<p>pps</p>
<p>my suggestions don’t take away from anyones personal taste and style, think of them as a foundation to add to</p>
<p>and what is nice about black, you can wear black pants with different pieces every day of the week, like men do, and no one really notices</p>
<p>so if you wear say, a black skirt to five different events with different tops- a sweater, blazer, t shirt, whatever…its an easy way to dress</p>
<p>Thistle – nice dress, nice price. Sheer sleeves make it a little more elegant, and will be especially nice for a young woman who doesn’t want to show shoulders.</p>
<p>Only one negative…but not enough of a negative not to buy it. I’m not a fan of “dry clean only” – but it’s tough to find a nice “dressy” dress that can be washed.</p>
<p>Hope she has a great time!</p>
<p>Dangerous comment by student, but NO to the Thistle Dress. It will make her look even younger. Just not a college girl look unless it’s MIT. Go sleeveless!</p>
<p>and as a mom of two teen girls, no to the dress as well…its too young looking</p>
<p>this is not to flashy, and classic
<a href=“http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=229668&CategoryID=27228[/url]”>http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=229668&CategoryID=27228</a></p>
<p>I agree with SPS and CGM. I do like that Macys dress. I think it would look great on your D’s small build and still give her the coverage she wants.</p>
<p>Can we vote? If she won’t go sleeveless, then I vote for the macy’s dress that citygirlsmom linked to. If we are not voting then please ignore me.</p>
<p>I hope your daughter has a wonderful time at the event.</p>
<p>GREAT Macy’s dress – it gets my vote.</p>
<p>if we are voting, I have to agree with the Macy’s dress. D will get a lot of mileage out of it because she can add accessories/ jackets to dress up or down for whatever the occasion</p>
<p>I could never pick out and buy a dress for my daughters without them OKing it. What I have done is to do the legwork online and search for a dress and then I will narrow down ones I think they might like and then I print out the options or send them the links. Once they pick the final choices, I may order two for them and then they try it on and return one. You could look online, send your D the links and have her choose and then you order it and bring it to her when you see her. </p>
<p>It is a bit trickier in your case as she doesn’t want sleeveless, spaghetti strap, strapless, etc. as many of the party dresses for young women have no sleeves. The options are less, therefore. </p>
<p>I agree with others about the anthropologie dress, but think the Macy’s sheath would work if your D likes that look. I found some other dresses that are not sleeveless of a variety of styles/looks and fabrics and price ranges. I only looked at black dresses since I think you said it was a black and white affair. Besides, a black dress can be used for various occasions in the future. Here are the links:</p>
<p>Basic and not as dressy as the Macy’s dress, as it is jersey, but black:
<a href=“http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2038021409&FOLDER<>folder_id=1219&N=945&Nao=144&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID[/url]”>http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2038021409&FOLDER<>folder_id=1219&N=945&Nao=144&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID</a></p>
<p>Inexpensive, black, covers shoulders:
<a href=“http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2049615817&FOLDER<>folder_id=1215&N=945&Nao=216&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID[/url]”>http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2049615817&FOLDER<>folder_id=1215&N=945&Nao=216&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID</a></p>
<p>Sheer long sleeves:
<a href=“http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2043770649&FOLDER<>folder_id=1217&N=945&Nao=360&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID[/url]”>http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2043770649&FOLDER<>folder_id=1217&N=945&Nao=360&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID</a></p>
<p>Black, not as dressy, jersey v-neck with bubble sleeve:
<a href=“http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2050598683&FOLDER<>folder_id=1219&N=945+4294967268&Nao=72&Ne=10&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID[/url]”>http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2050598683&FOLDER<>folder_id=1219&N=945+4294967268&Nao=72&Ne=10&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID</a></p>
<p>Black matte jersey ruched dress, inexpensive:
<a href=“http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2037970181&FOLDER<>folder_id=1215&N=945+4294967268&Nao=144&Ne=10&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID[/url]”>http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2037970181&FOLDER<>folder_id=1215&N=945+4294967268&Nao=144&Ne=10&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID</a></p>
<p>High Neck sheer cap sleeves:
<a href=“http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2040493609&FOLDER<>folder_id=1215&N=945+4294967268&Nao=144&Ne=10&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID[/url]”>http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=2040493609&FOLDER<>folder_id=1215&N=945+4294967268&Nao=144&Ne=10&Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2BCode|1&Nu=Product+ID</a></p>
<p>Inexpensive rayon/spandex with ruffle hem:
<a href=“http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=238063&CategoryID=21857[/url]”>http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=238063&CategoryID=21857</a></p>
<p>Cap sleeves Betsy Johnson dress, big markdown, though still more expensive than others, but more partyish:
<a href=“http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=226889&CategoryID=26359[/url]”>http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=226889&CategoryID=26359</a></p>
<p>Cute lace party dress:
<a href=“http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=232501&CategoryID=27228&LinkType=EverGreen[/url]”>http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=232501&CategoryID=27228&LinkType=EverGreen</a></p>
<p>Very inexpensive cap sleeve dress:
<a href=“http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2912529/0~2378467~2378483~2377032~6008190?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6008190&P=1[/url]”>http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2912529/0~2378467~2378483~2377032~6008190?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6008190&P=1</a></p>
<p>While sleeveless, it really covers the shoulders, comes in black, inexpensive:
<a href=“http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2885403/0~2378467~2378483~2377032~6008190?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6008190&P=1[/url]”>http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2885403/0~2378467~2378483~2377032~6008190?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6008190&P=1</a></p>
<p>V neck kimono style with sleeves (not as dressy but could work):
<a href=“http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2890691/0~2378467~2378483~2377032~6008190?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6008190&P=1[/url]”>http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2890691/0~2378467~2378483~2377032~6008190?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6008190&P=1</a></p>
<p>I like all of the dresses; however the Macy’s dress CGM picked out is my favorite. :)</p>
<p>Hmm. I find the Macy’s dress too corporate. My D and her buddies go for girlish. Seems to be the style today. At least " glam teenage prostitute" is no longer de rigeur.</p>
<p>I like the cute lace dress. Still conservative but has the girl thing going on. FWIW. YMMV.</p>
<p>vote number I don’t know what for the Macy’s dress. Very sophisitcated, very versatile, just a great dress. Also like the one that was identified as “cute lace party dress” in post #29, also from Macy’s</p>
<p>The one with the sheer sleeves may make a youngish-looking young woman look REALLY young.</p>
<p>You know your daughter; we don’t. You have lots of suggestions now and will know which ones to share with her.</p>
<p>I hope she has a great time!</p>
<p>Definitely like the Macy’s dress.
