hourglass help please

[bishboschone]

dress

I wandered round the high street today and found lots of ok things that were hugely overpriced and then I came across this dress which is perfect for my very curvy size 8 body.

It looks much more expensive than it is and I wondered if anyone had seen anything similar as all of the high street stuff is the wrong shape for me..or me for it!

I think it is gorgeous, i will be checking that one out myself.Go for it.

at 'very curvy size 8 body'.

Oh and the dress is gorge

its not as great as it sounds bunny..I am only 5ft1

If you are very curvy, and yet only a size 8 then you can wear any damn thing you please, 5 foot 1 or otherwise! It's lovely - buy it. and some killer heels.

ok , have bought..I wish I could wear anything I want. I have to be careful because I have a 'full' bottom and a very small waist so I can look very bottom heavy even though I have boobs. I am conscious of my bum.

Thanks tho

do you think tan wedges would work?

dress is just cotton although it looks nicer in real life

Tan wedges with a little platform would be fab! I know what you mean about bottom heavy - I'm hourglass too thoughly sadly not a size 8. Though I have recently slimmed from a 16 to an almost (if I breath in ago to the right shops 12, and I'm only just beginning to appreciate my natural shepe. Before babies I just thought I was fat but now at 44 I'm finally starting to realise that I was Betty Boop all along and I should have been less self conscious when I was younger. Now I've uncovered my inner Nigella again I intend to flaunt if for all I'm worth, before I'm too flippin' old! You are still young - love your bum and boobs!

I meant my natural shape. I'm sure I do appreciate natural sheep as well, but not in this context....

I think I am very lucky to be hourglass but these days it is very fashionable to be VERY skinny and that is never going to happen to me however much I exercise. maybe you should try that dress it is super flattering. P.s I am not that young.. 35 just diddy and look about 12!!(from a distance)

well done tiggy on your weight loss..funny about betty boop. I bought a boob tube maxi dress the other day and DH got excited , he said I looked like jessica rabbit..(hopefully from the neck down) [hmmm]

I'm not sure I could do the vertical stripes just yet - another stone off, and maybe! I've been avoiding vertical stripes for so many years I'm sort of allergic! I'm trying to retrain my brain to believe I can wear things that in the past I avoided. I'm still picking up fat-girl clothes - old habits die hard!

Ooh I was just admiring that dress on a work colleague today, I was thinking of it for an informal summer wedding with tan court shoes. Agree it looks far more expensive than it is I was shocked that DP had such good stuff though I might be tempted to dry clean- it has a lovely satiny sheen that might get lost in the wash.

yes I thought it was smart enough for a wedding.

Lovely - would be great with tan wedges or even bright wedges.