A shirt (half shirt) dress please

[HappyAsEyeAm]

I have decided that this type of dress might suit me. But I can't find one! I think it would be a good staple (what my mum would call a mileage dress "you'd get a lot of mileage out of that") - nice for the office with heels, or wedges, and nice for a summer's day out and about with flat sandals.

What I am looking for is:

A cotton dress
That flares out from the waist
Either button through or button to the waist (not a wrap over style top as I am flat chested and they always gape)
Able to be shortened, as I am 5 foot 1 inch tall

I am not fussed about the colour, but I would prefer something plainer than very patterned. I am a size 10 (12 on a bad day). Smallish chest, biggish thighs and hips (which is why I think this type of dress might suit).

No particular budget, but not high end designer or anything.

Is anyone able to help me please?

Dirt cheap - the cut-outs might not be your thing. Looks short on the model but might not be on you.

Lands End (on Debenhams) website do some nice ones .

I fear I'm too old for cutouts 50Shades (I'm 37) - and it wouldn't go down well in the office! Thanks for making a suggestion though.

I should also have said that it needs to have sleeves (any length), but definitely sleeves.

topsy I love the red and the blue shirt dresses on the Lands End section of the Debenhams website. It was music to my ears when a reviewer said that the dress was too short! Unfortunately, they are both sold out in my size! And they don't appear on Lands End's own website.

Actually I think there was a similar one in the store without the cut-outs and with sleeves - but it ain't on the website.

(What do you mean 37 too old!)

anything like this? Blue or this? Black (it does button to the bottom)

I've never bought anything from La Redoute, so I hadn't even considered it. Thanks for the suggestion. This one come up above the knee on the model, so maybe that's a better option for me as I'm so short.

How about this from Jaeger: It's even on sale

From Mango: Linen cotton blend and Shirt dress

Thanks Vibbe I really like both. I've ordered the Jaeger one in pink, to be delivered to my local Waitrose tomorrow, and I will take a look at the Mango one in store towards the end of the week. its short, isn't it! Will be a normal knee length on me though, I expect.

Thanks again for your efforts. The pink one is more what I had in mind style wise, but the Mango one would be useful too, and its nice and cheap! I will report back.

The Mango one that isn't linen, I mean. I'm not good with linen - I always look a crumbled mess in it.

Right.

The jaeger one is absolutely lovely. But as i am so short, is too long from the neck to the waist, and there is too much bulk. It is also too wide across the chest. I am gutted. The fabric, style and colour are all lovely. But it doesnt fit.

I went to my local mango today to try the other suggestion on. It has gone and closed down! Apparently it closed about a month ago! I don't feel that I can complain though, as I never bought anything in there myself.

Back to the drawing board. Think I need something from a petite range as this has happened to me before when I try to buy dresses.

monsoon? in navy or red

Sorry, just realised it's not cotton

People tree have a few along those lines for example here or here though I appreciate they're patterned.

would you do sleeveless?

Or here but would prob need to be shortened.

Thanks all, but I need something from a petite range. If ever I buy a dress from a regular range, it is always way too long in the body. Its fine to shorten off the length, and I am used to that, but the shoulder to waist is always too long, and you can't alter that. I am gutted about the jaeger one, as that was almost perfect. Well, save for the fit.

I've just got an amanda wakely shirt dress (1/2 sleeves, fitted slightly, plain black stretch cotton) for£8 so do keep scouting on ebay!

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