Review of the Ruffle Cotton Sateen Dress and the Short-Sleeve Linen Cardigan (Oh, and I Wore it, Too...Today, June 4, 2009)...

Listen...everyone and their brother (ha, no sister) has done a review of this dress. (Gigiofca, HeidiG., JTS, Summerilla wore it here...) Why not me? Heck...I'll throw my hat in the ring! What makes my review different? I ordered the dress in a Petite 8. Yeah, yeah, you heard me right, big ole me, all 68 inches, ordered a petite. If you have been reading my blog for some time, you have heard me talk about my freakishly short torso. I think I have the upper-body of someone who is 5'4." In fact, to illustrate my point, back in high school, my good friend Nicole and I were sitting down. She pointed out that she was way taller than me sitting down. This is the same girl who when we stood up was smaller than me by 2 whole inches. I had no idea! She was correct...I was shorter when we were seated.

So long story short, I wavered between buying this dress in a regular 6 or petite 8. I went with my gut (and the fact that the dress was only one inch shorter in petites) and bought the P8. I now love it so much I want it in navy. It's a sickness, I know.

Also in this review is something no one (to my knowledge) has reviewed, the classic linen cardigan (short-sleeved). I love this, too, and I bought it in a medium.

Also, everyone, be prepared for a shock. I AM WEARING ALL NEUTRALS. Yes. It is true. The dress is a perfect match for darling CW's eyes and I love that I get to be reminded of her all day just by simply looking at my outfit!

Dark Mushroom for a Thursday! by dinagideon featuring FOSSIL watches

Here is the polyvore. :)


This is the whole outfit on me. The cardigan gives this outfit a sort of "short skirt/long jacket" vibe (I LOVE CAKE--the band--not the food). The sandals are Dr. Scholl's and they really do feel pretty good after all day wear.

The dress is a bit wrinkly (at 2:30 pm and having worn it since 7:30 am) but whatevs (as Mr. Dina would say). I kinda like that because wrinkly fabric=summer in my mind (is that odd?). The cardi is in GREAT shape. And because it was a touch cool this morning (HeidiG., did you wear a scarf?), I threw on this to keep me a bit warm.


This dress hits a few inches above my knee. The upper part of this dress is PERFECT fit on my body. It is like a seamstress came to my house and custom built the bodice just for me. LOVE IT. Or maybe their petite model is actually my twin...which would be very, VERY wrong.

I am showing you this shot because it has pockets. I love pockets on dresses, so long as it doesn't make me look "hippy." And because of the slight A-line to this dress, it doesn't. Phew.

So, petites or short-torsoed ladies, get thee to jcrew.com and get this dress. Just leave one in navy for me, please. ;)