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Help me find a trendy party dress when I don’t like the current trends and am old enough to use the word trendy 😁

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Brens13 · 06/04/2025 16:10

I have a sports awards night coming up and need a new dress. I normally wear shorter skater style dresses but I think they’re trying to edge people more towards midi length in vain hopes of poshing it up! But to me it’s a bit of dinner before a party and so I don’t really want floor length gown or weddingy chintz.
I would like to be more current as I’ve fairly recently lost a lot of weight so would like to look good but I really don’t like all the high necks or sack shapes that get shared on here so often as they are more current apparently. Any length is fine as long as I can dance badly in it. I don’t like neutrals or white. I’m open to most other patterns, colours, sparkles. Bonus points for proper sunshine yellow, but that seems to be like finding a unicorn. Max budget £150.
I’ve just turned 40 (feel younger haha), am probably a size 12, size 10 in some places. Small boobs, bigger arse and thighs and a squishy tummy having lost the big weight quickly! I love trawling through all the S&B dress threads so I’m hoping all your clever more stylish people can help me too. Thank you!

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anon2022anon · 18/04/2025 15:02

@Brens13 how was the dress?

Brens13 · 18/04/2025 21:10

anon2022anon · 18/04/2025 15:02

@Brens13 how was the dress?

Ah sorry! Sadly the coast one was awful. More gold than yellow, really heavy material, probably a bit big and a horrible length on me. Gutted.

However a dress that I loved last year but had no reason to buy suddenly popped up on my vinted so I have gone for that currently, though I might still have a little mooch round the shops as some point. This is it….

I’m not 100% convinced on it but it will do. Just need to find some shoes to go with it now. Thinking some nude block heels or maybe espadrille wedges but that maybe too casual, just trying to think of shoes I’d wear again as I don’t dress up a lot!

Help me find a trendy party dress when I don’t like the current trends and am old enough to use the word trendy 😁
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anon2022anon · 18/04/2025 21:17

You look lovely!

Brens13 · 18/04/2025 21:21

anon2022anon · 18/04/2025 21:17

You look lovely!

Thank you, that’s very kind. I can be a bit ultra critical and second guess myself a lot on whether things look good or are the right thing, so for someone to say it looks alright actually really helps.

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