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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I opened this thread hoping to find some cute summer dresses.  Very disappointed to find a lot of sacks with loud prints.  :([/quote]

I have no idea why so many posters are against shapes and waists.[/quote]

Same. [/quote]

The dresses have no waists because the women recommending them are fat. [/quote]

Actually I feel like it’s the really skinny women who wear the shapeless no waist dresses. They look “breezy” on someone twiggy but look llle a tent ln th rest of us.  
My big gripe is that at some point manufacturers moved the waist up on dresses — I feel like I need a drop waist to hit my natural waist.  These short waisted dresses all make me look so pregnant.  I would buy many more dresses if I could find ones with a proper natural waist.  I have sometimes bought the Boden “tall” fit just to get the waist right.[/quote]

I can’t wear the shapeless sack dresses because I’m too busty. They don’t sit right on a full bust and then they billow out from your chest and make you look really big in the middle. I also obviously need to wear a bra and can’t stand strapless bras so that adds an additional layer of complication.

Personally I have better luck with separates - shirts and skirts or skorts. Then I can get the fit that I need. [/quote]

I have big boobs (DD) but shapeless dresses look great on me because I am tall and have thin arms and legs.

Dressing well is about understanding your proportions (separates look terrible on me, as they do most short waisted people)[/quote]

Ah! You are the one! I posted originally about shapes/waist. I am a tall and thin, but a rectangle. I still need a defined shape in my clothes.[/quote]

I bet you’d actually look good in them.  The models are all tall rectangles and wear these shapeless dresses confidentially.  I think they are good on rectangles and inverted triangles but if you are a pear shape or an hourglass shape they are just going to make you look a lot heavier than you are, or potentially pregnant.  Pears an hourglass need a defined waist and a skirt with a little swish in it.  Like the pact dresses posted or this;
https://www.quince.com/women/women-s-tencel-jersey-midi-wrap-dress?color=navy&size=m&g_network=g&g_productchannel=online&g_adid=703845811807&g_acctid=978-058-8398&g_keyword=&g_adtype=pla&g_keywordid=aud-2279058146067:pla-295800756202&g_ifcreative=&g_adgroupid=169608750891&g_productid=43225644662954&g_merchantid=128669708&g_partition=295800756202&g_campaignid=21417780217&g_ifproduct=product&g_campaign=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=&utm_term=43225644662954&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21417780217&gbraid=0AAAAAC4ZeNa2ttT433P0TMBDpuCq0y9xg&gclid=Cj0KCQjwv-LOBhCdARIsAM5hdKc_l8yon_GKMgHlfudOF7eHYUOCrybIC0qDjlDMURw5lbQNhx-EGVcaAgDVEALw_wcB[/quote]

I think that dress is cute but not a summer dress -- in that fabric, it should be sleeveless or cap sleeves at the most. I would roast in that in DC in July, even if I was going to the office (my preference is sleeveless or very short sleeves and then I put on a cardigan or light jacket in the office).

I do agree with you on how dresses work on different body types. I used to be be more of a rectangle or inverted triangle, but have gained weight in recent years and have actually hips and a bit of a belly now (and no, not happy about it and trying to address it but menopause is what it is). I used to be able to wear those loose shift dresses and they were comfortable and flattering, but now they don't work. At first I thought I just needed to size up, but then they become more sack like. I am learning to embrace fit-and-flare and other cinched waist styles. [/quote]

NP.
I have the Quince wrap dress and the fabric is very thin. I wear it in the summer without issue, though I do run cold.

I also love the Linen Fit & Flare Midi Dress. I have it in two colors and it is extremely flattering and easy to dress up or down.

[url]https://www.quince.com/women/100-european-linen-fit-flare-midi-dress?color=deep-navy&gender=women&tracker=collection_page__%2Fwomen%2Fdresses__All+Products__6[/url][/quote]

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