Need a dress for a summer garden wedding

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Anonymous wrote:I normally think of Bloomingdale's house brand Aqua as very teenybopper but saw this dress on an acquaintance around your height/size and it was stunning: https://www.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/aqua-printed-chiffon-maxi-dress?ID=5454347&CategoryID=2910 Maybe worth trying out since it's very reasonably priced and can always return if it disappoints in person. The website photos don't do it justice, I swear.

That's how I usually think of Lulu's dresses, but a friend of mine (mid-50s) just wore this to a wedding and looked so fabulous. She had a tailor partially sew up the slit and she wore it with a matching bright pink pashmina shawl.

https://www.lulus.com/products/upgraded-event-pink-jacquard-strapless-bustier-midi-dress/2157416.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not OP. Do people really spend $500+ on dresses for an occasion like this? Our HHI is high but I still max out at about $250 for dresses. Maybe I am too cheap? I like some of those Saks and NM dresses but I never even look at those type dresses because of the expense.

My last few dresses were 1100-1200 and there is no going back to cheap crap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not OP. Do people really spend $500+ on dresses for an occasion like this? Our HHI is high but I still max out at about $250 for dresses. Maybe I am too cheap? I like some of those Saks and NM dresses but I never even look at those type dresses because of the expense.

I'll cop to have worn the same dress to most weddings I've been to in the last ten years. It's breathable and good for warm weather and doesn't wrinkle in transit.

This is not a flex.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not OP. Do people really spend $500+ on dresses for an occasion like this? Our HHI is high but I still max out at about $250 for dresses. Maybe I am too cheap? I like some of those Saks and NM dresses but I never even look at those type dresses because of the expense.

My last few dresses were 1100-1200 and there is no going back to cheap crap.

It's not all or nothing. A $400 or $500 dress isn't cheap crap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not OP. Do people really spend $500+ on dresses for an occasion like this? Our HHI is high but I still max out at about $250 for dresses. Maybe I am too cheap? I like some of those Saks and NM dresses but I never even look at those type dresses because of the expense.

My last few dresses were 1100-1200 and there is no going back to cheap crap.

It's not all or nothing. A $400 or $500 dress isn't cheap crap.

I agree

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Look online at Wolf & Badger. You will find many, many dresses that will work well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I normally think of Bloomingdale's house brand Aqua as very teenybopper but saw this dress on an acquaintance around your height/size and it was stunning: https://www.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/aqua-printed-chiffon-maxi-dress?ID=5454347&CategoryID=2910 Maybe worth trying out since it's very reasonably priced and can always return if it disappoints in person. The website photos don't do it justice, I swear.

LOVE this.