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It’s an all-too common scenario. You’re done with all your holiday shopping for everyone else. Orders are on the way; bags are stowed in your closet or under the bed to wrap later. But then you realize — you’ve got two holiday parties happening and not a single new dress to wear!!
This time of year I get emails from multiple personal shopping clients who suddenly remembered they have 1 or 2 holiday parties to attend and need something to wear. Or they’ve got no dress to wear to Christmas dinner! (Or Hanukkah dinner or Kwanza dinner, or whatever your celebration is this time of year.) Sometimes you just want something casual yet new to wear at the family present opening extravaganza.
I myself have done this a couple of years. It’ll be December 20th and my mind suddenly goes, “Ohhhhhh, crap, I’ve got a fancy family event but not the right dress…”
When this happens, quick shipping is a must. This year especially — I don’t know about other areas of the country but here in NYC the USPS in particular seems so overwhelmed that I’m receiving packages 2 or 3 days later than they’re scheduled to arrive.
So this post therefore is devoted to dresses you can order today and still receive in time for the holidays! When quick shipping is required, there are two places I turn to for my clothing needs: Amazon and Shopbop. Both places have a wide range of casual, party and festive dresses that will arrive to our doorsteps super fast. For this post I’ve focused on dresses that either have top ratings (4 stars or better) or that I’ve tried on myself so I know they are of good quality. There’s also a wide variety of price points in this post and the shoppable boutique at the end of this post.
Topping this post, the Marcel Dress ($348) is a beautiful, flattering party piece that could be worn all Winter long. I love both the blackberry color and the houndstooth pattern on tiers of silky fabric. This Long Sleeve Swing T-Shirt Dress ($21) is one of my favorites to wear Christmas morning after I’ve changed out of my holiday pajamas. Depending on the color you choose, this Long Sleeve Lace Hem T-Shirt Dress ($18) can be perfectly holiday-ready but also so wearable with tights and a thick coat any time of the cold.
I’ve purposely chosen mostly dresses for this post that can be holiday-appropriate but aren’t strictly tied to being worn this time of year. The V Neck Ruffle Polka Dot Dress ($23) above for instance is a dress I own and love, and wear all times of the year! It comes in red, green and dark blue which are all perfectly appropriate for the holidays. I find the ruffles feel quite festive! I have several more options in this same vein in the shoppable boutique as well as some dresses that say “Holiday!” more overtly.
Below, many more options that are sure to make you the best-dressed attendee at any fête or family event.
Dresses you can order today and receive in time for the holidays
To replace the dress I sent back, I ordered the red one in your last post. I also reordered the faithful nadine smocked dress in a smaller size as the size I ordered (a L) was too large. I must say Anthropologie has been shipping pretty quickly.
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Nice Shari! Agreed, my Anthro orders have all shipped within 24 hours, some even same day!
I also received the alpine sweater and LOVE it. So glad I purchased it (and the S was perfect). Maybe I am just a different size these days. You just never know with anthro as some of their items run smallish and some giantly huge!
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Awesome! I'm loving mine too, and I agree it's still tough to know exactly which size to get. So happy the small worked out for you.
Ha—-re: shippin and the 2 dresses I ordered are somewhere….Lasership strikes again. Got shipping notification that said shipped 12/16. Got other order that shipped same date yesterday.
Hoping shipping only not being updated. SIGH
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Ugggggggh, I'm so sorry Bronzi.
After several emails, DM and tweets to Anthro and Lasership appears package out of black hole with TRACKING. Strange but glad on its way hopefully today.
This is OT, but has anyone purchased items fom the brand ett:twa and can comment on quality and fit? They are pretty pricey but there is this one item I really like.
Thanks!
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I haven't purchased ett:twa recently but in general I found them true to size and decent quality!
Thanks Roxy.
I don’t normally order dresses from Amazon but thanks to your suggestions, i just did. Fingers crossed. Thanks for this helpful post Roxy!
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I hope you love them Sara! Feel free to report back once they arrive, I'd love to know what you got and how they work out for you.
Lots of great options here! I'm addicted to Shopbop I must admit and they've been having great promos lately. You're so right that Amazon has great dresses for not a lot of money. I was scared to try some of the dresses that seemed too good to be true but I haven't had a single bad experience out of probably 10 orders. I added two dresses from this post to my cart for my next order.
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Haha, I can totally relate taikitty! Which dresses are in your cart? Feel like sharing? 🙂
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There's a new promo at Anthropologie today, up to 50% off gifts. I'm seeing lots of really good stuff included so I'll make a full post for it later today!
In the meantime you can shop the event here.
And I've got quick picks just below this post on the blog homepage.