Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

Cheery_Daff

Good luck with your dress hunt KC! Haven't read back properly but sounds like your Christmas went well - well done you Hope festivities are nice and peaceful for you xx

rtandon27

Karmacat wrote: »

Lula and SE have been giving me lessons on how to buy nice clothes on ebay .... I must check out what they wrote. I've just been looking at per una and monsoon on ebay - nice stuff for £20! I think I'll do it that way. And there's a very posh charity shop on the other side of my town that I can look at

Definately good options! Didn't want to suggest the re-loved clothes route, as there are some (even here on MSE) who can't get their minds around this fabby option! -- Some of my best loved clothes are e-bay finds!

Do you have anyone who does alterations nearby? Sometimes the cost of a re-loved dress plus alterations is still bargainous! Back in the 'sometimes there' place, my (now grown) god-daughter often snapped up a bargain and used the "you know you love me" line to get her alterations done for free:rotfl:.

Double_Trouble

I like dress number 2 KC not keen on number 1 at all to be honest although it is difficult choosing clothes for someone you have never met :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I agree number 3 is too fussy although parts of it are really nice the neckline would not suit me either too high but that probably doesn't apply to you.

Number 4 is too busy for me although I like black/white and I have busy black and white I think it is too big a pattern for the dress and that's why it is not grabbing me but I like the shape.

Ooh see what has happened since I went shopping with Souk I now have opinions on clothes

I agree you have plenty of time to find something just right

I have a wedding the last Saturday in April

DTxx

Karmacat

Good point about finding someone who can do alterations, RT - a seamstress, I suppose - what an old fashioned word

Hi DT! I still love no 2 as well, but thinking about it - its too eveningy - up on the train, wearing it all day, back on the train - that doesn't feel good.

http://www.johnlewis.com/144425/Style.aspx?sku=231031059

http://www.johnlewis.com/125942/Style.aspx?sku=230980846

These are the two I'm going to go for - JL returns policy is so generous, it'll be fine, and I have plenty of time to decide whether to change my mind.

Its been an education, today has - one of the things I've realised I must do is prepare for events better, so as not to stress myself out and get ill, and so as to put my best possible foot forward in the world - after all, I need to make some links to the local community next year, and find some new friends. And this is the kind of thing people do to prepare themselves - they check stuff out on clothes websites! I've literally never done it I'm finally joining the 21st century :rotfl:


**waves at Cheery and DT as well**




EDIT - I've done it - I've ordered both of those above (one of them in two sizes ) and will return whatever I don't want. Still keeping an eye out on ebay for stuff I'm now watching as well.

MrsMoo2U

Hey KC, just doing a quick catch up. Not had time to read back but like the idea of dress shopping. I love the Ted Baker, only thing I found with Ted Baker though is their sizing is really small. Have you considered Oasis for occasion wear. I think they have some lovely dresses, check out their website dresses are here http://www.oasis-stores.com/dresses/dept/fcp-category/categorylist

Double_Trouble

Oh I really like number one so much I would like one but I have spent too much on clothes recently.

Number 2 is the high neck again which I know wouldn't suit me so I am prejudiced against it :rotfl:

Hope you really like one of them when they arrive

DTxx

Lula-Hula

Karmacat wrote: »

Yes, one of my nephews, in his early 30s, is getting married in April - she's Polish, a professional, its in London. They both earn a lot, it will be quite smart. I'm going to dress "successful" - I *will* be dying my hair finally - but I want to look right for me as well.

This is the one I really like, I think - no, I'm not sure, but this is it:

http://www.johnlewis.com/128265/Style.aspx?sku=230986364

Hi Karma,

oooooh love looking at all the pretty frocks people have come up with, but in my opinion, having met you, I think this is definitely the one for you. However, do take into consideration the new colour for your hair.

xx

Karmacat

Thats a huge compliment, Lula, thank you - I really love that dress! But I just can't see me wearing it all day, with the associated footwear.... I'll have to have a better basis for doing that than my current experience

**waves at the others** Hadn't looked at Oasis properly - I was getting a bit blurry, and decided to go for it anyway, since I can return and get a full refund with no problems. I've hardly bought any clothes for ages - and I *will* be prepared for this wedding, I will.

And I just popped online briefly before Three Men In Scotland or whatever its called, to say I just won an auction on ebay I paid £6.61 (including postage) for a LBD from River Island, its really nice and it hangs loose from under the bust, not the waist I'm very happy tho I must also learn to wear it in a modern way.

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

And I just popped online briefly before Three Men In Scotland or whatever its called, to say I just won an auction on ebay I paid £6.61 (including postage) for a LBD from River Island, its really nice and it hangs loose from under the bust, not the waist I'm very happy tho I must also learn to wear it in a modern way.

OK, I'll bite...what's the modern way of wearing dresses?

Karmacat

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Layers and leggings and whatnot! Sorry Z, I forget that blokes pop in here occasionally.

How you doing, did you have a good Christmas?