STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

juno · Nine West

strapless dress to a winter wedding? (opinions on dresses, please!)

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

well, i've never been to minnesota so i can't comment on how cold it is, but i like the red dress. i haven't seen the third dress in person but recall someone else posting that in person it is very thin and i suspect you'd be freezing! what about something in a velvet or warmer fabric than chiffon? i'll do some looking around and come back with pictures.

eta: here are some ideas

bcbg on bluefly, $129, napa red matchstick velvet

same dress from bcbg but in silk charmeuse

wine velvet and burnout silk, dina bar el, on sale for $249.99 from $525

alexia admore, on sale for $99

this has long sleeves -- not sure if it's totally wedding appropriate, but could help with keeping warm

-- Edited by scarlett at 23:52, 2006-10-23

Kelly · Hermes

I haven't seen the third dress IRL, but we had a discussion about it a while ago and mainly decided it wasn't really wedding-appropriate, mostly because of the cotton fabric.

I can't exactly articulate why the red dress you posted seems wrong to me. I know that the above dress doesn't offer that much more coverage, but somehow it seems more appropriate to me for a winter wedding. I live in KY and I don't think I'd wear the red one you posted to a wedding, and Minnesota gets colder than we do.

-- Edited by ttara123 at 00:00, 2006-10-24

Collette · Chanel

What about a warmy sweater dress?

with black tights and or

Jahni · Dooney & Bourke

i have no ideas about dresses, but just wanted to tell you that your signature line is GENIUS!! Love It!!!

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jrhampt · Kenneth Cole

First of all, I wouldn't want to be in MN in December (although I have been before), but the wedding is indoors, right? I like the third dress with a little dressy cardigan over it, either cream or black, so you don't look like you think it's summer outside. Or a wrap of some kind, maybe? Something to cover your shoulders.