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JohnH wrote:I have posted this elsewhere in this forum, but here is the picture

Still looking great...well coordinated with the shoes.

Again, big ups from here!

I have several dresses. Avoid the plunging necklines. Avoid thin fabrics. Stick with a straight form such as a shirt dress. The fleece ankle-length is warm in the winter months. The t-shirt dress is my favorite for summer months. Very comfortable since there isn't a belt or elastic around the waist in many selections.

Those are just the sort of ones I like myself. Please post a couple of pictures.
Jack.

That was an old photo in one of the first batch of the knit t-dresses. They are perennial in the catalogue, and available right now. They come as long sleeved "scoop neck". What I do is take a "V" out of the back down to waist level, thus bringing up the neck to whatever one wants. Then take the sleeves to level you want. I shape in the side seams as well, to suit my "body shape"! and so get a tailored dress to fit just me! They are available in black and "mocha" a sort of brown.
Not sure about the shipping to other parts of the World, but send me a "PM" and I will get one to you. Let's know size. "M" and "L" --size 16 are the most popular, and sure to be in stock, but they probably have "S" and "XL" etc. They are rugged and hard wearing really good t-dresses. They are US$55.OO including postage. I haven't got internet banking (don't trust it!) but the safest system is to send an old fashioned crossed cheque in any currency, made out to Murray Dick, and promptly dress(es) will arrive.
Here are photos of: current batch black and "mocha" in size "L".

I've started trying to make dresses work in my wardrobe. It's been really hit and miss, but this is the best outfit I've put together thus far. I can definitely see shirt dresses working.

Gray Shirtdress by MSpookshow, on Flickr

Nice outfit

Personally though, I'd change the shoes. They tend to throw the
balance off a bit.

Uncle Al

MSpookshow wrote:I've started trying to make dresses work in my wardrobe. It's been really hit and miss, but this is the best outfit I've put together thus far. I can definitely see shirt dresses working.

Kudos for that!

The image that displayed here seems to suffer from some "balance" problems, and that might be mitigated somewhat by going slightly longer with the garment to elongate the overall frame. To my eye, it seems that there's way too much mass up top and not enough to balance it farther down (I suffer the same effect with above-the-knee skirts); lowering the hemline might combat some of that.

I'll have to check out the other Flikr shots from a more capable computer.

Mindermast wrote:These t-shirt dresses were really cool, but I haven't seen a single one since, not even with silly prints, and that was about 20 years ago.

I have a couple of long t shirts that I will occasionally wear as dresses when on vacation. They were certainly not designed to be worn that way but they are (just) long enough to double as a very short dress. Nobody much seems to bat an eye at them either; perhaps that is because they don't really look like dresses and my guess is that most people just assume you have a swim suit on under them. So I guess that doesn't really "count" as wearing a dress, but they are very comfortable and great in the hot weather.

N0HEQ wrote:I have several dresses. Avoid the plunging necklines. Avoid thin fabrics. Stick with a straight form such as a shirt dress. The fleece ankle-length is warm in the winter months. The t-shirt dress is my favorite for summer months. Very comfortable since there isn't a belt or elastic around the waist in many selections.

I happen to like my halter dress with straps. I have the means to sort of fill out the halter section naturally. The wearer can't be completely flat or have huge breasts. I do have a waist that is narrower than my hips, but I still have a little bit of a gut I need to work on.
John

Dresses are very good at disguising the gut!

Don't stop pushing for dresses and skirts men because the kilt started the boll rolling and in the last five years the runways have mens skirts and in 2010 and 2011 even dresses have come up on the runways, they are getting better too. On the topic of freestyle their is a blog for that called high heels for men and it's all freestyle to the point of dresses and skirts, to some here it may not be to your cup of tea so this is just an FYI. http://highheelspassion.blogspot.com/ I hope I'm not breaking any rules here it's just a heads up and nothing more.

All headless examples I see. You need to be short to contemplate high heels, but when you stick on tights and a minidress as well....Who's kidding who?
That's not male attire, period.

Tom K.

It is as desirable to promote garments that hang from the shoulders as garments that hang from the waist. Which makes things a bit more complicated for males, compared to women going the opposite way (to trousers).

Kirbstone wrote:All headless examples I see. You need to be short to contemplate high heels, but when you stick on tights and a minidress as well....Who's kidding who?
That's not male attire, period.

I'd say the front page of that the site is worse than Tom suggests; these guys don't even believe it themselves, hence the headless pictures.

Have fun,


Ian.