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Do you think that this dress would look nice on me?

145 replies

Carmenere · 24/07/2008 22:14

I am tall, well 5,10', I am curvy size 16 (ie 38E) and I have shoulder length blond wavy hair.
I am going to a super-cool wedding and I have a very limited budget. So would I look like Bet Lynch in that dress?

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maidamess · 24/07/2008 22:35

why not play up to the 50's starlet thing? Just don't stand over a ventilation grate

hoxtonchick · 24/07/2008 22:35

i have that one too 100x . you could bling it up big time....

maidamess · 24/07/2008 22:35

100 they look like maternity dish rags

ahundredtimes · 24/07/2008 22:36

Oh dear do they? I like this v. much shop.ghost.co.uk/shop/jackets/teardrop_jacket/D31/?page=0

mary portas says my fashion tribe is Vintage I'll have you know. Not dishrag.

Carmenere · 24/07/2008 22:37

I was just looking at that one 100x, however being my shape I think it might look a bit hyacinth bouquet on me.

The thing is cod that the first dress is quite 'me'. I will try it on tomorrow I think. there is another one, i will find the link.

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FluffyMummy123 · 24/07/2008 22:38

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hoxtonchick · 24/07/2008 22:38

i have a monsoon dress the shape of maid's link, and it is indeed very flattering.

, spot the dress-a-holic...

maidamess · 24/07/2008 22:38

Sorry to offend! I have seen similar on the bargain rail in Peacocks.

ExterminAitch · 24/07/2008 22:38

i have the uttam one in the greeny colour, it is FANTASTIC! it's not shittery, i can assure you. i wore it to a wedding, people kept asking me where i got it etc, complete strangers, was great fun to wear and most comfortable.

it looks like a silk, btw, and is very well detailed at teh back. (just v long pleating up the back and to the top of the arse, but there's workmanship there, and at that price...)

funny thing is, when i reg'd for the site they sent me an email saying 'buy one thing get somethign half price' etc so i thought 'cool, that sounds like a bargain'.

not one thing on the whole rest of the site i wanted.

maidamess · 24/07/2008 22:39

Is it very short? It looks it in the picture.

hoxtonchick · 24/07/2008 22:40

you either get ghost 100 or not . they look shit on the website & great on.

Booboobedoo · 24/07/2008 22:41

How about this for weddingy but cool?

ahundredtimes · 24/07/2008 22:41

lol.

maidamess · 24/07/2008 22:41

ghost looks too washed out for me. I'm not ethereal enough!

Carmenere · 24/07/2008 22:41

How about this one?

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ahundredtimes · 24/07/2008 22:42

Yes I like them too Hoxton.

ExterminAitch · 24/07/2008 22:42

i do not like ghost stuff one bit. it is Not For Me.

have you seen the leopardskin dress in person? i can imagine it looking both great and not so great, depends on your va va voom, iykwim?

FluffyMummy123 · 24/07/2008 22:42

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hoxtonchick · 24/07/2008 22:43

noooooooooo

maidamess · 24/07/2008 22:43

Ooh shiny from Littlewoods! Your undergarments would have to be spot on to minimse bumps. But with your colouring it could look great. You could even have your leopard print in your shoes/clutch.

ExterminAitch · 24/07/2008 22:43

at the Uttam muttony ref. it fookin' isn't.

FluffyMummy123 · 24/07/2008 22:43

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ahundredtimes · 24/07/2008 22:44

[looks ethereal]

Hmm. Oh god, not sure about that one.

Think aitch is right about the va va voom tbh. You could look amazing in the leopard skin with one of Cod's little scarves and huge sunglasses etc - but you need to be able to carry it I think.

maidamess · 24/07/2008 22:44

I like the littlewoods one. I think you could have the whole Veronica Lake curled hair and red lips.

harpomarx · 24/07/2008 22:44

think that shape would look great on you Carmenere (talking about the definitions one) but, at that price, I doubt the quality is all that and on that kind of dress I reckon it would show.