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General Discussion => General Discussion Boards => Other General Discussion => Topic started by: s.ay on February 04, 2012, 04:48:55 pm
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Yes, I need a formal dress. Sorry for such a petty subject matter, but would anyone be able to recommend a brand/shop/website? I wish to find a dress that is not conventional, if there is such a thing haha. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks :)
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More information is required. Price range? Event? Look you want? :)
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Ah good point there! Um short but not too short, definitely under the $200 mark, something slightly vintage/ not something easy to find really haha.
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Don't go to forever new, cause it's almost certain that you'll end up with the same dress as someone else :P (a lot of people go there)
Try to go to Bridge Road in Richmond, they have really good dress shops like Christopher Ari
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haha you boys are so knowledgeable! I'm definitely thinking the Richmond area, thanks :)
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Hahah I remember going dress shopping with a friend of mine :) was great fun :D :D
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http://www.bariano.com.au/estore/category/dresses.aspx?page=2
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Hahah I remember going dress shopping with a friend of mine :) was great fun :D :D
haha how I wish I had guy friends like you
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Hahah I remember going dress shopping with a friend of mine :) was great fun :D :D
haha how I wish I had guy friends like you
#foreveralone
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Hahah I remember going dress shopping with a friend of mine :) was great fun :D :D
haha how I wish I had guy friends like you
#foreveralone
#friendzone
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http://www.jjshouse.com/?gclid=CIKjysXVg64CFUJMpgodRCqC3A
spent endless hours drooling over these dresses ... and i'm a jeans and t-shirt chick
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http://shop.countryroad.com.au/#%3Futm_source=countryroad.com.au&utm_medium=shoplink&utm_campaign=ShopLink%2B&page=/Shop/Womenswear/Apparel/Dresses%5B2%5D.htm&product=/Shop/Womenswear/Apparel/Dresses/WDR790C765/Ruched-Front-Dress.html
What do you think? :)
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dizingof- QV
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You should come on IRC and talk to Cthulhu he enjoys talking about dresses...
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not conventional
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This is the only acceptable answer.
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not conventional
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This is the only acceptable answer.
What a waste of meat ...
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^did not notice until you said that
Well, she is Lady Gaga... Also known to hatch out of eggs and sing songs with names such as 'hair', and lyrics such as 'i am my hair ... I am as free as my hair' .. I'm no fan but she makes headlines quite often...
I probably wouldnt have noticed either but I remember reading something about her 'meat dress' in the paper
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Chapel st?
Seduce has really good dresses, but nothing too 'unconventional'
or you could always try online depending on how far away your formal is :) websites like asos are pretty reliable
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Don't know much since I'm not a shopper of formal clothes, but I'm just going to say try going to DFO in South Yarra, just to check out what types of dresses you like.
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http://shop.countryroad.com.au/#%3Futm_source=countryroad.com.au&utm_medium=shoplink&utm_campaign=ShopLink%2B&page=/Shop/Womenswear/Apparel/Dresses%5B2%5D.htm&product=/Shop/Womenswear/Apparel/Dresses/WDR790C765/Ruched-Front-Dress.html
I like that dress stick!
What do you think? :)
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um what the heck just happened^
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Harbour town docklands has so many different dresses + not that $$ :)
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Bariano is definitely a good place to go, the only thing is there is a chance that someone might end up with the same dress as you. (On a side note, it doesnt really matter if someone wears the same dress, its a bit awkward if anything. I suppose going to a girls school, it definitely caused some controversy though) Some of my friends got some nice dresses from there. Definitely try Chapel Street and Bridge Road, if your in that price range. I looked online, there are some really good American designers like Tony Bowls, Sherri Hill and Jovani, but their dresses cost around 400-500 mark. They are reliable, and worth it I suppose. I was really really cheap and took a Sherri Hill design that I liked and got it made for less than 100 dollars when it costs about 400 online. Be carefull with some of those Asian sites with cheap dresses that have copies of the American versions. I found which which was selling the dress that I wanted for about 120 dollars, but I emailed them several times and they had no idea what I was talking about and sorta werent really professional in their correspondence with me. Two of my friends bought dresses from such sites, one of them got her looking kinda different from the picture that was shown and was too big, the other friend didnt get hers at all. She sent them an email about a month before the formal, just to see the status of her dress, turns out they couldnt make her the dress, but had conveniently forgotten to tell my friend about it. My friend got the dress she wanted made by the same person I did. But even then, both our dresses didnt exactly look like the designer versions they were based on. We found it hard to find the same sort of material etc.
