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"Would normal people actually consider spending $200 to rent a dress for 4 days? Maybe I'm just not haute enough, but that seems quite silly to me."

LOL i know right? i feel the same way. i would rather BUY, not RENT, the dress for that kind of money. sheesh!

11/24/2009 2:38:15 PM

I kinda agree, the most I would spend to rent a dress would be $75. And it would have to be really nice. I just thought I'd ask if anyone had done it. It's catering to people who want designer labels, that's all.

The dresses in the $200 to rent range are typically in the $2k-3k retail price.

The website talks about cutting a deal for bridesmaid dresses. That wouldn't be too shabby of a deal. It's possible that if you keep watching the site, you could possibly rent a bridal dress for that amount of money (if you weren't being a traditional stuffy person). Granted, the styles that are out now would NOT be appropriate, but... just saying!

11/24/2009 4:22:32 PM

but if you watch sales (even places like belk carry some high end things now) and websites like hautelook etc and with ebay and amazon you can find designer (i mean prob not the 2k - 3k designer dresses, though saks does have some decent sales, i just don't buy stuff in that price range obvi haha) things for cheap.

it is so hard though but i've started buying like...the season after or ahead or whatever. like i bought several summer things this fall that were on clearance and got excellent deals. i guess if you need something right away you can't do that. plus it isn't very gratifying. luckily some of the things i have gotten i can use for winter w/ layering.

11/24/2009 4:31:35 PM

just ordered hanky pankys on ruelala (sale started ton!)

i usually cannot afford them cause they are tres expensive but i got 3 pairrrrr. they are super comfy.

11/26/2009 8:50:53 PM

excuse me for not being a female, but do you have a link??

11/26/2009 8:53:22 PM

haha are you ordering for someone? cause they don't have pics of underwear models if that is what you were going for!!

http://www.ruelala.com/invite/kcadwallader

(you need an invite and have to register for the site - it is free, that link should allow you to register, then you can get to the hanky panky sale)

11/26/2009 8:56:45 PM

Quote :

"It's catering to people who want designer labels, that's all."

i completely agree. now i can't say that i'm not a sucker for some designer stuff, but at the same time, it just seems kinda silly to pay so much for something you will wear once maybe? at least if you spent $200 on a dress, you could wear it as many times as you'd like and then sell if on ebay or to a consignment shop or something. profit off of it more!

11/26/2009 8:59:26 PM

^^I already have a ruelala account. you must think i'm foo foo now.

[Edited on November 26, 2009 at 9:00 PM. Reason : plz dont judge]

11/26/2009 9:00:22 PM

haha oh ok well excuse me!

11/26/2009 9:08:51 PM

urban outfitters has free shipping (code FREEBIRD) on orders over $75 through 11/30 at midnight

there are some decent things in the sale section if you are willing to dig through! i got a dress and 2 pairs of shoes (whoops). let me show youuuu.

so i already have these boots in tan and grey and i really like them so i ordered the black before my size went away:



and these shoes were 9.99 and i kind of like them but i wasn't really sure, if they weren't 9.99 then i wouldn't have ordered them but i think they are kinda funky:



annnnd then i got this dress (19.99!):

11/29/2009 12:42:16 PM

Ladies...I'm going to put this out there again...anybody looking for christmas ideas?

http://thepursepantry.blogspot.com/

11/29/2009 1:39:16 PM

LOVE this dress from Express. Tried it on Black Friday when there was a 20% off sale, but it still would've cost too much. The color was GORGEOUS and so was the shape.

http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=22957&parentCategoryId=2&categoryId=22&subCategoryId=22

also love this one but it was too short for me I'm a modest little pea!! also it's expensive I tried it on in dark red.

http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=23774&parentCategoryId=2&categoryId=22&subCategoryId=22

11/29/2009 6:08:29 PM

damnnn girl, those are some sexy little numbers!!!!

you should get one!


(the more i look at my snake shoes the more excited i am about them. i think with the right outfit - obviously a plainer outfit like a black dress or something, they will be a good accent!)

11/29/2009 6:34:55 PM

http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=22512&parentCategoryId=2&categoryId=22&subCategoryId=22

I really like this dress!

11/29/2009 6:37:28 PM

^^ glad you like them! I'm trying not to spend money lately though

^ I have the cap sleeve version of that dress and it's one of my favorites

11/29/2009 6:43:12 PM

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"it was too short for me"

haha i thought i was modest myself...but i dont think i've ever ran into a dress that was "too short for me."

however, i do cross the line at those short ass lil jean skirts from abercrombie and hollister.

11/29/2009 6:57:06 PM

i still want this one!
http://www.thelimited.com/detail/embellished-tank-dress/3274594

[Edited on November 29, 2009 at 7:02 PM. Reason : oops]

11/29/2009 7:02:24 PM

right before thanksgiving the limited was having a buy one get one 50% off sale on everything

its probably over now but...there are some even better sales going on now!! i'm sure they're having a good one!

11/29/2009 7:04:26 PM

also love this one from XSCAPE but it's also expensive!!!

11/29/2009 7:23:26 PM

^droooooooooool

11/29/2009 8:09:41 PM

^^ that dress is super hot

i don't feel like i could ever pull of a dress like that unless i stretched my arms and legs out like 2 more feet

(and grew some boobs - you know, minor details! )

[Edited on November 29, 2009 at 9:47 PM. Reason : .]

