The Dress that swept Capitol Hill - Tuckernuck Jackie

[Anonymous]

As a 5’2” person with a larger chest and long torso, tuckernuck stuff is WAYYY too short, but I like a lot of their stuff. Wondering where other people shop in a similar boat.

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Anonymous wrote:Hm, I've never seen this dress before.

Same, until the WP article. It's nothing but an overpriced, trendy polyester dress. Never seen one in IRL.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly this is really mean but I refuse to buy the Jackie because I saw a linkedin post where an old woman was wearing it. She was like 5' and 200 pounds so it looked terrible on her.

For reasons I don't totally understand women who are short and curvy tend to be the most likely to wear this dress. It's very obvious from the photos on the website that it will look best on a woman with long limbs and even then probably needs to be tailored to fit just right.

I wonder if the appeal is that because the dress is very boxy it's not going to pull and be tight over a large chest or wide hips. Which it's true -- it doesn't. But it will also add width to these areas.

I think it can work on a short curvy woman if she's teeny tiny and she gets it tailored. Like I could see this on Reese Witherspoon when she's in her Draper James southern prep mode. With a pair of high heels in a neutral color and hair up to lengthen the neck. But it would only work because though she's short Reese is also little and she has great legs.

That dress is not for tall women, I wouldn't be able to even bend down in it without flashing everyone. 5'10"

[Anonymous]

Really unattractive. Anything in vogue in Washington is probably the last thing anyone should be copying.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't buy Tuckernuck because they rip off other designers. They ripped off that woman who made striped shirts. They ripped off Oscar de la Renta with that long tunic caftan style dress with the red poppies down the front from the Spring 2019 collection. (Tuckernuck's was pale blue with red flowers instead of cream, and was conveniently taken down from the website after two days, so I suspect ODLR's lawyers were on the case.) Now they are ripping off ME+EM, a British knitwear designer, with a rip-off of the popular knit shift dress from last summer. Except instead of navy and cream, Tuckernuck made theirs black and white.

What kills me is when that woman with the striped shirts first came out and said they stole her designs, Tuckernuck pulled the victim card and had all their Georgetown cronies come to their defense in the comments. Then immediately went back to ripping off designs. Like, if you don't want people to think you rip off other designers...don't do it so publicly!

Their founders and leadership are all from the same college and grad school network and a lot of them invested in the company and are quick to defend it and promote it. This is not unique to Tuckernuck -- lots of little corners of DC culture work this way. It works great for the people on the inside but yes it is kind of gross when the company or people who are being defended are acting shady. Have seen it more than once and it's not going to change anytime soon.

These women are the daughters of men who were part of real "old boys networks" and what they took from that is that there is power in using a group to advance and protect each other from criticism and competition. On the one hand I guess there is progress in it being a "middle age girls club" but on the other hand it still winds up being classist and racist and protecting people who are already very privileged from the consequences of their own actions so it's like weird sideways progress and ultimately maybe not that great.

This post explains so much about both the "look" of Tuckernuck and also why there are so many posts on this website about it.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m petite and the dress looks great on me. Not sure why you’re all saying you need long legs? I think tuckernuck in general is great for smaller women. I get a lot of compliments when I wear this dress.

I'm 5'7 and 125 lbs and it's absolutely horrible. I'm hourglass and get dresses from St John and tailor them to be more fitting.

https://www.neimanmarcus.com/p/st-john-compact-boucle-knit-sleeveless-dress-prod264500253

Do you think the average woman is paying $800 for a basic LBD?

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Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are middle aged nerds who need simple dresses that we can count on. If this dress does it, so be it. Give us a break.

Middle aged here. I'm not wearing a dress that hits where this one does. It's not flattering at all. Give me a J. Crew sheath dress anyway over this strange dress.

[Anonymous]

I posted this in the other thread, but when the best pictures from a photoshoot with a professional model look bad, you have a problem.

It's so boxy and shapeless. Do they know that most brands use clips and pins to make the dress look good on the tiny model?

[Anonymous]

I don’t mind the shape (I love a big baggy dress), but I find the thick neck braid and fake pockets baffling.

[Anonymous]

It’s so funny that WaPo ran this article. I was at Cups and saw like 35 different women walk by in various colors in this dress. I’m sure they were all Amazon knockoffs. This was in the spring, and I thought it was strange but way better than everyone wearing their pajamas to work. It feels like they are trying to look nice, and I appreciate the effort!

[Anonymous]

It reminds me of Boden

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It reminds me of Boden

I have something similar from Ann Taylor from a few seasons ago.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m petite and the dress looks great on me. Not sure why you’re all saying you need long legs? I think tuckernuck in general is great for smaller women. I get a lot of compliments when I wear this dress.

I'm 5'7 and 125 lbs and it's absolutely horrible. I'm hourglass and get dresses from St John and tailor them to be more fitting.

https://www.neimanmarcus.com/p/st-john-compact-boucle-knit-sleeveless-dress-prod264500253

Do you think the average woman is paying $800 for a basic LBD?

+1 What was the purpose of your post except to brag?

[Anonymous]

All my friends who wear this dress got the knockoff from Amazon. Same quality, lower price. No one is paying $300 for something that cheap.

Signed,

A preppy 30something in DC (aka Tuckernuck’s target audience)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m petite and the dress looks great on me. Not sure why you’re all saying you need long legs? I think tuckernuck in general is great for smaller women. I get a lot of compliments when I wear this dress.

I'm 5'7 and 125 lbs and it's absolutely horrible. I'm hourglass and get dresses from St John and tailor them to be more fitting.

https://www.neimanmarcus.com/p/st-john-compact-boucle-knit-sleeveless-dress-prod264500253

Do you think the average woman is paying $800 for a basic LBD?

+1 What was the purpose of your post except to brag?

OP here. I get mine on the real real for under $150.

https://www.therealreal.com/products/women/clothing/dresses/st-john-striped-knee-length-dress-kmyw8

https://www.therealreal.com/products/women/clothing/dresses/st-john-caviar-scoop-neck-knee-length-dress-mee72