Anywho, what sort of dress are you looking for? Floor length? Cocktail dress? One shouldered? Colour? LOL I was a bit of a turd, got a Pink dress. If you want something 'extravagant' you could go Gasp, try the Chadstone one. Or alternatively, there is a shop called Vivid which sells the same sort of dresses. And I may have been mistaken, but I'm pretty sure there is a Bariano in Chadstone. K, just go Chadstone LOL
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^^ two girls at the year 12 formal last year rocked up in the same dress ... They avoided eachother the whole night and took turns posing for the group photos ... I guess it does matter to some people...
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@kazdawg: who did you go to to get your dress made??
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Yeah that happened to 3 different dresses at mine. The first 'double dress issue' had the two people find out before, apparently one of the girls was really upset, but they decided it didnt matter. The second issue- it was decided that the person who bought the dress first got to keep it, but the other girl had conveniently lost the receipt to the $300 dress. The third one involved my friend, but they didnt realise until at the formal, and were totally ok with it :)
LOL Umm I got it made by a curry person I knew who usually makes blouses for Sari's LOL She did a good job on it though.But My dress had a removable asymmetric skirt, and the length of my skirt at the back was a bit too short so yeah, I suppose I wasnt too happy with that. A couple of other people I know went to professional dressmakers, I would recommend that.
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If you don't mind online stores modcloth.com ships to Oz and has some really good unique dresses including vintage style ones :)
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http://shop.countryroad.com.au/#%3Futm_source=countryroad.com.au&utm_medium=shoplink&utm_campaign=ShopLink%2B&page=/Shop/Womenswear/Apparel/Dresses%5B2%5D.htm&product=/Shop/Womenswear/Apparel/Dresses/WDR790C765/Ruched-Front-Dress.html
I like that dress stick!
What do you think? :)
Thanks! It's under $200, has the vintage look and it's short, but not too short. Hopefully it's appropriate for the occasion. :)
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Gosh i go to work and come back to find a meat dress on my screen! Haha thanks so much for all your advice guys, exactly the kind of stuff I've been looking for @ Stick, such a cute dress, I shall look into it!
@ Kazdawg thanks so much for all the ideas, and i swear if someone wears the same dress as me i shall physically/mentally harm them. Modcloth! I can't believe I forgot that! Thanks! Harbour town and South Yarra are definite places on my lurking list ;)
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http://www.jjshouse.com/?gclid=CIKjysXVg64CFUJMpgodRCqC3A
spent endless hours drooling over these dresses ... and i'm a jeans and t-shirt chick
oooh nice!
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http://www.jjshouse.com/?gclid=CIKjysXVg64CFUJMpgodRCqC3A
spent endless hours drooling over these dresses ... and i'm a jeans and t-shirt chick
oooh nice!
They are stunning but might be OTT for the occasion ...
Isnt it a little early for a formal though ?
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mmm perhaps haha. Yeah our formal is in March actually! So I'm just looking around atm
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oh wow, march is early. my formal is in july and i thought that was early haha. our coordinator wanted to make it right after mid-yr exams to 'celebrate' us completing midyrs.
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haha thats very uh considerate of her? Yeah we are rather backward
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If you're into sort of a vintage-y style (god, it kills me to say that...goddamn hipsters) then you could try Miss Patina. They've got a pretty small range of formal dresses (like, very very small), but I doubt that many people know of them, so it's improbable that someone else will show up in the same dress. Also, FREE SHIPPING!
Or you can be really hk and like, get a legit vintage dress, except that they're usually 80s taffeta nightmares. So actually, for the good of the universe, please don't.
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My two suggestions for dresses: this one or as a second option, this. /end of my contribution to this thread.
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My two suggestions for dresses: this one or as a second option, this. /end of my contribution to this thread.
Wait ... I'm confused ...You're joking right?
What is it with meat-inspired dresses ... Hamburger, really??
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Are you disrespecting those dresses? Why would anyone joke about this kind of thing?
Now I hope you're joking ... :S
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It's quite obvious he isn't kidding, dresses are serious business
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If you don't mind online stores modcloth.com ships to Oz and has some really good unique dresses including vintage style ones :)
modcloth is the shit
i got my y10 formal dress from there and it was so cute!
i recommend looking at the size charts + comments/reviews etc first considering it is all online
and they have soo many
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It's quite obvious he isn't kidding, dresses are serious business
Guys, stop messing with me like that ...Once again, I apologise for my lack of respect to the hamburger dress ...
