Sea rabbit Posted March 30, 2011 #226 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Hi everyone. I have sat and read this whole post tonight and I love the way everyone is so supportive, kind and complimentary, I am embarking on my first cruise in July (pun intended!) and looking for fomal dresses. Sailing on IOS RCI. I am a British 16/18 apple shape and short. I have one cocktail dress, some long dresses but these are more for winter. Sail in July to western med, hope will be warm. Keep your suggestions coming. I am unsure if the American stores will post to England and unsure what my size would equate to. Any help gratefully received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass1946 Posted March 30, 2011 #227 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I decided to go with a long black skirt and several different tops....rather than several dresses. The tops have sparkles on them, and some can also go with pants....for the more casual evenings. I think this will make it easier to pack, I find packing formal dresses take up lots of room. Happy cruisin;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifuonlyknewme Posted April 5, 2011 #228 Share Posted April 5, 2011 HI Ladies I just bought this one for my cruise in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifuonlyknewme Posted April 5, 2011 #229 Share Posted April 5, 2011 This picture is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynfc Posted April 19, 2011 #230 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Found a new place for plus size dresses. Found this online store through a blog I read. The sizes look wrong at first glance, but you need to look at the size chart. A Lane Bryant size 24 is their XL. Free shipping too! Here are a few I liked: They had a few more. http://www.citychiconline.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milaandra Posted October 4, 2011 #231 Share Posted October 4, 2011 You can't really see the dress, but I went with a short black version of the longer one I showed in my Cruise Fashion Post: The pearls worked out well I think: You are so beautiful! And I love that you can wear glasses and some extra weight, yet manage to look like a model...gorgeous and with no awkwardness at all. I may be substantially older than you, but I want to be you when I grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milaandra Posted October 4, 2011 #232 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Hi everyone. I have sat and read this whole post tonight and I love the way everyone is so supportive, kind and complimentary, I am embarking on my first cruise in July (pun intended!) and looking for fomal dresses. Sailing on IOS RCI. I am a British 16/18 apple shape and short. I have one cocktail dress, some long dresses but these are more for winter. Sail in July to western med, hope will be warm. Keep your suggestions coming. I am unsure if the American stores will post to England and unsure what my size would equate to. Any help gratefully received. I'm so sorry you didn't get answers! I hope your cruise was wonderful. In case other UK readers want the same answer, if you are a 16 in the UK, you're likely a 14 in the US. Most online stores will post anywhere, the big question is customs. I can get items sent from the UK to Canada with no customs, but the US to Canada is hit and miss. Canada puts huge customs charges on items originally manufactured in certain countries, like China. You would have to check what the regulations are like for the UK. Buying through ebay tends to avoid that. Sometimes you are buying through an individual, rather than a store, and it's rare for customs to care if Betty So-and-so sends you a dress in the mail unless it has a high declared value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinpsychRN Posted October 5, 2011 #233 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I just remembered today to look and there's nothing in my email from my own cell phone so will have to re-send. Here are some of the dresses I've chosen to purchase and wear, but none of them are me in them: Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynfc Posted October 5, 2011 #234 Share Posted October 5, 2011 You are so beautiful! And I love that you can wear glasses and some extra weight, yet manage to look like a model...gorgeous and with no awkwardness at all. I may be substantially older than you, but I want to be you when I grow up. Thanks. Beauty only really is about 50% physical, the other 50% is how you let your confidence and personality shine through. Good photographers help too.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollymoo12 Posted October 9, 2011 Author #235 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Hi All I was the original poster of this thread. Unfortunately, I never did get to go my cruise last year due to my DH's sudden illness and I stopped looked at the site for many months so it was lovely to see how much my post had expanded since I last looked at it, which would have been about October 2010. There are certainly lots of fantastic photos, links and advice been posted and I hope that you have found it useful. DH has now completed his treatment and we have recently returned from a fantastic cruise on the Queen Victoria. Unfortunately, an even larger plus size due to all the stress of the last year! It has been great to see all the links that have been posted to websites that stock dresses for us larger ladies. I am going to start a couple of new threads to create a list of them all together, one for UK websites and one for USA websites which will hopefully act as a quick reference without having to scroll through lots and lots of posts. Hopefully, this will be as sucessful as this thread has been. I will post a link when all sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoothdancer Posted October 9, 2011 #236 Share Posted October 9, 2011 LOL, Brooklyn. The pearls worked well is an understatement. You wear pearls so wonderfully!! I notice you also wore them with your full length black gown in your post with the choices of purple or black for an event you were attending. Everyone said purple, while I thought you wear black so well, and with the pearls, just stunning!! Small thread hijack... A few months back my 90 yr old Aunt/Godmother passed away and she always wore pearls. My 5 sisters and I wore pearls to her funeral in honor of her... Pearls are just so timeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynfc Posted October 9, 2011 #237 Share Posted October 9, 2011 LOL, Brooklyn. The pearls worked well is an understatement. You wear pearls so wonderfully!! I notice you also wore them with your full length black gown in your post with the choices of purple or black for an event you were attending. Everyone said purple, while I thought you wear black so well, and with the pearls, just stunning!! Small thread hijack... A few months back my 90 yr old Aunt/Godmother passed away and she always wore pearls. My 5 sisters and I wore pearls to her funeral in honor of her... Pearls are just so timeless The pearls will probably make another appearance this cruise. I'm having trouble deciding my 2nd