If I had the money, I’d buy that one for her … and then perhaps another as well. Then she has choices. I bet the Macy’s one would get worn! By the time the girls start getting dressed together in the dorm, they all have ideas and they’ll put her in the right thing – if it’s there.</p>
<p>I would hate to see her go to an event underdressed – very uncomfortable. Although I grant that going someplace in something that’s not her normal style can be uncomfortable also.</p>
<p>The Macy’s dress is too corporate–agree with Alumother. Nice for business dressy event only. I too noticed the “glam teenage prostitute” look has died down some–makes me soooo happy.</p>
<p>Okay…can’t resist shopping!</p>
<p>Here are a couple of cute BCBGs. The second dress has puffed sleeves which is really ‘in’, but some girls wouldn’t wear it. Throwing out there anyway. They are pricey, but you would get many, many wears out of them.</p>
<p>Item SLP64444 (This is in the day dress section, but looks dressy enough)
Item ECV64619 </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bcbg.com/spring2007/home.php[/url]”>http://www.bcbg.com/spring2007/home.php</a></p>
<p>(Okay…I think the BCBG site doesn’t let you search by item #. Click ‘ready to wear’. Then ‘sort by category’. First item is in ‘day dresses’, give the arrow five clicks, middle dress. Second item is in ‘cocktail dresses’, 4 arrow clicks in, last dress.)</p>
<p>Cache is also popular in our area for formal and semi-formal wear…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cache.com/cache/control/product/~category_id=0100/~product_id=05044B22022531[/url]”>http://www.cache.com/cache/control/product/~category_id=0100/~product_id=05044B22022531</a></p>
<p>Here’s one–kinda expensive, but I thought was classy
<a href=“http://www1.talbots.com/talbotsonline/product/itempage.aspx?item=E227787&PFID=2803&BID=&h=M[/url]”>http://www1.talbots.com/talbotsonline/product/itempage.aspx?item=E227787&PFID=2803&BID=&h=M</a></p>
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Well… I appreciated it. Thanks for my laugh-out-loud of the day, but no thanks that I read it while drinking a Coke and now have to clean off my monitor screen.</p>
<p>Sorry, can’t get behind the Macy’s dress. It’s too stiff and businesslike for a college girl; the ad copy even says it’s an office-to-evening dress. I think it looks right for me, and I’m in my thirties.</p>
<p>The other options look a bit more age-appropriate to me.</p>
<p>College age girl weighing in here…I just had to go shopping for semi-formal dress myself (for a wedding), and I got it at Macy’s. They had a lot more options in the store than they do online, and the wintery stuff should be going on sale now. Of course, I had a much harder time at it because I was looking at petites. But if you are going to buy something, you might as well buy it with the plan that she will have it on hand for a couple of years, rather than making it a one-time thing. </p>
<p>My school has a semi-formal dance each winter and most of the girls show up wearing some variation of a knee-length spaghetti-strap or sleeveless cocktail dress in a dark color and strappy sandals. I agree with the others who said that that Macy’s dress would be nice as a work dress but not for this. If she’s young looking I would try to steer clear of most stuff from the junior’s department and babydoll-style dresses because that’ll just end up making her look even younger. You also might want to see if she has a black or white cardigan or something that she can wear over a sleeveless dress, instead of trying to find one with sleeves.</p>
<p>Y’all are putting me on, right? </p>
<p>Wedding of member of immediate family: Tuxedo
Formal: Gray suit. Tie.
Semi-formal: Long-sleeve shirt, no tie.
Business casual: See “semi-formal”
Casual: Khakis, polo shirt.
Doesn’t mention dress code: Jeans and sneakers</p>
<p>It’s SO easy… for men, anyway.</p>