Reader Mail: The Pocket Dress
In today's Reader Mail!
Dearest BS,
We are coping with Cincinnati's 20 degree weather this week by planning our spring wardrobe. We're loving this dress trend, and are all about fun, flowing dresses with pockets on the sides this spring. Particularly this Diane von Furstenberg number. Can we say gorgeous? Yes, we can.
Alas, it lies out of our reach, as we are trying to save money for our future world travels. Can you aid us in our search for something a tad more reasonable?
Much love,
-J. in Cincy
Oh! We love Cincinnati! Maybe we will have our next Bunnyshop swap there. We are longtime visitors, specifically in what we believe is the Kenwood area. And our favorite thing about it: obviously, the Gold Star Chili, and stopping there at midnight, and going home to our bestest-type friend Nicole's house and watching Project Runway.
Anyway! There is nothing in the entire world we recommend saving money for, more than future world travels—we're doing the same thing ourselves. And then, in the meantime, the need to wear clothes. Preferably cute clothes, and, in this case, clothes with pockets. We really like that dress above. This was an incredibly hard bill to fill. We did our best.
We just saw a dress in Forever 21 that looked almost exactly like this dress—this one, unbelievably, was not it, and is only in second place. Broken dot tube dress, $24.80. But of course it misses the point, which is about pockets.
We like this one, but it's just about as much. Tucker pocket dress, $330
We are really having a hard time finding dresses that fit this bill. Bizarrely, this is one of the ones we like most. Puella pocket dress, was $110, now $55
This one isn't as fun, but it's a bit closer, we think. Sunner dress, was $233, now $117
This is ridiculously short. So: just our favorite thing! (Especially, maybe, with black pants \ tights for winter.) It's hard to see but there definitely are pockets. Guy Baxter dress, was $391, now $196
Very springtime, but we love that yellow, and maybe they could be successfully layered-up. Armani Exchange pleated smock dress with pockets, $130
This fits a bit strange but we still love it—we're buying this when we get paid. At $36, we can take the risk. American Apparel pocket dress, $36
How does everyone feel about those in-seam pockets making hips look too bulky?
Posted by: ina | January 31, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Ok, so I'm not good at finding images online so forgive me. But if you look at the March 25,2007 post at http://shophappy.typepad.com/blog/dresses/index.html I have this Gap dress that I got on sale. It's great and has pockets! So keep hope alive. I'm sure there will be similar affordable dresses around for '08. You might even get lucky and find something from last season at TJ Maxx, Ross or Marshalls.
Posted by: marga | January 31, 2008 at 01:04 AM
I love pockets in dresses. When I go on my lunch break I don't like to bring my huge bag/purse I bring to work, so I usually just put what I need in my pockets. It always kinda sucks when I'm wearing a dress without pockets.
Also to ina: I never have noticed any bulk where the pockets are. I know some people complain about this, but maybe it's the way the dress is cut?
Posted by: Maggie | January 31, 2008 at 09:53 AM
When something's as expensive as the DVF dress, it helps to think about its Loveability Shelf Life. The dress is cute, but with that print, the bow, and the band around the bottom, I don't think its LSL is more than one season.
Posted by: Andrea | January 31, 2008 at 10:25 AM
I have a dress almost exactly like this one from target, except the dots are very big. It is adorable and cheap and has pockets. This one with the small dots I'm not so in love with, but you could probably still find the larger dots in stores.
http://www.target.com/Mossimo-Black-Sleeveless-Printed-Splatter/dp/B000WYL3BE/601-9593474-1727325?ie=UTF8&node=144455011&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=144455011&rank=%2Bdaterank&rh=&page=1
Posted by: shellybean | January 31, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Ok, pockets in dresses (side pockets you can actually put your hands in, not those ridiculous front ones that are useless) are easily the greatest thing to happen to me since my discovery of diet coke. for real. amazing. i can just toss my lip balm and my keys in my pockets and do rounds at work, or go to the vending machine and get TWO snacks, but hide one to eat secretly, under my desk, when no one is looking.
p.s. andrea, you are an extreme genius with this "LSL" you speak of. such a smart plan.
Posted by: KT | January 31, 2008 at 09:55 PM