11/29/2009 9:47:37 PM

i think i'm too short to wear anything that low cut

11/29/2009 9:48:49 PM

ditto

it'd be like cut down to my belly button

11/29/2009 9:54:20 PM

sometimes i would like a boyfriend around so that I might warrant buying a beautiful dress to have dinner and fuck in. I love this

front


back


[Edited on November 29, 2009 at 11:28 PM. Reason : also in black]

11/29/2009 11:27:46 PM

You should get that dress any way.

11/29/2009 11:38:23 PM

^^ yea, that's gorgeous

11/29/2009 11:40:13 PM

Quote :

"sometimes i would like a boyfriend around so that I might warrant buying a beautiful dress to have dinner and fuck in."

I have a boyfriend and still no reason to buy a fancy dress

11/29/2009 11:47:21 PM

Jen, that dress is SMOKIN'. I sooooo would wear that! Who cares...man or no man No sure if you said this already, but where's that dress from?

11/30/2009 12:11:29 PM

the dress is $300, so no way to buy it for fun. It also comes in black but I think I like the mauve better. Its made by karen millen which i have decided I really love, all her dresses are that good.

11/30/2009 12:34:22 PM

holy shit that dress is hot

DO WANT

11/30/2009 12:38:59 PM

that whole low, open back is fucking gorgeous.

wore a dress in high school that was almost a completely open back, high neck in the front, but dipped down really low.

fucking awesome

11/30/2009 12:41:44 PM

black

11/30/2009 12:55:07 PM

Yeah. I'll agree that dress is necessary

11/30/2009 2:39:18 PM

Quote :

"^^ that dress is super hot i don't feel like i could ever pull of a dress like that unless i stretched my arms and legs out like 2 more feet (and grew some boobs - you know, minor details! )"

nonsense! I tried it on myself and it looks great. the whole point of the ruching is to make it look like you have boobs!!!

also I agree that Jen's dress is HAWT

11/30/2009 4:58:53 PM

I'll be your b/f so you can just go order that dress right now

11/30/2009 6:52:49 PM

as nice as that dress is (and it really is), I could never ever spend $300 on a piece of clothing

11/30/2009 7:05:39 PM

hey, if looking good was easy everyone would do it

11/30/2009 7:47:38 PM

lol

11/30/2009 7:52:57 PM

holy shit jen

i want that dress.

11/30/2009 8:27:18 PM

shawna should post in here more

11/30/2009 8:29:55 PM

jen that dress is gorgeous!!!!!



I really like this but i'm worried it's going to be too long for me..I'm only 5'4

11/30/2009 10:26:53 PM

I like that dress, though I have no idea what you look like and am too lazy to check your photo gallery. Hope that helps at least a little though

12/1/2009 12:53:25 AM

just went to the thrift store again...

got a $4 knit sweater for my cousin for Christmas, then I got for me:

J Crew coral cardigan (alliteration!!!)
Ann Taylor plum cardigan with really cute big brown buttons
Ralph Lauren golf black and white striped t-shirt
and finally... an H&M black silk v-neck blouse with these neat shoulder things

all for $25.. ballerrrrr

12/2/2009 5:16:16 PM

you have probably already said somewhere but WHERE IS THIS!

12/2/2009 5:21:42 PM

^ I went to the smaller version of the thrift store.. It's at Interact, called "Pass It On, Too" and it's in the very front. Apparently the big one (Pass It On) is in Fuquay and has tonsssss of stuff

I'm gonna go there sometime soon and do Christmas shopping. A lot of stores and people will donate brand new stuff. (I'm pretty sure my Ann Taylor cardigan was brand new, AND the J Crew one Last time one of my shirts still had the tags)

12/2/2009 5:27:57 PM

i got my hanky pankys in the mail today

AND urban outfitter shoes (posted above somewhere)

BUT I'M SAD BECAUSE THE 19.99 dress i ordered was sold out apparently and they sent me an email after i already ordered it to tell me about my refund. BOOOOOOOO.

12/2/2009 5:31:49 PM

Quote :

"shawna should post in here more"

I was just thinking that it's funny that this was my thread and now I haven't posted in here in months. I even deleted it from my topics because I was tired of seeing it. This isn't really what I had expected it to be.

12/2/2009 7:56:27 PM

^ what did you expect it to be? we can make it into something else!

i agree with miska below - i <3 this thread

we can do more period talk

i'm interested in trying this:



i always thought midol was kind of pussy. extra strength tylenol or motrin works better. but excedrin is a legit painkiller (for headaches anyway it has worked for me) so i'd be interested to see how the period excedrin is. HOWEVER excedrin has caffeine i think and i thought that was bad for periods. hmmm.



[Edited on December 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM. Reason : .]

12/2/2009 7:57:21 PM

Quote :

"Shop includes, but is not limited to: menstruation, Britney Spears, reality TV, Sex and the City, Bath & Body Works, and shoes."

I think we have successfully covered these things.

I think this is one of the most useful threads on tww and I'm glad you made it

12/2/2009 7:57:29 PM

Eh, every time I click on this thread it's people talking about dresses ad nauseum. Bores me that there's never anything else.

[Edited on December 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM. Reason : i havent tried those kadwackle, I just stick to regular ibuprofen.]

12/2/2009 7:59:29 PM