Also needs to come in at the waist. A-line. straight skirts look awful on me.

[LynetteScavo]

If you want to look frumpy, the're fine.

[BunnyLebowski]

At 5'4 (I am too) that dress will look frumptastic on you.

To be honest I don't think even Gisele could make it look chic.

Will have a mooch for alternatives.

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

I'm not that desperate to look chic tbh!

[AKissIsNotAContract]

Very frumpy, you've got at least another 20 years before you should be dressing like that.

[ihearsounds]

Something like my mum would wear.

[ihearsounds]

Just had a quick look around the site... Honestly. Chuck the book in the recycle bin. It's all stuff much older ladies, and men, would wear..Although I did laugh at the suggested gift, a box of socks, so maybe that clouded my view.

[Lizzylou]

The dresses themselves are ok, ish, at a push. If they were lots shorter.
Such bad, frumpy, ageing lengths.
They would be frumpy on me, and I am 5 inches taller than you.
Step away, Bella, step away.

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

is it possible to wear a print, a-line, sleeved dress that isn't frumpy?

because otherwise I am going to have to look frumpy and to hell with it

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

(I generally shorten clothes)

[OwlLady]

If I was you i would wear what i like and felt comfortable in, because that is what you want, isnt it?

or do you want other women at the school gates to gasp as you walk through? ()

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

Goodness me, I would hate that

[apatchylass]

Watching with interest what you think Bella should wear as I'm same height and size as her. I've seen lots of posters on here link to dress suggestions for people of our build that would just look dreadful because they are cut for skinnier women, or women with long thin legs. But would love to know what is considered stylish on our sort of body shape.

[SwedishEdith]

I quite like the red one