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Thoughts on this dress

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SnoopLabbyLab · 18/09/2022 18:08

I need a new dress for a few events before Christmas ( dinner with a friend at The Wolesley, a conference in Boston, Paris with DD- life’s not normally this exciting). Normally I’d get something moderately stylish but safe from Hobbs. However, this came up on my FB feed and caught my eye. I like that the clothes are designed and made in England, and they are made from
natural fabrics.

palava.co/collections/womens-dresses/products/cynthia-teal-yorkshire-dales-dress

Is it nice and quirky or peri-menopausal try-hard?

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Pieceofpurplesky · 20/09/2022 17:37

mathanxiety · 20/09/2022 02:20

Quintessentially English in a slightly frumpy way. The Americans would love it.

The Americans would think you lost the luggage that contained the clothes you had packed to wear.

I meant they would love it as an English woman in a cheesy English film with floppy haired men and cutesy dressed women!

SocksAndTheCity · 20/09/2022 17:44

Givemesunshines · 20/09/2022 15:22

Its fab. Palava is a vintage leaning company , which is why a few people dont get it ?

I have lots of genuine vintage clothes and none of them look like this; I would not be visiting a shop that sold brand new mass produced dresses if I wanted a vintage one.

That aside, the only thing I don't 'get' is why the website is referring to the dress as 'she' and 'her' ?

Bouledeneige · 20/09/2022 20:20

No I don't like it. It looks very drab. Not quirky.

BlindGirlMcSqueaky · 20/09/2022 20:23

I think it could look amazing with the right thing. I agree with PP who said black suede.

midsomermurderess · 20/09/2022 20:54

I like the shoes the dress is styled with. Lottie From Stockholm, I think.

midsomermurderess · 22/09/2022 05:18

Oh no, that was a different dress.

FridayiminlovewithRobertSmith · 22/09/2022 06:38

Think you’d look great. I’ve never bought from here but have a dress from there on a secret Pinterest board of things I might treat myself to.

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