party dress

We've got a "black tie optional" event to go to 10/28, and I've got nothing to wear. My "pretty dress" that I fell in love w/2 years ago has already been altered twice to make it smaller, and is now really big on me again (yay - but boo for needing another dress). I've considered seeing if it can be altered AGAIN, but it's got many layers and gathers and will likely cost $50 or more to alter, and I'm not sure it can be done.

I hit Nordstrom Rack today and can fit a standard 14 for most designers (yay me! the aforementioned "pretty dress" was a woman's 20!). I just want a party dress, something that can hopefully be worn again, nothing terribly expensive ($100 is my high end) b/c I'm still losing weight.

Boobs are still big, so strapless is not an option. Legs are looking pretty good if I do say so myself. I'm lucky to be an all-over-proportionally heavy person, so I don't have a gigantic belly w/twig legs or anything like that.

DH will be wearing a suit. I don't want to look like a bridesmaid, but I don't want to look like I just came from the office, either.

HELP!

[Michele]

What about the homecoming dresses? Isn't it time for that soon?

[Sheherezade]

Yea you!!

I've got nothing in the fashion advice department. (Count yourself lucky I haven't tried to wing it here...)

I'd say Nordstrums and Dillards (they had a large collection of party dress things when I went with my daughter for homecoming) if you've got them. If you want discount, I've seen fancy shmancy dresses at Off 5th Saks outlets many times.

[Cinderella]

Three words.

"little black dress"

Have fun!

[corn poffi]

Might be out of your price range, but everything at shopbop.com is 20% today and tomorrow. They have free shipping both ways. It's too good of a deal to not share! I may or may not be a bop addict.

ETA: enter code INTHEFAMILY20 at checkout.

I just bought a cute party dress at Macy's yesterday. It was only $79, and they seemed to have a bunch of dresses in that price range.

thanks CP. I'll look. I ordered a dress from Banana and a couple dresses from Nordstrom to try.

[BonBon]

LOVE the second dress and the very last one.

[Pollyanna]

LOVE the second dress and the very last one.

Me too!

I love you. Have I mentioned that lately? I dig the zappos one, and the last Rack one you posted. WTF? I went through that website at LEAST 6 times today, and didn't find it. I'm a little concerned about how short it is, though. I think I'll order the zappos dress to round out the others I've ordered to try on, and then haul my cookies INTO Nordies to see if I can find either of the Tahairi's.

CP - I liked shopbop, but their XL is listed as a 10/12, and I'm not quite there yet.

[houseelf]

Have you tried White House Black Market? It is my favorite go to dress store. I'm the type that needs to actually go to the store to see and try it on. There stuff is relatively moderate priced and made well. I need something that deals with my anxiety areas and most party dresses are too booby for me. LOL.