Please find me a party dress

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Size 12. Short arse. Like mini-ish dreses, ideally with short or three quarter sleeves. Real shops not ASOS etc. Not Vivienne of Holloway etc. Dark colours. Less than £70.

Thank you. :)

I like the skirt, but the top would make me look huge, I think.

I think the top is lovely but also fear I would look blob-ish. I just love the look of the top, the colour, the beads. Skirt is easy peasy straightforward nice I think.

Will report back on the M&S skirt tomorrow. Thanks for the help, folks.

Ok, not a mini but a bargain!

www.newlook.com/shop/womens/dresses/kelly-brook-black-embellished-shoulder-long-sleeve-midi-dress_295215001?tmcampid=84&tmad=c&extcam=UK_CSE_CSE_PriceGrabber&CA_6C15C=620008280000490866

Thanks, Charity. Deffo want mini.

M&S hadn't got the skirt in stock.

So order it online!!

:) I HATE getting stuff online. I work full time, so am never in to get parcels, or to send them back. And the 12 will almost certainly be too big but the ten might not be big enough. And it comes in different lengths too - there are just too many unknowns to make it worth faffing with.

Not the most exciting but what about this Phase Eight one here

Oh I know - I use all kinds of tricks to get round the delivery problem. Click and collect is a godsend. I have to say that Phase 8 dress is surely so completely perfect for you. Get it delivered to your nearest store - free, and no hassle.

Delivery to store is a good idea. Phase 8 no good for me though - it'd be far too long (and a bit frumpy, non?).

Arf - I would probly just wear it very tight to counter frumpiness. But yes, agree length/height ratio comes into play there too.

:)

this with your black silk T?
short but same idea as before
(remember you looking for a skirt with these sort of pleats an age ago although not sure what colour you wanted. Obviously not right for this and you probably wanted non-synthetic, but linking anyway)

I've got one v similar to the first TS one. 2nd one too little girly looking, I think. Love the third and v similar to what I was looking for (but would depend what the fabric was like irl). Thank you for remembering!

Hello!

Do you do velvet?

Are you after a dress or a skirt now? Have lost track...

My friend has this dress and it's gorgeous on.

www.johnlewis.com/oasis-lace-shift-dress-cobalt-blue/p855268

www.johnlewis.com/oasis-lace-skater-dress-black/p671364

www.frenchconnection.com/search/keywords+are+Vienna/Vienna.htm

Sorry, Tethers - don't like either of those. I'd have worn the first one 20 years ago (far too old and fat now). Hate the second one, sorry. No objection to velvet generally though.

Tbh I don't really know what I'm looking for. Dresses are difficult for me, unless they are actually a tunic for normal height people! I am also v short waisted, so waisted things often just sit entirely wrong on me.

This shape works quite well on me, fitted perfectly in a ten and looked nice - but was VERY short! :) Nicer irl than it looks there.

Lady - quite like the Oasis one, but dislike the quality/feel of Oasis stuff generally.

I have in mind something like this or this but cheaper... Right lines or wrong tree?

Love the first one!

I like this Topshop skirt. Though the 'pelmet' in the name makes me a bit nervous of the length.

Oh and TOPSHOP! Oi, how's about giving us the length of skirts and dresses? It matters y'know.

DMBL40 woman has a blog post on party dresses today. All a tad expensive. Worth a read?

I've been dithering over the shorts in that fabric for ages. :)

Ooh! They do shorts in it?? Ooh. Must look.