As my return to campus for the fall term creeps closer, I feel the usual "back to school" shopping itch. I had a Boden credit and saw some things on clearance so I decided to make an order. Previously, my only Boden shopping was for Emilia (mini Boden is so cute!). But I liked both of these dresses on the website and wanted to try them out. Neither are made from natural fibers so I do not think they would be worth full price. But the sale prices were reasonable enough. The quality does seem to be there. I'm just not sure about the fits. The shirt dress definitely needs to be hemmed if I do keep it. I don't have a lot of time to decide about either because the return policy for sale stuff so let me know what you think. Note that I would wear a better bra with both and squeezy tights with the shirt dress in particular but am not here.
I'm also happy to do some fit reviews if they will be helpful to anyone. I just wanted input on whether to keep or return first.
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12 comments:
I really like the first one, even though it does need some hemming. I want to say yes to the second, but the fabric belt doesn't look right. I would say yes to that one if you were to wear a different belt!
Boden's dresses are always so pretty. I have been contemplating the Amelie dress.
thanks for the shout out! loving the yellow print on you, the green is just ok for me (but could be great with colorful accessories...hmmmm)
I'd return both dress. I think the fit is off on both. It seems like they fit you in the bust but are too wide in the hip area. The color and print of the first dress are cute on you but I think overall it actually looks too big everywhere except for maybe your chest area?? The sleeves are too long on it too. The second one is just drab and a bit sad. I think you can do better with other dresses. But I really appreciate Boden reviews since there are so few online. So thank you!
I agree with Laura; neither of these seem great to me and I would return both. However, take that with a grain of salt since yellow and olive look terrible on me and therefore I just don't like those colors, even though they look great on other people.
I don't like either, sorry.
I like the olive one, but I am biased- I think an olive dress is a dynamite base for accessories and any colour contrast!
I agree re: olive as a great base/basic but I did return the dress. I think it was a bit more billowy than I want.
Thank you! I wound up returning both and feel no regrets in part cause of helpful input.
Thank you! I returned both and think I made the right decision with your help.
Thank you! I did return both because I agree that the fit was off. I think my new body and my nursing constraints have given me a different kind of shopping goggles apart from my usual sale ones. To give a bit more info on the dresses toward review content: both these dresses were size 10R and ran a bit large. I am usually caught somewhere between 8, 10, and 12 these days. The dresses seemed to be of good quality for sale prices (they were around $45-$55/each) but not worth the retail in my opinion. I would size down if you are in between. Thanks for reading!!
Thank you! I wound up returning both cause I never regret returns but have some things I've kept that I regret in retrospect.
Thank you! I did wind up returning both. I just wasn't wowed by either. I do think that Boden does run sales and the clothes are more worthwhile at a discount. They seem overpriced at retail in my opinion. I do love the Amelie dress too though!
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