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Would you wear this?

(34 Posts)
shysal Mon 28-Mar-16 10:28:02

In the GN feature on knee-length dresses, is this the best M&S example they could come up with? It looks so unflattering! I don't possess a dress, but if I needed one it wouldn't look like this!

M0nica Mon 28-Mar-16 22:51:22

A bad photo but it looks very dull and safe.

On a personal level, I never wear anything with a clearly defined waist because in waisted outfits, even though I am not over weight, the answer to the question 'Does my bum look big in this?' is always 'yes' and I have the photos to prove it.

M0nica Mon 28-Mar-16 22:51:25

A bad photo but it looks very dull and safe.

On a personal level, I never wear anything with a clearly defined waist because in waisted outfits, even though I am not over weight, the answer to the question 'Does my bum look big in this?' is always 'yes' and I have the photos to prove it.

JackyB Tue 29-Mar-16 06:03:58

A dress with sleeves is very constricting - if I was wearing that I'd be dying to rip it off and wear something less suffocating. I've given up on dresses completely, anyway, but I don't see anything stylish in this one at all either.

loopylou Tue 29-Mar-16 06:44:02

Poor Galen ?

LullyDully Tue 29-Mar-16 07:11:56

It could look good at a funeral.confused

gettingonabit Tue 29-Mar-16 08:24:42

It's a bit Jane Eyre, imho. It would be down to the floor on me, but probably looks better on.

MargaretX Tue 29-Mar-16 13:49:41

Somebody said it would be the last thing she would wear and it looks like the last things -ready for the coffin perhaps.

But to be honest I did wear a long black woollen dress at 21 but I was slim and had auburn hair in those days. I often dressed down to make my hair noticable but now its grey and whispy and then and then........ hopeless.
Shows how M&S think, anything will do for the old ladies!

TriciaF Tue 29-Mar-16 14:02:01

The only dress I have is for summer - red with a small pattern in white. It's retro style, '50s. V neck, buttons down the front with a fitted waist, short sleeves and a full skirt.
I bought it at a 2nd hand stall in the local market for about 20€.