Help - find me a beautiful dress for a smart black tie but I am a lump

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Since my children, my always terrible stomach is now out of sync with the rest of me and my quite fat body. I'm a M&S 16 so prob 18 all over except for my waist, which is 37inches! I swim 6 km a week and eat healthily but that's taken care of 2.5 stone but not enough to look like a super model or even not fat at this event.

Up to £400 to spend as there will be a lot of photos and I haven't appeared in any since before my second child 5 years ago and 4 stone ago. Help me please?? I'm an autumn with long, thick hair and a 36C chest.

Also any quick fix extra stomach exercises?

so boobs: 36c
Waist: 37
Hips: 41

But i have good legs, bizarrely.

Just a quick one to help bump - if you have good legs but generous middle sounds like you need to go for "Apple" shaped dresses - ie shorter to draw attention to legs?

boden tunic? only an 18 left tho

green biba
chocolate phase 8
purple phase 8
purple east
Eliza J few colours

You are not a lump. You just need a good dress.

Vivienne Westwood might suit you:

black

metallic

Do you want full or knee length?

This could be great for drawing the eye away from the tummy

Westwood is good. But you really need to shop around to get bigger sizes! Try the Outnet, My Wardrobe, Net a Porter and Liberty online.

Navy full length

purple

gorgeous grey

Blue McQueen

VW full length

VW knee length

You have around the same proportions as me op and I just bought this. I love it, the cut is perfect and a size 16 fits beautifully. It is plain but you can dress it up with nice jewellery and a bag. Not exactly designer but it looks expensive on.

dps

OMG!! That red VW long is amazing!!!!!!! And the dsquared purple one, another wowzer. The red though, ooh, the red. Just looking at it makes me go weak.

And the navy! Your style nous is making me feel excited rather than petrified!

The navy full length is stunning.