When we received a wedding invitation this week I immediately decided that I would be shopping for a new dress. It’s been absolutely ages since I’ve bought one or had a good reason to. The wedding isn’t until next spring so I have plenty of time to find the right one, but just for fun, I decided to do a quick search of a few of my favourite fashion retailers to see what was out there.
At this point, I don’t have a specific style, colour, or fabric in mind. All I know for sure is that the dress needs to be suitable for a wedding, I want to feel fabulous in it, and I want to be able to wear it for other occasions in the future. In my initial search, I only found two that stood out to me, both from Laura Canada.
As I said, I wasn’t looking for a particular colour, but it’s obvious that Marine, as Laura calls the dark navy, appeals to me! I wonder though, is it too dark for a spring wedding? It does have the advantage of also being suitable for winter occasions.
Of course, as soon as I started looking at dresses online, ads began showing up everywhere… on my Facebook feed and even when I was trying to read the news. Right now, while I’m just browsing and considering what I might want to buy, that’s not a bad thing as it gives me lots of possibilities to think about.
I actually fell in love with the look of this one that popped up almost immediately.
If I was an impulsive shopper, I might have ordered it, but I’m not and I won’t. The seller was one I’d never heard of and the website was pretty sketchy looking which is why I’m not sharing a link with you. There were just too many red flags.
- prices that were too good to be true
- “sale ends today” pressure to buy immediately
- lack of information about the company
- lack of a phone number, physical address, or live chat option
- no independent reviews of the company or their products
- lack of detailed information about the product such as what kind of fabric the dress is made of
If that wasn’t enough, I knew that something was very wrong when the identical picture showed up the next day on a similar looking website with an entirely different name! The internet is definitely buyer beware territory and when I do buy my dress, it will probably be in person.
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You are so right Elaine, it is a buyer beware. It is a beautiful dress. You will most likely find this dress in your searching somewhere. Isn’t if funny how no matter what you are looking at you will get ads for that on your feeds? Makes me wonder who is really watching? Kind of scary?
It’s all about computer algorithms, but I have no idea how that works!
the bottom one, classic and won’t get dated
Are you referring to the bottom one from Laura, the wrap-style dress? I had a similar one years ago that I absolutely loved and wore many, many times. Or do you mean the last one shown that I didn’t provide a link to? I love it, but unfortunately I won’t take a chance on ordering from that website. I’m afraid that if I received the dress at all, it would be poor quality.
The navy wrap, I wouldn’t order from any of those shady ones. Sister did and you are right the quality was not there. Plus returns was difficult. You are slim enough to look good in that style. It’s dressy but not so dressy you couldn’t wear for the holiday parties
Thanks for clarifying, Brenda. The wrap dress is a timeless style and it would definitely be suitable for a variety of occasions.
I think the wrap style shimmer dress is very pretty. In my opinion, it would look terrific any time of the year with either summery or wintery shoes and accessories.Have fun shopping!Sent from my Galaxy
Thanks! I do like that style.
I like the glitter midi dress! I think you’d look fabulous in this style.. maybe not as practical but oh so pretty. Trudy 💙
I really like it too.