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Thanks to Jill at Presenza for tweeting about this Glamour slide show. I love the before and after for this dress. Just goes to show that a scoop neck is not always the best choice! There are other factors to take into consideration as well.
Take a look at slides 2-4 as well. #2 is sold out, but wouldn’t you have to wear a strapless with it anyway? And what do you think of #4? I think the neckline and stripes are a bad combination, but I’ve been wrong on this before.
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Liz Jones of the Daily Mail (the same woman who cut off her breasts to avoid using them to get ahead) says that jersey wrap dresses look great on every body type. We’ve heard this before, but based on the busty, hourglass and plus-size examples above, I’m inclined to agree. Do you? Two concerns:
1. Each woman is showing more cleavage than I would feel comfortable displaying at work; and
2. As the 2/24 13:00 commenter points out:
It overemphasizes the bust and creates asymmetry in the bust line as the wrap has to pass under the one breast. Dresses that are tailored to emphasize the waist, without the wrap, work much better and do not create the “one monster boob” look.
I realize that black isn’t really a spring color, but when I ran into Erica of Dirty Dolls Lingerie at CurveNY, she was wearing this Bettie Page Secretary Pencil Dress in small. It looked adorable on her (double-breasted and all!). Erica is a 32DD and has a small waist, so this should give you an idea of their sizing. Next week I’ll give you an update on the Dirty Dolls line.
Finally, I recently discovered Get Cutie in England. Their dresses come in 3 different cup sizes, A-C , D-E and E-G. I would love for someone to try them and write a review here (or elsewhere that I can link to) so that I can move them from my “Clothing We’ve Heard About” to my “Clothing Others Have Tried” list on the Clothing for Us page! (Depending on what I learn in our workshop on Wednesday, I might be trying them myself.)
I love that the slide show uses women with the body types they're emphasizing. I'm tired of magazines trying to show you "figure flattering" outfits on one generic-size model. Kudos to them. And yes – their suggestions for the full bust look great! I think the dress in slide 2 would be a perfect look for me! Slide 4, maybe… I'd have to see it on.
And I completely agree about the wrap dress problem. I actually wondered if the girl on the right had one much smaller boob. It's not a good look. Perhaps a wrap dress with a pattern would de-emphasize it.
AHAHAHA!!! Yes, wrap dresses do create asymmetry at the bust! Thank you for bringing that to our attention, ?Darlene?. Your blog is a pleasure to read. ?
What do you think the "busty" Glamour model's bra size is?
Because I certainly have never found a classic shift dress that fits my bust. Hardly anything sleeveless ever works for me. It drives me crazy, because a shift dress that was custom made for me would look gorgeous but sadly is not an option.
Any chance she's an E/F, or do you think she's just a C/D? Maybe she's wearing a sports bra to squeeze into that dress. That would be disappointing.
Speaking of custom-made shift dresses, a woman on twitter once told me that she has a pattern that she has dressmakers sew for her. Unfortunately, she disappeared before I could get more details from her.
I've heard so many times that wrap dresses are great for an hourglass figure, every magazine seems to believe that!
I have yet to try one on that looked at all good on me.
I think the cleavage showing is way too low, but also that it seems to over emphasize my short waist as well.
I look terrible in wrap dresses and I'm sick of that being the go-to mention for any busty girl.
Darlene,
I found a nearly perfect dress this weekend. It is based on a wrap dress. I'll bring it to your workshop and we can discuss 🙂
Can't wait.