I haven’t worn dresses much in the last couple of years. I’ve done skirts a lot, because I’ve got some good legs and it’d be a shame to hide them all the time. But I had some badly fitting dresses, or the dresses that were on trend at the time just weren’t right for my body type. And it made me think I just couldn’t wear dresses.Recently, I’ve warmed up to them again, partly because of the blog of a dress-obsessed plus-sized lady like myself. One thing I haven’t found yet – because shopping in the plus sizes leaves you fewer options and you have to look longer and be dependent on fewer stores – is a cute simple knit dress that’s classy and on trend.
Exhibit A of what I don’t want is in the photo.
Now, this doesn’t look so bad in the photo, I know. But what you can’t see is that this is made of their default knit in their default colors. It could be cute in a slightly finer knit and in on-trend colors. But they’re using the exact same colors they’ve used for all their knits for about the last twelve years. The same “Berry”(do a purple or do a pink, but pick one!) and “True Red” (which could be deeper and richer or even, god forbid, a burgundy) and “Blue Velvet” (VELVET? blue viscose for all the depth it has) and Black (there are other neutrals! Give me a dove gray or a true chocolate brown). It’s lazy and I won’t put up with it. So this dress was the right length, and the cut wasn’t bad. It’s even on sale (hmm, maybe because no one jumped on it? Wonder why). But I won’t buy it. I’ll check on what they have at Avenue, Macy’s, or Old Navy.
