This dress from TOAST

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I have ordered this and can't decide whether it's lovely or terrible 😂. I am drawn to the fugly things in fashion. I love a fugly pair of shoes for example.

But is this just massively dumpy looking?

I am tall and can usually pull off this sort of shape, so that isn't my concern. It's the print I'm in two minds about.

What do you think? Terrible? Amazing? Neither? Return it? Keep it? Burn it and stage an exorcism?

I thought hospital gown too - but maybe the effect would be lessened by some actual shoes

What charming comments you have attracted op.

Toast dresses aren't my thing and that one is no different. But I really like Toast trousers, in fact if I don't get to die in Vivienne Westwood or Margaret Howell they'll be my next choice.

Nan Core.

On the other hand,fashions come and go and it does look comfy!

Do you like the Simone Fat Face dresses? They give me similar vibes

I actually love it. I think it looks like a lovely relaxed summer dress. I suppose it depends a bit on your build.

Thanks, but for some reason, they aren't to my taste.

It would look no good on me.

It also looks no good on the model.

So I'd say no. 👎

Erm, I like the fact it’s organic cotton and hand printed but it is really very ugly. Not fugly. I like the odd fugly item, but that’s just ugly. The model is beautiful, young and I assume very slim and tall - and it looks awful in her!

If I wore that - as a 40-something, short, curvy woman, I’d look like I’d escaped from a fundamentalist Christian sect.

It's very expensive for something you are just going to wear to lounge around at home .

Home, beach, garden, maybe out for walks when it's super hot. I don't do much else in the summer, so it will be cheap per wear if it turns out to be nice

This thread has reminded me - 5 years ago I posted a link on here to a Toast dress I loved, and was told I was deluded. It was called potato sack, Amish, fugly, dreary, etc and the price (£100) was insane for what it was.

I still wear that dress - and the identical one I bought in another colour - CONSTANTLY throughout the summer. And still get compliments on them. They've been totally worth it.

So I think if you love it and you can see yourself wearing it frequently - go for it! (Even if you don't have an Italian farmhouse and garden.)

I'm getting this sort of vibe from it.

I didn't remember until I started the thread, but when I saw the responses I remembered an old one I had about a Cos dress I'd got in the sale. Similar comments then too, including hospital gown 😂

I bloody loved that dress and wore it to death. So possibly this will be a winner too. I do need to try it on though

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I like it. Like the shape. I’m not sure what the print is (little animals or suggestions of little animals?) but I like it.

It looks like a hospital gown as a pp said, sorry op but it's not very fetching, and a lot of money for lounging in the garden in.

It does look like a Seasalt dress to me, which would have been at least half the price.

Oh. Seasalt was flattering then!

I prefer the cut and fabric of this

www.toa.st/products/shells-block-print-cotton-lounge-dress-sea-blue?utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=retargeting&utm_campaign=retargeting&cto_pld=6VnkwdVrAACl41dofTI26w

At front end can you share who you use please? 🙏

I love the dress OP 😳 I wouldn’t just lounge in it, I’d end up wearing it everywhere and everyone would think me a total frump as I have a matronly bosom and backside and an certainly not willow. I hope you look spectacular!

I think it's one of those rare occasions where a super slim model doesn't do the garment justice.

I'm quite statuesque and curvy and would give it more shape, it would probably look ok. (Though I don't like the pattern or colour so wouldn't wear it!).

A good example of why shops should show clothes worn by different bodies.

Or a nightdress

Well the photos dont do it any favours, its like a girl wearing something her mum made her wear with a "Really?!!" caption!

That said, I agree it has more than a whiff of the things they give you to wear to have an X-Ray in!

I can see Cissy and Ada wearing this