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I have an unrequited love for this dress

31 replies

nangnangnang · 19/09/2007 17:03

www.net-a-porter.com/product/24215?cm_mmc=Email--Issue75TNG190907--DesignerProductIntl-_-DesignerP roductIntl.

I want it soooo badly but it's so wrong for my celtic pallor.

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Tamdin · 19/09/2007 17:05

it's GORGEOUS!
I want it now too.
love netaporter.
unfortuantely I don't thin it owuld go with my skin tone either.
think it's meant for a dark haired olive skinned beauty.
I'm irish neei i say more!

lemonaid · 19/09/2007 17:07

It looks as though it might dye well, though (and a cotton/wool blend ought to, I think). But £90 is a lot to invest for an experiment (not as if you could return it if the dye-job didn't work, say).

themildmanneredjanitor · 19/09/2007 17:07

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MascaraOHara · 19/09/2007 17:07

It's gorgeous, I'd love it for work but it's SO short!

nangnangnang · 19/09/2007 17:10

Nice thought Lemonaid but the last dyeing I did was when I put a red towel into a hot white wash. I'm not to be trusted with baby vests let alone a thing of beauty.

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lemonaid · 19/09/2007 17:16

It's just possible that you'd get better results using, y'know, proper fabric dye...

nangnangnang · 19/09/2007 17:33

Actually the towel approach isn't bad. It all came out a nice uniform pink; shame it was my son and partner's clothes.

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tiredemma · 19/09/2007 17:43

who was the inspiration for this little number?

www.net-a-porter.com/product/21624

Maria VonTrapp???

Tortington · 19/09/2007 17:45

i think its hideous

i think the maria von trap thing is fucking B zar

tiredemma · 19/09/2007 17:46

where would you wear something as hideous as the Maria Vontrapp one? Its bloody AWFUL

nangnangnang · 19/09/2007 17:47

Hilarious. The last person I saw dressed like that was telling me to push.

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lemonaid · 19/09/2007 17:51

Pink is very in for men at the moment...

filthymindedvixen · 19/09/2007 17:51

Thre are times when I am glad I was blessed with no money - I have no sense and the combination would be fatal....imagine walking around looking like Alsice n wonderland - or wore - Su pollard in Hi-di-hI..and thinking you looked fab because, well it's designer you know!

lilacclaire · 19/09/2007 17:57

Phew, thought it was just me that thought it was vile.
Glad im also poor and unable to buy 'designer'

pyjamagirl · 19/09/2007 18:08

Didn't david camerons wife wear that mostrosity to their DS baptism ??

nangnangnang · 19/09/2007 18:08

PJgirl - any pics? that would make my day.

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nailpolish · 19/09/2007 18:11

i think youd get away with that dress (OP) if you wore something under it (dark polo neck or even just a long sleeved tshirt), teamed it with dark coloured jewellery

or is that v wrong

pyjamagirl · 19/09/2007 18:12

let me see if I can find one

pyjamagirl · 19/09/2007 18:18

This is all i can find

images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_03/CameronDM0107_468x660. jpg&imgrefurl=www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html%3Fin_article_id%3D465557 %26inpageid%3D1770%26ito%3Dnewsnow&h=660&w=468&sz=81&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=g2MxTA9FReH7iM:&tbnh =138&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddavid%2Bcameron%2Band%2Bwife%2Bat%2Bson%2527s%2Bchristening%26svnum% 3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX

I know the links crazy but it should work she looks farking horrible

Peachy · 19/09/2007 18:30

pyjamagirl youre rigt, Mrs cameron did wear that dress tiredemma linked to- blardy appalling!

Peachy · 19/09/2007 18:31

oops missed alst one

newgirl · 19/09/2007 18:36

good god what was she thinking?

NineUnlikelyTales · 19/09/2007 18:39

Dear Lord.

filthymindedvixen · 19/09/2007 19:22

Oh! Oh! Poor woman! And no-one will ever forget...

nangnangnang · 19/09/2007 19:33

Nailpolish - I think it could work but it would make it v much daywear (though still tempting). My fantasy was eveningwear, long string or two of pearls, pale satin gloves etc etc. Not that I ever go anywhere to justify such finery.

What was Mrs C thinking? It's one of the nastiest frocks I've seen in ages. Not even Cherie...

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