HELP HEL P HELP- Boden Riviara dress.....got to decide by tomorrow

[mrsmerryweather]

Anyone bought one?

Is this is frumpy dress or is it nice- got it in green.www.boden.co.uk/en-GB/Womens-Dresses/WH134/Womens-Riviera-Dress.html

Thanks to MNs I ordered 2 yesterday express delivery cos I need one!

Trying on now- the 8 is a tad tigth round waist/under bust but the 10 is slightly too large across the bust.

Have you washed yours and did it shrink?

not looked at the link yet, but just to warn you, there is a possibility that the boden sale starts tomorrow

i don't think it's frumpy, the green fabric they've used is designed by quite a well know fabric designer (except i've forgotten her name!)

thanks LK_ I know about the sale- but off on hols Sat and need it now really....

No will not shrink

get the 10 as you will be sweating a lot in Spain

I intend to chop a good 3 inches off the length whichever one I keep!

I think the 10 is too big on the bust- it gapes a bit at the back neckline.

I've just got one but am returning it - looked frumpy on me (but I am a 14/16) so prob looks much better on you!

keep the 8 this is jersey not sailcloth. it borders on frumpy anyway so baggy is diaster. good luck to you if it suits because i bet the fabric is really nice and swishy.

Riviera- oh dear- DH hates it- the colour, pattern etc etc. I am not so sure- the green is much brighter than on the web- I quite like it but not just me.

Looks like it's going back- so if you want an 8 or a 10 in green, there will be one next week inthe sale!

I have now got my eye on the perfect shift in purple.

If anyone has bought it I'd be keen to know about sizing- the under bust measurement is tiny in an 8- something like 26 inches!

I was reading your thread yest MrsMerry and you are quite short?

The dress looks quite long? If so it might look a bit frumpy.

I am short- 5' 3"- even pinning the hem up ( ahem) about 3 inches it looks frumpy.....a bit 1950s but not quite IYSWIM. I think the skirt just looks a bit full.......for me anyway- might be great if you are taller.