If Anthropologie carries dresses that fall into different types, then the Night Blooming Dress ($158) is definitely a roxy dress. A friend brought this over to me in-store and said, “this is you.” From the hammered silk top to the textured skirt I was oohing and aahing.
I wasn’t wearing the best bra for this dress but I still loved it on. I tried on my true size 6 and it fit perfectly. The waist comes up a lot higher on me than the model due to bustiness, sizing up may help this if you’re concerned. To me the waist was still fine. I would definitely wear a belt with this. I love that the skirt is a bit less dressed up than the top, meaning I could wear this for work and play. The pockets on the front don’t add any bulk. I love this but I’m out of budget for the month so for now it’s on my wishlist.
The next dress I tried on was Moulinette Soeurs’ Albertine Dress ($168). Though it feels pretty soft the print on this dress looks like something straight out of the late 1980s or early 1990s to me. I’m not loving the sheer top either. We caught Hackers yesterday on TV pre-Turkey while editing this post and it struck us as something that Kate would wear (or I guess Dade in that one dream sequence).
This dress was a mess from the beginning. I tried on an 8 and while the dress was too big on me the lining was too tight. It was a huge pain to get on. Once it finally was on the midsection just looked like a big, bulky mess. This dress clearly was not made for my body type. At all.
Despite that failure I tried on one other Moulinette Soeurs dress. It’s not on the website yet — thanks to Natalie from Anthropologie Addict for the sneak peek pic. Update 12/11: It’s there now! It’s called the Fire Flowers Dress ($138).
This dress has a very pretty cinching/cloth medallion effect at the waist on the left side. I tried on an 8 and it was too big. I’d buy this in my true size 6. Strange how two dresses from the same brand fit so differently. The sleeves are an odd length but it works against the dress to accentuate the tiny waist the cinch creates. This dress has a really classic look to it that I like. To the wislist!
I ordered the Reveille Jacket ($128) last week (along with the now sold out Goldilocks Bag which I love). I was expecting something completely different from what I got with the jacket, so I waited a couple of days before reviewing it. I was expecting a structured, textured, slightly stiff cotton but instead the outside feels like a sweatshirt. That was very disappointing. It really cheapens the jacket to me…I feel like I overpaid. I could see a knockoff of this jacket showing up at American Eagle for $80, and I’d feel better about that amount.
Otherwise the jacket is very cool. I ordered a medium which fit but I would exchange for a large if I was keeping this. I couldn’t fit anything besides a cami under the medium comfortably. The jacket is lined with thermal and has two stages to closing it — the thermal layer which will keep you warm into the low 50s and then the button layer you see. I like how the jacket looks but again the cotton kills it for me. The collar is floppy. I have no idea how they popped it for the product shot. The sleeves are very cool and overall the look is right. It just feels wrong to me, so it’s going back.
On a sidenote, for any Anthro fans living in NYC, don’t use their expedited shipping! I tried it on the Reveille Jacket/Goldilocks bag order and it took almost a week to get here. However, my sale order that I placed on Tuesday of this week is already here via regular shipping. During a holiday week no less. Not sure why this happened but I’ll be sticking with standard shipping moving forward for sure.
I've had the same shipping issues in New Hampshire. Depending on whether Anthro decides to send my package UPS or USPS, it could take 2 days or it could take a week for standard shipping. Expedited shipping also ranges between 2 days and 1 week (again, depending on when they ship it and which shipping company they use), so I've given up on paying extra for "faster" shipping.
I've noticed that when I make an order on a Tuesday (when new items move onto the Sale rack), Anthro always ships my package via UPS and it always arrives the following Monday. When I make an order later in the week (Thursday or Friday) Anthro almost always ships it via USPS and it almost always arrives on Monday or Tuesday. Does anyone know why Anthro uses different shipping companies on different days of the week?
I love the night blooming dress on you. So purdy. 🙂
Re: shipping. I hate it when they use UPS Mail Innovations. I live in Arizona. It goes from Anthro west via UPS to a distribution center in California, probably flying right over my city en route, then once in CA given to USPS to ship back back east to Arizona. It adds at least three extra days of transit. Plus then when it is tendered to the USPS and gets in Tucson the USPS treats it like package class mail and it will sit at the main post office here in for a few days until they decide to deliver it. I've waited 10 business days from date of shipment when Anthro uses the no-so-innovative UPS Mail Innovations. It rocks when they use USPS priority mail. I get the package in three days. Regular UPS is five business days.
Hi Roxy,Love your blog!Have you seen the Simply Lovely Sweater Dress in stores near you? If so, would you consider doing an IRL review? I'm swooning over the shape and color, but I'm concerned about potential pilling/shedding issues, which have been mentioned in the Anthro site reviews.Thanks!Sarah
I love the night blooming dress on you, it really enhances your figure!!
Roxy: I live in NJ and have found that the expedited shipping does come expedited as long as you order prior to 10am. And I don't mean close to 10 am either. I haven't had a problem except the one time I ordered at 9:57am and the order didn't go out till the next day and their 2day is by end of business the 2nd day (I spoke to CS for Anthro and UPS). The catch here is that the website does say that it may take up to 48 hours in some cases to get your order ready for shipping so that is their out.Also, I used to work for a company where UPS was our client and yes, UPS Main Innovations is their "read headed step child over in the corner" if you know what I mean. I got one order sent priority mail that I got two days later. Mail innovations takes a few extra days for sure.
Roxy: Night Blooming Dress looks great on you. It's on my wish list as well.
Sarah, I'm headed to Anthro tomorrow so I will look for the dress.Interesting takes on shipping. Bronzi, thanks for the advice on expedited. 🙂
I actually love ALL of these items!!
I so want the Night Blooming Dress! Even more now that I've seen it on you. It's breathtaking!
I love the Night Blooming dress on you- love love love! In fact, I have a bit of a conundrum- I actually bought the Remembering Violets dress and I kind of now want to swap it for the Night Blooming dress. ARGH! Decisions.I love the Remembering Violets dress in a really odd sort of way- it's so insanely comfortable and darling, but it also is a bit hard to pull off without looking preggers (I'm going to post pics and my own review on it on my blog soon) so I'm not entirely sure on the wearability. Part of me wants to keep it because it is SO comfy and none of my dresses are comfy like that, but another part thinks…Chloe, you look like you're about to pop out twins, maybe you should just kind of sort of send it back.But it is so pretty and unusual and let me just say COMFORTABLE one more time- it's great having a dress that I don't have to worry about accidentally zipping into my ribcage. *cringes*I can't wait to see your review on it!
Roxy – I love the Night Blooming Dress on you – so pretty! I hope you get it.