Never bought a dress that has had as many compliaments as this one!

[Fraida]

So I bought a new dress yesterday and have been stopped at work and in shops to ask where I got it, its really flattering and a lovely colour so if anyone is looking for a new dress I'd highly recommend this one 😃Floral Square Neck Midi Smock Dress

@BitchBrigade its not the dress that’s shapeless. M&S always seem to use these shape of models- rail thin and straight up and down no boobs or bum. The dress on a curvier woman would probably look lovely

I wanted to love this so much but I've never whipped off a dress faster in an M&S changing room.

It obviously looks great on you and that’s why you’re getting the compliments. Newsflash: different people suit different styles and colours. I have no bust so it would look dreadful on me.

I like the colour but so fed up of everything having a frill at the bottom. Plus shirring and big boobs do not go.

I'm five feet seven, generous chest, hourglass shape, and these shirred bodice dresses make me look like a milkmaid. I wish they didn't, because all my late 70s childhood party dress boxes are ticked by the shirring/puff sleeves/tiered skirt but... no. Strong milking vibes.

I agree. Awful in every way

I think it's maybe a delicate balance- like a PP said the smocking would look wrong on a lot of women's busts, and I don't think it looks that good on an ironing board chest either.

If it was cotton/linen the wide skirt would be excusable by being cool. But viscose is always a no IMHO.

I wouldn't be seen in this dress, I don't like the gathered elastic. As long as your happy with it OP.

Oh don't be so mean.

I don't like the dress and it would look horrible on me but you can see from from the OP's photo that the colour looks great on her.

It has a shape - it will cling at the bust , there is a waist and there are tiers?

This is a dress with no shape surely?
https://www.marksandspencer.com/pure-linen-square-neck-maxi-smock-dress/p/clp22565038#intid=pid_pg1pip48g4r3c4

but that's not the OP...

but that's not the OP...

She has put a bit of a pic up.

It does suit you @Fraida , I think partly it's the colour, you could easily have that blue as one of the main colours you wear maybe.

Blue just brings out the bags under my eyes, red/claret is more flattering on me as I'm naturally a pale brunette.

Love this - like plain too

Lovely dress OP and from what I can see it looks lovely on you. Going to order one myself on pay day!

Depressed by the vitriol on this thread though. If you don't like it, can't you just say nothing or say it's not for me instead of taking the time to tell the OP it's hideous/vile/shapeless? What do people get out of posting stuff like that? I've been on Mumsnet for years and I will never understand.

Like this. So deeply unpleasant. Why bother posting something so nasty? The OP is clearly feeling happy and confident in her choices, why would you want to bring her down?

For me the length would be too long even though I’m 5 ft 5 and I also have boobs so it’d either work or not.

The colour and print and style obviously work for you but it’s not guaranteed to suit everyone.

It wouldn't work for me, sadly. My boobs look huge in shirred waisted things. Like traffic stopping huge - it really is quite something. Also I just cannot wear anything with puffed sleeves. They make me look even wider than nature intended. So many nice clothes are unwearable for me because of them. I can't wait for that fashion to disappear.

But I am glad you have found a dress you like, OP. It is always nice to get compliments! :-)

I won't 😬

I do apologise! I hadn't seen it.

Same for me. I have large boobs and shirring and layers and anything puffy makes me look enormous because it sticks out because of my boobs and then just hangs down without going in as tighter material would. In reality I'm fairly slim but shirring and anything puffy looks really awful when you have large boobs- exactly like a milk maid

its not the dress that’s shapeless. M&S always seem to use these shape of models- rail thin and straight up and down no boobs or bum. The dress on a curvier woman would probably look lovely

@NotmyRLname nope, most models look beautiful. Your insecurity and jealously is showing. If they looked awful, why would they be booked?

@pillock I never said they look awful just said they are a certain body type and that these dresses don’t suit it. Also just because M&S think they look great doesn’t mean they do to everyone.. look at the catwalk.. Beauty is subjective.

It's 100% viscose, I genuinely thought it was pure cotton it's really cool and lovely. I wish they had it in other colours.

Also @Fraida asked about the bust area - it's not sewn in or anything so you can adjust to your liking, I wear a normal bra and get good coverage. It's part of the plus size range so quite generous all over.

Thank you, yes I am on the hunt now for other clothes in blues… been looking through the John Lewis sale.

I can’t wear yellow as I look like I have a gastric bug!

Shapeless, rail thin, straight up and down and no boobs or bum... the a very non-descriptive word like 'curvy' to describe who it would look better on.

...a round about way of deriding the model's looks.

Just cramming in as many negative descriptors as you can, basically.

M&S want to sell clothes and make them look aspirational. To why choose models that do that.