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Bastet


Kate Spade

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DH and I are spending Thanksgiving with his parents.  Instead of us flying out to meet them, we're meeting up in Philadelphia.  So, no home dinner.  Instead, we're going to a very nice restaurant on top of a Hyatt hotel.  I don't have many wintery dresses.  What do you guys think of this one from Nordstrom?    Do you think I can wear it for a few years?  I don't like buying one season dresses unless they cost less.  (This one is $248, the upper end of my price range). 

I'm short, so this would probably not be a mini dress on me.  Would it look too weird if I wore it with black tall boots?  What kind of other shoes would you wear with it? 
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Kelly


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I don't know if it could last you multiple years. It seems awfully trendy to me, with the big sleeves.

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I don't know.  I see this more of a going-out dress, or for cocktails at some swanky evening place, not for dinner with the parents.  I would do something more subdued, but that's just me I guess.  I also don't know about the lasting power of the dress; it is unique so it could be worn for years, but then again, I just don't know...

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Its a cute dress, but I worry the big sleeves would get in the way when eating.

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I love it!

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I actually bought this dress and I think that it will be able to be worn for more than this year.  I think boots would be cute.  I plan on wearing it to a Christmas party with black tights and my CL Mary Janes.

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I think I'm getting more of a go-go-girl vibe from it.. not really what you'd want to wear with your man's parents... I think for $248 you could do better!

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Drew wrote:

I don't know. I see this more of a going-out dress, or for cocktails at some swanky evening place, not for dinner with the parents. I would do something more subdued, but that's just me I guess. I also don't know about the lasting power of the dress; it is unique so it could be worn for years, but then again, I just don't know...


I agree completely.

 



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Mandy wrote:

Its a cute dress, but I worry the big sleeves would get in the way when eating.



 Exactly what I was thinking.



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Collette


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It's a cute dress but not for meeting the parents and I totally agree that those sleeves will get in the way while eating!

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I would keep looking. Something more classic. What about like a wrap dress with long sleeves?

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Thanks for your input! I was torn between thinking it was really cute and thinking it looked like something an extra from Austin Powers would wear.  That dress wasn't at the mall tonight, so I decided to go with this one, with smaller sleeves.  On me, the dress comes down almost to my knees, so it's not super short. 

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