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Our formal was in late November, the night after the last exam, because the committee screwed everything over and realized we didn't have enough funds a few months into the whole planning process, so we had to postpone and spent the rest of the year doing bake sales and stuff. :P It worked wonderfully though.
Props to whoever mentioned Bariano on Bridge Road - they have relatively good quality dresses there and basically have stuff for different styles and body shape. Another area other than Bridge Road + Chapel Street I'd recommend is Sydney Road in Brunswick (easiest way from the city is to ride up the 19 tram pass Melbourne Uni). They have quite a fair few shops that stock unconventional fashion. I got a really lovely secondhand dress and it was only for $30. Also, there's a MASSIVE boutique that sells shitloads of formal dresses ($200-600) from all kinds of different designers. Not sure about the details as it's been a long time but if you have time to browse around the entire Sydney Road then you'll see it.
Good luck!
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I reckon you'll get the most attention if you just rock up in your school uniform ;)
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For the love of God don't buy a dress from GASP, they're horrendous. As for Bariano, chances are someone else at your formal will have the same dress as you. Go for a walk down Bridge Rd, there's this really nice formal dress store called Cocktail, where myself and a friend got our dresses. There are some other stores along there worth checking out too.
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I know there's a lot of expensive stores, but do have a wander around High St Armadale, as well as Malvern and Toorak Roads. There are a lot of nice clothes and you may find a bargain! It might also be worth checking out Mailing Road in Canterbury (although the street itself is just weird :S).
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Honestly I wouldn't worry about getting the same dress as someone else. There are so many options and there will be many people at one formal, and with extra things like accessories, how you do your hair and make up - if you play it well you're going to look uniquely you (sounds INCREDIBLY douchey but I have no other way to put it). If you find a great dress that you really love and is within your budget even if it's from a conventional place like Bariano, just ensure that you work it well that you're gonna rock it so much harder than any potential outfit twin. :)
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Don't want to intrude on the girls thread here but (don't flame me)
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+1 xdecay, it shouldn't matter if you end up with the same as someone else, as there is so many different things you can do otherwise now days.
(this feels weird posting this) I will now slowly back away from this thread.
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Please don't wear short dresses to your formal. Most girls make that mistake and realize that they will wear the same type of thing to average clubbing events later on.
On a side note, been to five formals in my time, can only remember what one of my dates was wearing.
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I think short dresses are fine, so long as they're not TOO short. I guess the length of the dress really depends on how much dancing you're going to be doing - I had the freshman masquerade ball the other night, and because it was mostly a dance party (even though we had a mocktail reception earlier) most people wore dresses that came above the knee. If your dress is too long, you WON'T be able to dance. Although at the MHS formal when I went most people wore long dresses...
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I think long dresses look very elegant
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a lot of my friends got their dresses from ASOS. Free shipping + sales means you can get something great for under $100.
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Let's be honest, Uni Balls will never match the excitement and anticipation which school formals had. People wear short dresses to them because, 1. you get sloshed, 2. it's a glorified clubbing night, and 3. you go clubbing afterwards.
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Some people (like myself) are short, and cant really pull off a long, elegant dress, because it makes us look like an oompa loompa in a long dress. Thats why I thought I'd be a bit unconventional (well a year ago, it was- I CLAIM THAT TREND) and pick a asymmetrical dress. It was short at the front and long at the back and various shades of pink LOL
Anywho my point is, the type of dress you pick does depend on your body shape. But I really envy tall people who can look good in long dresses AND cocktail dresses, while I'm stuck with knee-ish length dresses that keep me from looking like a douche.
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I love being a dude. I've been wearing the same thing to every event and no one can tell the difference
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Some people (like myself) are short, and cant really pull off a long, elegant dress, because it makes us look like an oompa loompa in a long dress. Thats why I thought I'd be a bit unconventional (well a year ago, it was- I CLAIM THAT TREND) and pick a asymmetrical dress. It was short at the front and long at the back and various shades of pink LOL
Anywho my point is, the type of dress you pick does depend on your body shape. But I really envy tall people who can look good in long dresses AND cocktail dresses, while I'm stuck with knee-ish length dresses that keep me from looking like a douche.
