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jmango · Dooney & Bourke

iso knee length, structured cotton dress for sat. afternoon wedding in june

Hermes

RE: iso knee length, structured dress for sat. afternoon wedding in june

jmango · Dooney & Bourke

RE: iso knee length, structured cotton dress for sat. afternoon wedding in june

XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

Don't have any recs for you but I wanted to make the point that if you are shorter than the models above, the hem will fall much lower on you so you may have to try on a dress before deeming that its too short.

Metric · Gucci

Do you have a Zara? I found a couple of cute knee length dresses there.

jj · Kate Spade

I saw lots of cute ones at Dillards recently, they're all around $170.

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Elle · Hermes

(also in black) $169
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$68

Gotta run, but I'll be back later if I find any more!

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$129 (comes in black) 500501_fpx.tif?bgc=255,255,255&wid=167&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bicub&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpeg

$139

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$90

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$188

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$99 (also in black)

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jmango · Dooney & Bourke

thanks for all of the recs so far everyone!

unfortunately, no zara near me........:(

XtinaStyles wrote:

Don't have any recs for you but I wanted to make the point that if you are shorter than the models above, the hem will fall much lower on you so you may have to try on a dress before deeming that its too short.

thanks for the tip! Actually, i figured that would be the case since I am only 5'4", but when i went to jcrew, everything fit above the knee. poo.

Aurora · Marc Jacobs

I was going to suggest JCrew as they have those strapless dresses that are very similar. I also just picked up a gap dress on sale that I think is knee length. My mom is bringing it to me tonight so I can try it on and report back. It comes in black, white, and pink and is on sale for $37 in stores.

cc · Marc Jacobs

This is hard! Everything is either a maxi dress or above the knee. I think you'd have to check the length of these to see if they would be long enough.

Nordstrom:

Boden:

(is cotton and comes in other variations)

(silk-cotton blend)

Ann Taylor:

(also comes in a deep blue)

(also comes in brown)

(comes in pink and two shades of blue)

(cotton-silk)

Suasoria · Chanel

Definitely check the measurements. If you find something you like that's borderline, maybe you can let down the hem?

Aurora · Marc Jacobs

Aurora wrote:

I was going to suggest JCrew as they have those strapless dresses that are very similar. I also just picked up a gap dress on sale that I think is knee length. My mom is bringing it to me tonight so I can try it on and report back. It comes in black, white, and pink and is on sale for $37 in stores.

Ok I'm 5'4ish and it is right around my knee in length.

Elle · Hermes

Have you checked Marshalls or TJMaxx, by any chance? I was just at both yesterday and while I know it's notoriously hit-n-miss there, I saw some structured dresses that may fit the bill.

Hope you find something!

jmango · Dooney & Bourke

thanks so much for the recs everyone! I have lots of trying on/measurement reading to do.....

a) meanwhile i just made an ebay impulse purchase...the jcrew versailles shift dress...do you think this dress too white/bridal to wear to a wedding? (isnt is strange how much shorter it looks in the first pic? hmm)

b)any thoughts on the grey gingham boatneck dress in this pic(model is wearing yellow shoes)? too much white? perhaps too casual?

thanks for your help guys

Hermes

jmango wrote:

thanks so much for the recs everyone! I have lots of trying on/measurement reading to do.....

a) meanwhile i just made an ebay impulse purchase...the jcrew versailles shift dress...do you think this dress too white/bridal to wear to a wedding? (isnt is strange how much shorter it looks in the first pic? hmm)

b)any thoughts on the grey gingham boatneck dress in this pic(model is wearing yellow shoes)? too much white? perhaps too casual?

thanks for your help guys

I love both of those dresses! I think both are appropriate.

I think the rule is no solid white dresses...

Boots · Gucci

I like the JCrew one for a wedding. I agree with D, you don't want to wear a solid or mainly white dress, but the JCrew one has enough going on that it doesn't look bridal.

Personally I think the gingham dress is too casual for a wedding, but that's just me. And since you are doing a reading at the ceremony, you might want to err on the side of dressy.

dangergirl · Kate Spade

I really like both the dresses. I think I prefer the first one.

twinkle_star · Kenneth Cole

I think the J Crew is totally wedding-appropriate. And agree with Boots about the gingham, you might want to err on the side of dressy if you're doing a reading. FYI I was on anntaylor.com this morning and it looks like they're doing a promotion on dresses - most if not all I looked at were 30% off.