oh woe is me -advice for apples didnt work!!!!

[guffaux]

I am a size 16-18 apple, have the most unfortunately huge swollen and gross abdomen [embarassed]

I bought an empire line dress hoping it would do me for christmas works do, christmas day and other 'dos' = it looked truly awful- dp (who loves me, whatever shape I am) plucked up courage to tell me the dress made me look old and frumpy.

I'm 5' 3, definitely apple (am 5'5" , 13 st and look ready to give birth) am grey (which I actually love!) pale, and totally lost fashion-wise

please please help- I have a works do with glamorous and svelte colleagues -I've paid £45 deposit, with £60 to pay!!! - WHAT am I going to wear?? its cocktail dress code.

Sorry I meant apple not apply :)

My friend is an apple , she wears fot and flare dresses .. They look fab ... You just need to get the right one ...keep trying .

Empire makes even skinny girls look pregnant!

bit confused by the "advice" given to the OP - empire line makes many women look pregnant but an apple shape?!

Could you bear to do a jacket which gives the appearance of a waist? I do think jacket and trousers works better on apples.

I think it was a wrong advice. Or maybe they meant fit-and-flare, which is fantastic for apples, especially above the knee, and not empire. Empire makes even the tiniest girls look pregnant.