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Old 06-14-2013, 11:38 AM
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They did give the girls a choice; light, medium or dark. BG chose the dark; she is rather fair skinned and thought the dark would go with her skin tones better. With makeup, she has striking coloring and incredible eyes.

I think we have been looking at dresses that are too dressy; pref is black cocktail dresses, but the pink is for another occasion. I still really like that one ModCloth dress and have urged her to 1)look at it more closely, and 2) contact the committee to see just how dressy it needs to be. She will be wearing nude heels with it.
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Old 06-14-2013, 12:36 PM
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no "body con" (whatever that is).
Body-conscious, as in, so short and tight that you can't sit down.

(Thanks for the visual, KK)

The usage of that term always tickles me since it's so fashion-y. I think we would have just called them "slut dresses" and been done with it.
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Old 06-14-2013, 12:46 PM
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Oh gag! Slut indeed. BG is very modest, there would be no fear with her, but a couple of her sisters... not so much.
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Old 06-14-2013, 12:49 PM
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They did give the girls a choice; light, medium or dark. BG chose the dark; she is rather fair skinned and thought the dark would go with her skin tones better. With makeup, she has striking coloring and incredible eyes.

I think we have been looking at dresses that are too dressy; pref is black cocktail dresses, but the pink is for another occasion. I still really like that one ModCloth dress and have urged her to 1)look at it more closely, and 2) contact the committee to see just how dressy it needs to be. She will be wearing nude heels with it.

It sounds perfect for her!

This dress from Amazon might work better. It's a little more casual.

http://www.amazon.com/Jones-New-York...1228660&sr=1-3

And this one from the Gap is more casual and cheap!
http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do...&pid=351501042

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Old 06-14-2013, 04:00 PM
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This is from the Red Dress Boutique in Athens, Ga. It is currently out of stock, but it appears that they might get more in at some point: (the girl modeling the dress is 5'9")

http://www.reddressboutique.com/dres...l#product-info

And one from Old Navy:

http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/produc...&pid=386306052

Lands End:

http://www.landsend.com/pp/womens-sl...ml?sku_0=::448

and this one from Lands End:

http://www.landsend.com/pp/StylePage...27023-_-412285

and this one from Belk:

http://www.belk.com/AST/Main/Belk_Pr...=1371241060065
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Old 06-14-2013, 06:34 PM
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I'm a huge Lands End fan, as in, everything I'm currently wearing is Lands End, but I am not a fan of the fit and flare dresses. I didn't like the quality of the fabric and stitching in the ones I tried and ended up returning them. This was last season, so they might have improved them since then.
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Old 06-14-2013, 07:26 PM
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I never would have thought of Lands End! Several of those are adorable, and of course I'd bet she would love the one that's out of stock. She will be back over here either later this evening or tomorrow (they live across the street), and we'll look at those.

This has been so hard, but you ladies are making it so much easier! I don't want anybody to think that her mom isn't interested, but this seems to be a gramma/BG project. Her mom is right with us, but has two other kids that take time, too.
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Old 06-14-2013, 08:35 PM
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Are you kidding, GG?? I am envious of your grand daughter! Sounds like you two have a really wonderful relationship! You don't have to explain it to us
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Old 06-14-2013, 09:08 PM
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For a bit more casual, I really like that one from Old Navy. But I'd double check they're ok with eyelet. That hot pink is really my color so I keep saying Ooooh, I want that one. Oooh, I want that one!
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Old 06-14-2013, 09:16 PM
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I have a dark pink knit dress from Lands End that I absolutely love. It would be perfect, but it's from a couple seasons ago.
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Old 06-14-2013, 10:06 PM
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The eyelet one from Old Navy is adorable in person; I know this because BG wore it as a bridesmaid dress in her best friend's wedding on Memorial Day. Their dresses were navy.
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Old 06-15-2013, 08:07 AM
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I never would have thought of Lands End! Several of those are adorable, and of course I'd bet she would love the one that's out of stock. She will be back over here either later this evening or tomorrow (they live across the street), and we'll look at those.

This has been so hard, but you ladies are making it so much easier! I don't want anybody to think that her mom isn't interested, but this seems to be a gramma/BG project. Her mom is right with us, but has two other kids that take time, too.
She could give the store a call to see when they think it will be restocked-maybe the timing would work out for her.
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Old 06-15-2013, 10:54 AM
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I never would have thought of Lands End! Several of those are adorable, and of course I'd bet she would love the one that's out of stock. She will be back over here either later this evening or tomorrow (they live across the street), and we'll look at those.

This has been so hard, but you ladies are making it so much easier! I don't want anybody to think that her mom isn't interested, but this seems to be a gramma/BG project. Her mom is right with us, but has two other kids that take time, too.
As a mom, I would take this as a total win. She's happy and you are having fun, and she is getting the help she needs to find the right dress.
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Old 06-15-2013, 12:18 PM
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I also have the Lands End fit and flare dress. It's super comfortable, but it was a little lower in the front than I had expected.
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Old 06-15-2013, 02:14 PM
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Well, I called it; she loves, loves that one that's out of stock. They are only open Mon-Fri (guess it's strictly online) but we will call them on Monday. She did find a really cute white one for those "white-out" football games. We found one that looks absolutely the same to me at another online boutique, but she's afraid it isn't exactly the same. I kind of think it is.

This is the one that is in stock, different boutique http://www.southernflair.com/everly-...dress-magenta/

This is the one that is out of stock http://www.reddressboutique.com/dres...nic-berry.html

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