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We are always our own worst critic! It looks nice on you in the picture. I think short sleeves would lighten it up quite a bit...and maybe a contrasting solid color belt. Thanks for the review.
5/31/07 4:02 PM
There are so many wrap dresses out there but I haven't tried any yet. I think that you and I may have similar figures--a bit of a rectangle, are you?--and that this dress would not be flattering on me either.
5/31/07 5:24 PM
Thank you for posting the review, it has been very helpful. Perhaps in a different fabric? I do like the length, you should show off your legs more.
5/31/07 5:43 PM
Not awful, but not great. The fabric didn't help any, I'm certain. And I'm certain your review will help others considering this pattern.
5/31/07 6:07 PM
Hurray for you for modeling this dress for your review. It is always helpful to see the garment on an actual body to better understand why it does or does not work for the reviewer's body type. This may be a first for a PR review -- yanking the garment out of the trash to review it!
5/31/07 6:32 PM
mendospot, I have a bit of a waistline but my tummy seems to hide it making me a visual rectangle even though my measurements aren't quite rectangular. My measurements are 41-33-43. The smallest spot on my body though is right below my bra which measures 32 inches. This causes waistlines to want to ride ride under my bra instead of at my waist curve.
5/31/07 6:44 PM
Beautiful dress (from what I see) and model !
5/31/07 7:26 PM
Post baby is a difficult state to be in. It took me awhile to adjust to the new curves and bumps. Some good news would be that some of those curves and bumps go completely away, the bad news would be that some just shrink. I've had to reaccess my wardrobe choices. You'll hit your stride again, just don't give up!
5/31/07 9:24 PM
I agree with the suggestion that short sleeves would lighten this up quite a bit and also a dark fabric would probably help (after we all told you to pick bright colors for your reunion! LOL). Thanks so much for the REAL photos (I'm guilty of not doing that myself). And yes, this length of skirt is fabulous for you! Do that part again for sure.
5/31/07 9:59 PM
Well, I actually like the color and print. Did you try pushing up the sleeves to just below your elbow? I think the sleeve length is the problem. Then, you need a long necklace, doubled. Also, the dress is tailored and I think pumps would look better than strappy sandals (even tho I think they're very pretty).
5/31/07 11:06 PM
I like it on you! We have very similar body types - I am about a 37-30-38 with upper ribs skinnier than my waist too - but I have broad shoulders. I like the dress on me and on you. But it is one of those things - if you don't feel good in what you're wearing, it doesn't matter what others say. Very cute skirt length!
5/31/07 11:22 PM
I think the skirt length is very flattering!
6/1/07 7:58 AM
Thank you so very much for swallowing your pride and posting a photo of you wearing the dress. Seeing a garment on a person with a similar body type is definitely what I look at in reviews of patterns I'm interested in sewing. Just seeing garments hanging limply on a hangar or on a dressform does not tell the reader how the dress fits the body. So I commend you for writing this review, even though you didn't like it on your body. Kudos to You!!!
6/1/07 8:15 AM
This is a lovely dress! I think you look quite nice!
6/1/07 9:56 AM
This is a lovely dress! I think you look quite nice!
6/1/07 9:56 AM
I was thinking about you while I was sewing yesterday. I guess because you really captured the frustrating/risky part of sewing. It is disappointing to literally have to throw your work away. Kudos for the post and don't be frugal - throw that fabric out! I used to try to sew every scrap, even the ugly stuff leftover stuff I got from a costume designer friend. I found that if I made a muslin out of something I hated, it really colored my feelings about the pattern. Thanks for the review. The "did not work for me" reviews are really illuminating.
6/1/07 10:52 AM
Well I agree with you, it looks a bit frumpy to me and that's not how I picture you (from your photo above). A great learning lesson, though for all of us. All in all, it just looks too big for you. I've recently had a slew of bad sewing projects, so I encourage you to move on to the next project! It's good to get these wadders out of our brains and onto cloth so we know for sure what works and what doesn't. Otherwise, if you are like me, you'll just keep wasting time thinking about how it will look. Now you know!
6/1/07 11:56 AM
I think you can get away with this..I honestly think you look very elegant!
6/2/07 6:31 AM
Thank you for the very good and honest review! You've solidified my thoughts that wrap dresses are not for me either so I'll just make them for my thin DD and live vicariously.
6/2/07 2:02 PM
A very helpful review, and one you can chalk up to "live and learn." I think the dress looks better on you than YOU do, but I know what you mean: If you don't like it, you certainly won't wear it. It is a good length on you though! I appreciate you showing us the picture of it on you, because it really IS quite different than hanging on a dress form. I really have to FORCE myself to do that -- ha! I didn't at first, but everybody kept asking for pictures of it ON, so I thought, well, all right already! :o)) Great review that is very helpful to me as I contemplate making a dress, myself.
6/5/07 1:59 PM