LOVE/HATE: the sheath edition

December 19, 2007 in Dresses,Wedding Dresses with 14 Comments


LOVE the armsHATE the swirlies
LOVE the backHATE just about everything about it

Love ‘em? Hate ‘em? I love two and hate two, but my opinions and yours don’t always gel. Would you wear any of them? None of them? Do tell!

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14 Responses to “LOVE/HATE: the sheath edition”

  1. srah December 19, 2007 at 10:05 am #

    I like the bottom left one. Not too fond of the others.

  2. Melissa B. December 19, 2007 at 10:11 am #

    If I had to guess, NtB, I’d guess that the two on the left are the ones you like. I also like the bottom left one best. Top left is nice but kind of dull, top right might be OK if they got rid of those weird cuffs on the sleeves, and bottom right … ew. Much too revealing for my taste!

  3. Lynn December 19, 2007 at 11:57 am #

    The bottom right looks just like what I wore – under my dress and I couldn’t see the top right one because I was distracted by the rather large bird attaching the bride’s head, or was that her hair?
    I love the ones on the left

  4. Sarah December 19, 2007 at 12:01 pm #

    The top right might not be so bad if it weren’t for the model’s hair and the fact that the pose is so strange…

    Might…

  5. Becs December 19, 2007 at 1:16 pm #

    I like the top left one, and the bottom left would be ok if it didn’t have that fin running down the back, but the other two are kinda echh to me.

  6. Tizzy December 19, 2007 at 1:36 pm #

    The one on the bottom right looks like support garments, not a dress. But the other’s are fine. I feel like the one on the bottom left would have some movement which I like.

  7. Cindy December 19, 2007 at 2:11 pm #

    I’d never wear the bottom right one – to me it looks like someone took some curtains and then slung them around a bride, took some scissors to make it look alright, and then sold it as a dress…

    Top right – maybe. Depends on my body shape at the time.

    Top left is nice, inoffensive. I could be convinced to wear it.

    Same for the bottom left one. Though the fin that’s been mentioned would need to be investigated first. :)

  8. Blake December 19, 2007 at 2:36 pm #

    I’m going to fly my freak flag and admit the top right’s the only one I really like. I’m not a fan of lace gowns for some reason, they always look a bit period to me, like colonial style moldings in a ranch house. And the nudie Madonna thing on the bottom right just screams Klass.

  9. mj December 19, 2007 at 4:11 pm #

    The bottom right is just like the one all of the girls on TLC’s “Buy this Dress” seemed to be buying! I can’t understand its popularity.

  10. Twistie December 19, 2007 at 7:19 pm #

    My guess is that NtB’s tastes run left=good/right=bad in this case. My division, however, is top vs bottom. The bottom left one has pretty lace, but is otherwise a touch snoozesome to me, while the bottom right is just plain vulgar. The top left one I find pretty and classic without being dull and the top right – while the photo styling is just plain bizarre – is unusual without being completelyridiculous to me.

    That top right one is definitely not for just anyone, but that’s its appeal to me. On the right woman with the right attitude and combined with the right accessories, it could be stunning. It’s a pity that they went so far into freakshow territory with the styling in the photoshoot.

  11. Steph December 19, 2007 at 7:38 pm #

    I’m going to go out on a limb and say I really kinda like the bottom right one, but def. not as a wedding dress. If it was in a nude color and had an extra semi-sheer nude layer underneath the bodice, plus a little bit of understated sparkle/shimmer spread throughout, I think it’d make for a very sexy event dress.

  12. C* December 19, 2007 at 9:58 pm #

    I LOVE the two on the left, especially the one on the top. Alas, sheath gowns just don’t work for girls with DDs and big hips. :(

  13. NY Bride December 20, 2007 at 1:32 am #

    I would wear the bottom right only if I happened to be marrying Spiderman. The upper right one is just unflattering in every way – the model seems to have her fingers stuck together and is upset her hair is green.
    However, the two on the left are both very elegant and classy. I just got engaged myself and beginning the daunting task of wedding planning and gown shopping…this ain’t easy!

  14. Bridey December 21, 2007 at 2:21 pm #

    Don’t mind the top left, don’t like the others — particularly the Jessica Rabbit number on the lower right. Twistie’s right: “Vulgar” about covers (or uncovers) it.

    I don’t even think it’s attractive considered as underwear. As the great (male, I might note) hard-boiled writer Loren Estleman wrote of an attempt at lingerie-driven sexiness, “as subtle as a tarantula on a wedding cake.”