Fashionistas help please! size 20, bad legs, large norkage - dress needed for afternoon 'cocktail party' at the golf club where dh works????

[schneebly]

help please! Needs to be relatively inexpensive too!

Agree with fishie, you have very delicate colouring so dont think black would be your best colour (judging from the photos alone).
How about blue/green/purple instead?
Have you looked at Monsoon? There are loads of MOnsoon things on ebay and they are cut well for curves and go up to 18-20.
Will see if I can find anything...
How about a gorgeous skirt with plain top and pretty shrug as an outfit?

lulumama - your clothes wont fit me you nutter! Didnt get msg?

Pannacotta - looking at monsoon on ebay atm lol!

califrau - just been stung in the past with wedding stuff! Love that site though. I have a very fancy wedding in august and some of those dresses would be fab!

How about something like this
www.principles.co.uk/fcp/product/-/DRESSES/Butterfly-Print-Dress/6701
They don't do size 20 but I usuallly take a size down from normal in Principles, so you might be ok.
Its less dressy than the others, is it dresy enough?

is ok if sent as 'gift', no customs, not that american shops send presents but intermediaries can. we can go with the spirit of it anyway. schneebly is lilac good on you or do you look better in warmer colour?

left message on your mobile, DS trod soot up every stair and into DDs room and it won;t hoover up, so wanted to borrow your carper shampoooer!!

try the outfit, is an 18 but tres stretchy. and forgiving....

or just come round for cup of tea and chit chat

fishie - tend to be good with pastels I am kind of blonde and very rosy cheeked.

lulumama - will bring shampooer round - you in tommorow?

p.s .. when I say 20 what I really mean is 22 lol

schneebly anything on ebay? Had a quick look and there are some lovely Monsoon things in your size...

what do you think of the shape of pannacotta's link? i think the material isn't quite right but otherwise...?

okaaaaaaaay then !

in in the morning, just ping me in case. won;t have gone far though !

love this

I'll give you a ring.

simplybeuk.drct2u.com/productcache/DAL/BO6400/TQ331DX.html

this is nice, from simply be

That Monsoon dress is a gorgeous colour but am not sure the cut/style is the most flattering. Think a higher waist line eg empire is more flattering to most womens bodies.

ooh that is pretty lulumama - good colours for me i think.

they have some nice things on there, and 10 % off your first order

monsoon cross front waist things are v flattering if you have a waist. do you? their dresses tend to be cut for shapely so if you are then no prob as there are lots of that style available. that colour nice for you, although blue would be good as well.

the simple be woman has saggy bosom in that frock. good colour though.

aye, but schneebly has gorgeous non saggy norks !

I think its a bit insipid for a posh do (sorry Lulumama!)

fishie - have a good waist from front but lumpy looking from side lol

i think the cut might be hopeless though, if even the model looks a bit odd and has to put jeans on.

lol @ insipid - I might think that if it were evening Pannacotta but it is afternoon so maybe ok?