Opinions on this dress please

[Makemeover3]

I tried this dress on earlier. I liked it but probably didn’t love it. What do you think?

I don’t really want to buy clothes that don’t make me feel great but I’m so desperate for new clothes I’m getting a bit fed up!

You're too busty for this style to suit you. Puff sleeves and tight under the bodice are unflattering (I have this problem). Wrap dresses like a shorter version of this dress would really show off your figure well.

https://www.boden.co.uk/en-gb/jersey-wrap-maxi-dress-tomato-clover-swirl/sty-d0536-pnt?cat=C1_S2_G4

I can’t fathom why everyone is saying you need a longer length to come below your knee!? You don’t need dresses that come just below your knee, wear short dresses if you like them! The M&S and Boden links are they type of dresses my mother in her 50s wears and I think they’d be ageing on you.

For what it’s worth I really like the dress, I think the angle you’ve taken the picture is making it appear the dress touches your knee but it’s actually shorter in real life?

I think the length is good on you! It looks more fashionable and fresher than midi length. This shape suits you but the fit is bad here.
It’s too tight on the waist/bust so I would say you should buy a size bigger and get it taken in to fit perfectly (dry cleaners often do this for not a lot of money). If you’re taking it in from a size up it will be an easier job*

The colour isn’t my favourite - black or white would look better imo - but that’s up to you.

I think overall the dress is ok, but you can find better! And don’t be afraid to go a size up and get altered for a perfect fit.*

• assuming the zip is at the back - clothes with side zips are harder to alter as you have to remove the zip and reposition it.

The length is wrong and it is clearly the wrong size

@fyn, the clue is in that many posters are saying it.

@Spirographcity , you ae projecting. OP isn't busty.

Puff sleeves don’t suit many people, I always feel they should but somehow they often look fussy. Plus it is too tight across the bust.

Too short for my liking, prefer something longer.

Really like the fabric though.

Well I said the dress is too short because the proportions of the dress are wrong; not that the OP must wear a longer dress.

Someone posted an M&S dress the same length which was very pretty because the cut and proportion was better.

Yes it is much nicer. It's shorter but the line and proportion is much better because the flared part of the dress starts higher.

@NatashaDancing , and the sleeves and bodice are shorter.

@Softoprider you seem lovely… it’s not clearly the wrong size. The only part it is remotely possibly wrong is on the bust but it’s actually loose on my waist. So yeah… you might want to take note of other people on this thread who were able to voice their opinions in a much more thoughtful way.

Too tight, too short, does nothing for your great figure.

@KirstenBlest I’m glad you’ve said I’m not busty I was starting to feel like Pam An over here which I am definitely not 😂

It looks too tight on the bust and it's not very flattering. I think a cross over wrap style would be so much more flattering and I'd ditch the puffed sleeves.

@NatashaDancing is right about the length - it’s not that it’s too short as in OP must only wear a longer skirt, it’s that taken all together the skirt seems an odd length in contrast to the top. It’s just how the dress hangs and where the hem hits.

You asked for opinions @Makemeover3 and I gave mine. It is also too young a look for you but I did not want to be rude

It looks like a child's dress.

I actually love the colour on you!

Agreed - it's the short bodice that makes the most difference.

Wow people are harsh. No wonder we all struggle with confidence. I think it looks great on you and I'm not surprised your Hubbie loves it.

You have a beautiful shape and this dress shows it off. It's also simple and casual in a lovely colour.

If you actively don't want to show off your shape, then that's another thing - but I think it's great!

Thank you @SoonToBeinSpotlight I should have known that there’d be some not so nice replies. I’m absolutely fine if people don’t like it as I did ask for opinions (and I’m unsure of it myself) but some comments are uncalled for.

No - one is being "harsh ". The dress is too tight around the bust. That's a fact being "harsh".

I've had shop assistants politely and helpfully tell me the next size up would be a better fit. They weren't being "harsh" either.

It's not doing the OP any favours to tell her it looks great on her when it doesn't.

That's a fact, it not being "harsh".

If you only want "nice" replies, most people would tell white lies. You're clearly gorgeous; the dress isn't and doesn't look good on you. That's not "harsh", it's honest.

I'm not saying that people are being bullying.... but that the lens we are bringing is a pretty female-socialised lens of dissecting every possible shortcoming and, I believe, also ideas about how female bodies should be displayed.

Why is it too short? OP looks like she has lovely legs and what's wrong with short? Why is it too tight on the bust? There is a tapered cut, but I don't see any strain on the material. Would we feel the same if OP's bust was smaller? OP has a lovely small waist, but lots of the dress recommendations have been loose tent style. (Having a similar body shape, I know these aren't very flattering, though good for hiding).,.. someone even suggested the style is too young for her. Who says what style we women are allowed to wear at what age? And now, implying that anybody who could possibly like how OP looks must be lying to be polite?!!

It just feels a bit like our beauty standards are so attuned to modely type bodies, and to judging....I think someone reading all these comments would conclude that OP wearing this dress was a major mistake and she basically shouldn't. While I think she looks great.

I'm not saying if I saw three or four choices of dress on OP it might or might not be my favourite.... or if OP said 'I'm trying to go for specific look (sophisticated....sedate.....jazzy.....trendy or whatever) then the dress might not be right for a specific look..... but our ability to categorically judge negatively / dissect each other (and ourselves) is one of the really tough things, I think, about being a woman in our society.