James Perse Raglan Dolman Dress | I recommend one size down from your normal JP size, I’m wearing size 1
Emerson Fry slides | gift from Emerson Fry to review
Admonish curved leather zipper tote
This James Perse dress is the only thing I kept from my Shopbop friends & family order; all the denim went back. I decided I wasn’t going to settle for “good enough” and boring. So, I’m still on the search for denim.
But the dress, though. It’s such a wonderful, effortless dress for fall. Honestly, it’s not easily layered, because of the dolman sleeves, but if pressed, I could throw my Everlane cashmere cardigan over it. More than likely, I’d wear it with a scarf and boots when it’s slightly cooler and be fine. But it’s probably not a great dress for cold cold weather.
It has pockets at the hip (yay!) which I love. Pretty much everything I buy now has to have pockets, just so I can wear it and be able to take Dagny out if I need to (I have to carry lots of supplies when I take her out!) and not change clothes.
The material is the same as my long tank dress (also with pockets) from last year which is nice and soft and mid-weight, so warm and cozy. It’s not BLACK black, more like a brushed, very very very dark charcoal, so it pairs nicely with black sweaters/jackets.
Amazing dress. Casual, but depending on the shoes, easily “dressed” up, and so easy to wear. Oh, and even though it’s long and slim at the bottom, I don’t find it difficult to walk in at all, not like other long JP dresses/skirts.
Happy Friday!! I hope you’ve had a great week. What did you keep/return from the Shopbop sale? Hopefully you had better luck than I did…
Hi Grechen,
Do you think the dress would be better slightly shorter? With this length, I wonder if you would be able to wear them with boots… Also, the sleeves – are they pushed up because they are too long? Something is off with the dress. Just trying to figure out the fit.
i’m personally not going to shorten the dress, i think it’s fine the way it is, and believe i can wear boots with it, no problem.
the sleeves are 3/4 length sleeves, which i generally prefer to push up anyway. and, it was really really hot when i took these pictures!
Dress looks great on you! I also have muscular calves and ordered the same cropped micro flares as you…I loved them, but they were too big. I may try again when they restock my size, though sadly they won’t be 25% off…hoping for a sale. I purchased a ton of stuff during the sale, many pairs of flared jeans. Out of about five orders total, I only kept one pair of jeans. I guess it was worth it for that one pair, but I’m sure I’m Shopbop’s worst nightmare at this point! Ha. I don’t have access to many stores where I live, so free shipping and free returns helps me out a lot!
Didn’t order anything. I’m approaching “Non-shopping Sainthood” at this point! But that gorgeous James Perse dress you’re wearing SO well could make me enjoy “sinning”! 😉