Whining about dresses.

[leahrosmerta]

So I was perusing the Dress a Day blog (go, female alums of the UChicago quizbowl team) and found a post on this dress from Bloomingdale's. Despite many comments noting its resemblance to a bathrobe, I thought it was a cute holiday partydress and ordered it a week later (when it was down to $45 on sale--woo hoo!). A dress arrived from Bloomingdale'

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[leahrosmerta]

I am so tempted to try to exchange the thing sans receipt, which would result in double what I paid, but in store credit.

It seems like a rather lot of effort, though.

[the_pending]

I feel your pain (even though I nearly dropped my computer laughing about the strategically placed 'GIANT BOW'). I ordered a $50 black wrap dress from Urban Outfitters a few weeks ago. For that price? I was expecting a dress that would be wearable as-is. No such luck. The dress I got turns out to be so thin, the only way I'd be able to wear it is with a whole other outfit underneath. What a rip.

[leahrosmerta]

Bah! I hate that! Maybe there's an alleged "dress" from American Apparel that can serve as a slip and only cost $20 or so?

Oh, by the way, I found a picture of my dress here, only in black. This thing is SO getting returned.

[the_pending]

Oh God, that's the visual definition of an "only looks good on the model" dress-- from the front, that is. No model on earth can make that back look good.