Kari Dress Review and Update on Attache Dress in Seersucker

I was looking for a longer, easy fitting, casual, black summer dress, that I could wear on weekends and vacations. Kari dress caught my eye when it first debuted on the website, but I never heard anything positive about it, so I was hesitating to try it on. It also seemed expensive for a simple knit dress, but once it dropped to about $40, I decided to order it out of curiosity as a ride-along.

I had very low expectations for this dress and I was prepared for it to fit in a weird way. I was sure the wide elastic shirrig at the waist will not work for me.

Size Medium

I ordered it in size Medium and it was a good call. It has enough room in the chest and it is not too low, or too loose in the skirt. The straps are covering my bra strap and I can wear a regular bra, which is always a huge plus. It does not have bra strap snaps and I would like to add them if I kept the dress.

Good length and regular bra friendly

I think the shirred wide waistband actually works and does not create lumps and bumps. It makes the dress more interesting and the top portion drapes well above it. The dress has a slightly awkward midi length and I think it would look better with flats. 

It is 96% rayon and 4% spandex, but it does not bother me in the knit, loose fitting dress. The fabric is soft but substantial enough to not be too clingy. I think the trick is to get the right size, if it is too small it will cling and not drape well but if it is too big it will droop in front and in the arpits area. 

I like that I can easily wear this dress very casually , but it can be worn to the office with a cardi or a blazer. You can dress it up with a statement necklace and a skinny belt in contrasting color looks good in the middle of the shirred portion.

Overall, I like the dress and it fills a need in my wardrobe. I am sure you can get something similar even lower, but I I am OK with the price I paid.   

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Update on Attache Dress in Seersucker.

Thanks to your advice (thank you Ema and Dani) I have ordered the dress in size 6. See my review of it in size 8 HERE.

Size 6

Fits better and more defined

It actually fits my chest (just so) and it definitely looks better in the hips and overall. If I was to keep this dress I would keep size 6, but I am not sure if I need it.

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What do you think?

Do you like Kari dress?

Should I keep any of them?

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Attaché dress in seersucker

This is just a super quick review of Attaché dress in seersucker. I know some of you were curious about this dress and how it fits and you can now get it on sale with extra 30% off, which I think is a reasonable price for a well constructed dress that you can wear for the rest of the summer.

 

I have liked this dress from the moment I saw it but I was waiting for the price to drop. On Monday I have placed the 30% order and I added this dress as ride-along to get the free shipping. I thought in the worst case I will review it for this blog. But yesterday the price dropped so I called the CS and received the $88 adjustment.

I was not sure about the size of this dress.I have last year superfine cotton version in size 6 (see it HERE) that is actually quite roomy but the linen/jute version from this year was barely fitting my chest in size 8, although the hips were huge (see HERE).

After getting the measurements I decided to order size 8.

Attache in Seersucker:
The measurement across the shoulder in size 6 is 13 inches and it's 13.25 inches in size 8.
The waist circumference in size 6 is 30.25 inches and it's 31.25 inches in size 8.
The hip circumference in size 6 is 42.5 inches and it's 43.5 inches in size 8.
The chest circumference in size 6 is 36 inches and it's 37 inches in size 8.

Attache in Linen:
in size 8, the bust is 37.25 inches,
the waist circumference is 32.25 inches,
the hip circumference is 43 inches,
the center back bodice length is 13.0625 inches,
and the center back skirt length is 22.75 inches.

The chest measurement was about the same in size 8 as my cotton 6, waist was one inch smaller and hips were 2-3 inches bigger. The measurements did not sound too encouraging for my figure but I was determine to try it in person because from my experience they are not always accurate and each fabric falls differently.

Well, the dress arrived today and I rushed to try it on immediately.

It is a beautiful dress and just rigth for the summer.

The good news is size 8 fits me great in the chest. I think there is more room here than in the linen version and about the same like in last year's size 6. Waist is about the same or a little smaller and I like that. It has a back zipper (concealed) , single back vent and great length.

Unfortunately the hips ARE too big on, like I feared.I think it is less pronounced that the linen/jute version because the fabric drapes better and it is not so stiff, but yeah, there is plenty of room. This is good news for all of you pear shaped beauties, go with your chest measurement and the hips will fit.

Here I am holding it back, for the approximation of how it should fit.
 

Of course, I could get it tailored. I have a great tailor and I know she would make it look great but I hate to spend the money. The idea was to get this dress at a great price! What I also thought is that I could just stitch the fabric folds in front about 2 inches and I think that woudl do the trick.
 

It may be good to have this extra room in the skirt fir the summer heat. 

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That's all folks!

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