COD et al-please advise if you like this dress and jacket for summer wedding??

[swiftyknickers]

am size 16/18 (but fit into french connection 16-our friends are getting married in greenwich in may, will be fairly trendy and dont want to look like a frump!?

also DP ex girlfriend will be there,who tbh, is stunning with legsup to her armpits so want to at least look like i've made an effort!!

www.frenchconnection.com/product/w1dresses/71Q7R/Pop+Dress.htm

www.marksandspencer.com/gp/product/B0015MWJ9C/sr=1-7/qid=1208892389/ref=sr_1_7/202-6087664-7755038?i e=UTF8&node=43028030&m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&keywords=&mnSBrand=core&size=9&rh=&page=

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OK, I will be brutally honest here. I don't know how tall you are, but I think you will look a bit frumpy in a maxi dress and a cropped jacket. What are your legs like? If OK, a knee length dress or skirt with heels will do wonders for your figure. I think the cropped jacket will cut you off in teh wrong place too

Sorry, I hate the dress though the jacket is pretty.
It is trendy but not in a good way, IMO.

Tell more of your shape - busty? bum? what are your best bits etc and lets see if we can do better.

No.

...and I'm speaking as someone who was recently a size 18

Am taking an interest in this thread as have posted else where for help finding a wedding outfit. Am a size 16-18 (17 I think lol) and want something nice so am taking an interest in this one.

I am not a fan of maxi dresses and I think they only look vaguely reasonable on people who are size 8 or less and 5'9" and over.

am 5'9
hate hate hate my legs-fat knees big calves
have horrid tummy but quite hourglass and have reaonable tits in a decent bra
bum is nice
see ithought a maxi dress was good for me as hate my legs so much

i feel like i'm on how to look good naked!!!

I think only the talla nd thin can carry off a maxi dress.

I don't like long dresses. And I'm 5"7 and a bit. I think like the other have said , you need to be Gisele to look decent in them.

Sorry .

this is nice - not so trendy but smart and possibly more flattering?

The black and white skirt, not the pencil skirt BTW

see i wore a beautiful one last year, purple and everyone said i looked stunning in it-shit maybe they were just being nice!!!

Sorry no to dress and i don't think the jacket would suit your shape.

Nice link though

thanks

Ok - I'm going to disagree a bit ... I'm not keen on that maxi dress and I think you would benefit from something with a bit more structure BUT I do think you could do a maxi dress with your height. Agree the jacket would cut you off though..

Alternatively

top

trousers

coat

and some high strappy shoes

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Oh tillys outfit is gorgeous!!

I want it!

I want it... and the money to pay for it!

oh tilly nice-i didnt know coast went up to an 18!!

ok am loathe to agree that that maxi dress is wrong, too trendy and would nowt for me-i do suit glamour more (not knockers out glamor!!) and should go for aomething a bit more classic!

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www.coast-stores.com/fcp/product/-/Wedding/Hydon-Maxi-Dress/2334328980

this is more flattering non??