I only plussed this because it made me laugh :D oompa loompa is an exaggeration honey, you're not nearly orange enough. ;) I, for one, know many other people who pull off oompa loompa perrrrfectly.
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I love being a dude. I've been wearing the same thing to every event and no one can tell the difference
gosh, that made me laugh. Its so true though, but I like bow ties on guys instead of the conventional skinny black tie.
I bought an assymetrical blue dress from Bardot last winter for my formal this year. It looks good, but ultimately its the colour and style that you choose:)
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You bought a dress like a year before your formal, Nisha?
I buy a shirt and/or tie like 2 days before my formals/balls D:
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I love being a dude. I've been wearing the same thing to every event and no one can tell the difference
gosh, that made me laugh. Its so true though, but I like bow ties on guys instead of the conventional skinny black tie.
I bought an assymetrical blue dress from Bardot last winter for my formal this year. It looks good, but ultimately its the colour and style that you choose:)
Bardot!! :) lol that was all I really had to say.You bought a dress like a year before your formal, Nisha?
I buy a shirt and/or tie like 2 days before my formals/balls D:
You're a guy, she's a girl?
Oh, I for one, am such a lazy girl that I have bought most of my dresses for parties this year in the summer... Because I'm too lazy to spend valuable time in term looking for dress and getting pissed off when I can't find one I like. :D
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You're a guy, she's a girl?
Oh, I for one, am such a lazy girl that I have bought most of my dresses for parties this year in the summer... Because I'm too lazy to spend valuable time in term looking for dress and getting pissed off when I can't find one I like. :D
I know, I know :P
It's cause I wear shirts/ties so often that if I get a special shirt/special tie for a special occasion, I usually end up wearing it some time before cause it looks so nice, if you get what I mean ;D
Hahaha, dw, getting pissed off isn't only a girl thing, I hate having to match shirts and ties, it's like OMG does this look good or does that look good or OMG idk! D: and then I make up my mind and then I start thinking about what OTHER people think, and then suddenly someone says it doesn't match and then yeah....you can imagine :P
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You're a guy, she's a girl?
Oh, I for one, am such a lazy girl that I have bought most of my dresses for parties this year in the summer... Because I'm too lazy to spend valuable time in term looking for dress and getting pissed off when I can't find one I like. :D
I know, I know :P
It's cause I wear shirts/ties so often that if I get a special shirt/special tie for a special occasion, I usually end up wearing it some time before cause it looks so nice, if you get what I mean ;D
Hahaha, dw, getting pissed off isn't only a girl thing, I hate having to match shirts and ties, it's like OMG does this look good or does that look good or OMG idk! D: and then I make up my mind and then I start thinking about what OTHER people think, and then suddenly someone says it doesn't match and then yeah....you can imagine :P
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...you wear it to bed the night before or something?
LOL you sound worse than me :D to me, a shirt and tie is a shirt and tie. Unless its a shirt and bow tie, but I guess thats coz I'm not a guy hahahaa
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Butt cleavage dresses are the best.
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^ That is so much WTF that 3 letters can't contain it. WWWWWWWWWWWWTTTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFFF.
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You are just jealous. ;) (I kid)
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Butt cleavage dresses are the best.
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...you wear it to bed the night before or something?
LOL you sound worse than me :D to me, a shirt and tie is a shirt and tie. Unless its a shirt and bow tie, but I guess thats coz I'm not a guy hahahaa
noo, i'm saying, i don't get my shirt/tie early cause i'll wear it, that's why i wait till near the date :P
as if! a shirt and tie is a big deal! D: well i guess to me, i don't understand the whole fuss with dresses ;D
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Butt cleavage dresses are the best.
you are a hero.
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...you wear it to bed the night before or something?
LOL you sound worse than me :D to me, a shirt and tie is a shirt and tie. Unless its a shirt and bow tie, but I guess thats coz I'm not a guy hahahaa
noo, i'm saying, i don't get my shirt/tie early cause i'll wear it, that's why i wait till near the date :P
as if! a shirt and tie is a big deal! D: well i guess to me, i don't understand the whole fuss with dresses ;D
Ohhhhhh I understand now. :D And well there wouldn't be such a fuss with dresses if nearly eeevvverrryyything in women's dress shops wasnt designed for prepubescent-bodied women. -.-
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Butt cleavage dresses are the best.
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