Absolutely lovely never! yy - you have to keep! Pity it's not lined though. If I feel a dress is "too much" I sometimes have a jumper or semi-buttoned cardi/ jacket to make it feel more like a skirt/top combo. And then take off the "top" when too hot or people are used to the skirt part!
laska - lol at your determination not to buy the Japanese trousers lasting a whole 40 minutes...
. They are lovely, to be fair. I think I would go for the dress in the same fabric, but that's just more my style. It was this dress that I was after. Not really a pinafore tbh! but same kind of idea as I'd want to wear with a tee or blouse under.... (I have a similar one to the actual black denim pinafore you linked to though - should get that out really, though its a bit short to wear without tights.)
cherries - yes, the long sleeved kensington was the one I was lusting after! I'm sure its new if you and laska hadn't seen it before either! Its a gorgeous print - but I really don't need any more dresses. I think I'd roll up the sleeves to 3/4 length anyway, so they are probably wasted on me. Also (aiming to anti-enable myself) the way it is hanging on the model means you can see the reverse side of the fabric, which looks a bit odd imo. It just looks a bit pale with such a dark coloured print. I'd still buy it if I wasn't on the bench, though....