Rhinestoned Studs & Necklace - Forever21
60 Denier Essential Navy & Nude Tights - Forever21
Qupid Quintin-06 Pumps - DSW
Skies of Ore Dress - Anthropologie
Rhinestoned Studs & Necklace - Forever21 60 Denier Essential Navy & Nude Tights - Forever21 Qupid Quintin-06 Pumps - DSW
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Frothed Dots Dress - Anthropologie
Sweater, tights, belt, & boots - Lane Bryant Red Leather Bag - Emma Fox Love those shoes! Granted, the "save" version still costs nearly $300, but when the shoes cost $178 on their own, it's understandable. With my 15% off coupon, however, the overall outfit cost falls to a still expensive $260.
It took several weeks of the Flared Caraz Dress being posted on Anthropologie before I paid it any attention. In fact, it wasn't until the site featured a shot of a model wearing it for the catalog that I looked up the item details. After seeing user reviews and photos, I started crushing on the dress. What I liked about it was the creamy, ruffled bottom; the colorful print featuring plenty of pink, my favorite color; the length seemed long enough, unlike the beautiful Minutiae Dropwaist "Dress" (pictured below) I ordered that has become a tunic worn with grey leggings or jeans; plus, it has some semblance of a sleeve. The user pictures were really cute, and it had a couple of good full-figured reviews. I'm always hesitant to order dresses from Anthro because I never know if they're going to fit. But somehow, strangely, I've never ordered something online and had to return it, though I've had plenty of depressing days in Anthro fitting rooms where nothing fits or they've run out of my size. Well, I finally decided to order the Flared Caraz Dress in an XL (I typically wear a 14-16) two months ago. And it was back-ordered. For two months. After weeks and weeks of waiting, I came home from our Memorial weekend camping trip to find it waiting in my mailbox. As usual, Anthro's packaging was adorable. The gray plastic-y bag had a printed design with big purple, blue, and green flowers outlined in thick black. Cute. Like something from one of their bedspread prints. Anyways, I opened the package to feel the dress and loved the fabric. It's a fragile, soft, airy mesh with a lot of stretch to it. Like many of the other reviewers, I can see it snagging fairly easily, but the print is so busy and colorful, that I think it would be hard to spot a snag anyways. The dress has a cream lining that also has a lot of stretch to it. The keyhole closure in the back is cute and tiny, so no need to worry about wearing a cami or special bra underneath. Once on, the dress is light and airy and stretchy and comfy. The print does have a faded look to it, which I like, but there's a bit more black and orange in it than I expected after looking through all of the user pictures. While it does have a gathered waist, I think it looks better with a belt. The print is a little overwhelming, so I like the idea of having a belt to break it up a little and to define your waist more. One of the cons is that if you have a larger chest, like me, the printed mesh overlay will stretch and be lighter in color. It's only slightly noticeable and not enough to make me feel self-conscious and return it. Overall, I love how comfortable it is and that you can style it a variety of ways with different cardis, belts, shoes, and even tights and boots in the winter. It seems like a pretty wild piece - but that never scares me off because I love colorful prints - but I think it can be really versatile too. |
About LizI love teaching. I do. But since I started teaching four years ago, it's defined my entire life. What did I do before I became a teacher? I shopped, cooked, decorated, played dress-up, and went out on the town. And I'm reclaiming that past and all-too-infrequent-in-the-present life of mine! Good Reads* Anthromollogies
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