elegant dress. The purple will def. be one. I have been slacking on posting my final fashion blog for this cruise. I should probably get into gear and get it done this weekend for some final advice. And yes, pearls are timeless. My grandmother has always been my inspiration for fashion. Her classic looks had a great impact on me as a young girl and I know she would be proud of my choices today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollymoo12 Posted October 9, 2011 Author #238 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Hi As promised, link to new thread for USA websites: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1497871&referrerid=427532 And equivalent UK site is here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1497850&referrerid=427532 June Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbmeow Posted October 10, 2011 #239 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Asking a silly question. I am going to the UK in Jan. If I needed to buy cloths what are the names of some of the stores that sell plus size. I am a 14/16/18. i tend to wear mostly 16 and worry about if I forget something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courier95 Posted October 10, 2011 #240 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Asking a silly question. I am going to the UK in Jan. If I needed to buy cloths what are the names of some of the stores that sell plus size. I am a 14/16/18. i tend to wear mostly 16 and worry about if I forget something. What's available to you will depend on where you will be located for your shopping and your age range. Most UK towns will have an Evans, Marks & Spencer and British Home Stores . Evans specialise in larger sizes while M&S and BHS carry at least up to UK size 20/22. Remember that American size 16 is a UK18. Larger supermarkets also have quite a range of clothes. What type of clothes are you likely to be wanting? With some more information I can probably offer some more suggestions as there should be quite a choice available to you in the size(s) you mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea rabbit Posted October 19, 2011 #241 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Hi Kbmeow. As courier 95 has posted quite a good selection in the stores mentioned. Debenhams have several ranges of clothes, some middle range and some slightly more pricy, many do up to UK size 20/22. Also House of Fraser have some ranges which go to larger sizes (tend to be more expensive but more unusual). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medtech2 Posted October 19, 2011 #242 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I bought a formal dress at, of all places, Overstock dot com. Don't forget to look on line. I could browse for features I wanted ( had to have at least a little sleeve, high or A line waist, etc). arrived in two days and fit perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie_Gal Posted November 1, 2011 #243 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I just ordered this dress for our next cruise. I had been watching it for a while, and they didn't have my size. Well today ... voila! They must have got a shipment in. :D I don't wear dresses in my day to day life, so it is so much fun to dress up on cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liv4cruzin Posted November 2, 2011 #244 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Love the color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbmeow Posted November 2, 2011 #245 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Hi Kbmeow. As courier 95 has posted quite a good selection in the stores mentioned. Debenhams have several ranges of clothes, some middle range and some slightly more pricy, many do up to UK size 20/22. Also House of Fraser have some ranges which go to larger sizes (tend to be more expensive but more unusual). TY I will write down those names so if I need anything I will look for those stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patswife2 Posted November 2, 2011 #246 Share Posted November 2, 2011 My solution to formal nights is NOT dresses, but rather formal black pajama style slacks which I have in a satin, low nap velvet and a flat nylon. I have several tops to wear with them, along with scarves. All are wrinkle free fabrics and I could conceivably do a two week cruise with formal nights EVERY night with a different look each night. Today I bought a nylon wrap style dress to add to the arsenel, absolutely necessary (I HATE STOCKINGS). It's sleeveless and can actually be worn w/ a fes of my tops to make it look like a skirt and dressy top. I have a pair of gold lame "chinese" flats (w/ a medallian) and gold purse and black lace flats w/ a black beaded purse. All are stylish, but most importantly, I'm always comfortable! I try to make all my clothes do double duty when traveling as I hate to overpack even more than I hate to underpack! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggs Posted November 4, 2011 #247 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Hi Ladies, Great photos and discussion. My first time posting pics..so hope it works. I find like a few of you, that I take a stretch elastic band pair of black chiffon pants that have slit up the side and almost looks like a dress. Due to health problems I am unable to wear fancy sandals, so this works better as well... Here are the same pants with two different tops, taken on Mexican Riveria cruises a couple of years ago... It all packs so easily and very few wrinkles to worry about. Phewwwwwwwww it worked... On our recent cruise to Hawaii I was unable to walk much..so wore a very casual long black dress bought at walmart for $18, added a purple "jacket" / cover up and dressed it up with a necklace I found in Hawaii... so hard to see the details of the dress in the picture - our formal pic of myself , with DH and BF who accompanied us on the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esjohnso Posted November 7, 2011 #248 Share Posted November 7, 2011 My two favorite formal dresses are from David's Bridal. One thing I like about them is that they are fairly easy to pack and resist wrinkling--not easy to find in formal gowns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christie629 Posted November 7, 2011 #249 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I just ordered this dress for our next cruise. I had been watching it for a while, and they didn't have my size. Well today ... voila! They must have got a shipment in. :D I don't wear dresses in my day to day life, so it is so much fun to dress up on cruises. Prairie Gal - that dress is beautiful! I used to have a dress somewhat like it. Would you mind sharing where you found it? I'd like to check it out. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie_Gal Posted November 7, 2011 #250 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Prairie Gal - that dress is beautiful! I used to have a dress somewhat like it. Would you mind sharing where you found it? I'd like to check it out. Thanks! It is from www.igigi.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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