Hi everyone! Lately I've been thinking about my wardrobe and how sparse it is. Especially when it comes to summer wear. I would like to start wearing dresses more - I love to wear dresses and skirts, but it seems that most of the dresses I find lately are buttons up the front. I really hate to wear things that button up the front because I'm so... *ahem* well-endowed that they just gape across my chest, and if I get the next size up then it's too big everywhere else. So I prefer to wear things that don't have buttons. Plus I have this problem of being plus-sized, so for some reason Google thinks that when I type in "plus sized dresses" they think I weight 400 pounds and am interested in muumuus (what a funny looking word!). Wrong, Google. I want to wear pretty dresses that still show off my figure. I'm only a 1X, for Pete's sake! I would hardly consider myself obese. Just super curvy :P
Since I have zero luck in stores, I decided to see what kind of dresses I could find online. I was actually surprised at some of the things I found. You'll see the thing that surprised me most at the end.
>>I have no idea what website I found these dresses on. But I think they're super pretty!
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| Milan dress - $130 |
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| Ruffle dress - $68 |
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| Martina - $105 |
>>The following are from
Poetrie (which I checked out because of another blog post I had seen [
Lindsay, I thought it was you but I couldn't find the post!!], but none of these dresses are close to my size. I still like them though.)
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| Meet & Greet - $66 |
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| Eyelet Love - $64 |
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| The Social Network dress - $51 |
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| Oreo dress - $90 |
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| Queen of the Jungle dress - $60 |
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| The Creme Brulee dress - $31 |
>>The following are from Modcloth:
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| Raspberry Iced Tea dress - $48 |
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| Midnight Bird Song dress - $95 |
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| Coach Tour dress (violet) - $48 |
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| Today's the Day dress - $75 |
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| Modern Fairytale dress - $155 |
I'll be honest with you, I had never been on the Modcloth website before writing up this post. I just assumed that because it was popular, they wouldn't have plus-sized dresses. But they actually do! I typed in "XL sundresses" and Modcloth was one of the top suggestions! I couldn't believe it! These are definitely the favorites of the dresses I posted about, so I may be making a purchase from them one of these days...
Girl, I get you! I'm a 1X, too, and I'm really excited because TJ Maxx is getting more "plus size" clothing, but it's all super ugly and too baggy. I want the cute clothes that you have in XS, but just a little bit bigger, goddangit! Not a muumuu because I wear an extra large. Try http://www.fashiontofigure.com/ I've bought about 4 dresses from them and I've been happy with most of them, and returns are free!
ReplyDeleteOooh thank you! I will certainly check that site out!
DeleteOhh you have found some pretty pretty dresses. I love wearing dresses and skirts in summer. They are so breezy and so easy to wear. I love Modcloth and can't wait until I make my first purchase from that site. I hope you get to as well!
ReplyDeleteHooray for dresses, for dresses posts, and for finding dresses the right size!! And hooray for awesome stores like Poetrie and Modcloth!
ReplyDeleteI really like your choices, by the way!
And "muumuu" just looks ridiculous. :)
Ooo, I love your picks! :-)
ReplyDeleteHave you seen this site? http://eshakti.com/Product/CL0023008/Ruffle-front-poplin-dress They go up to a 3X, and apparently they'll customise it if your waist/hips/bust are bigger/smaller than normal sizing which is really cool!
ReplyDeletex Jasmine