Where can I get more dresses like this?

[hamustro]

I found the perfect holiday dress on GAP. It's cotton, long enough to not worry about knicker flashing while still showing some leg, shirred/stretchy in the mid section so it hides my pooch while also highlighting that I do indeed have a waist and not doing that tent thing that loose dresses do with big boobs, and it has short sleeves rather than straps so you can wear a bra with it. Wins all round. Dress linked here for anyone interested https://www.gap.co.uk/style/ls359658/k42313#k42313

I've bought it in various colours and am looking for similar dresses that hit all the above points from other places. I've hunted high and low and find a lot of similar dresses but invariably they have something wrong with them - they're usually polyester, or strappy, or cost about £200. For reference my budget is probably around £60 ish per dress but I would pay slightly more for something really nice.

I thought I hit the jackpot earlier with these dresses https://www.next.co.uk/style/ls333911/k37217#k37217 until I saw the bloody back! There must be a conspiracy to make it as difficult as possible to dress in the summer if you need to wear a bra.

Anyway, has anyone recently found any dresses that match this description? Thanks in advance!

You want Mountain Warehouse - I know, I know its the last place you'd look but their casual everyday dresses are great.

Thank you! I'll have a look. I'd always assumed they just sold backpacks and waterproofs!

https://www.quizclothing.co.uk/clothes/00100037442.html

Any good?

That's lovely, I couldn't wear white, too clumsy but it beautiful ❤️

I have this dress in a patterned version
https://www.fatface.com/women/clothing/dresses/adele-shirred-midi-dress/979832.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw4ZWkBhA4EiwAVJXwqSUos1Qh94evDaD3pHMcrwBDdSPDUHlMEq8h5OqAAu2AvuySAt6g6BoChpwQAvD_BwE

https://www.brakeburn.com/collections/dresses?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsNOorve7wIVD8DtCh1zZQVlEAAYASAAEgIVuPDD_BwE
I've just discovered these. Some 100% cotton others a mix.

@hamustro Wanted to wear a next dress today with exact same back. Looks pretty, but Not practical.

I recently bought 3 from there and very happy with them for everyday wear.

Scamp and dude do a similar style dress but you would need to buy preloved to pay £60 for a dress.

@Whitewolf2 I was also going to suggest the Adele, I have it in black and the royal blue looks stunning.

First post nailed it! I’ve bought some lovely dresses from mountain warehouse today.

Try popsy. I got a dress from there recently and it fitted so well and the fabric was lovely quality.

Lots of polyester in Popsy though. Would recommend Vinted - filter on new with tags or without. Some real bargains to be had, mostly under £20

This is lovely.

www.phase-eight.com/product/palms-print-fitted-short-sleeved-jersey-dress-220539647.html#q=Palm%20dress&is=true&sz=60&start=0&isSecondPage=false&pid=220539647&pos=2

Monsoon have several shirred dresses and some of them are on sale at the moment.

I saw a "hack" on Instagram earlier today about those dresses with the tie backs like that one from Next: you put on a bra as usual, but wrap each dress tie around bra before tying. Bra is then hidden!
(may take practice)

I bought this from H&M at the weekend which might fit your brief. https://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.1176804002.html

I tried it on over my clothes in store and didn’t wear it off the shoulder as described ( and in the images of the black dress) but wore it like in the image on the multi one.