When was the last time you bought a dress that you didn't have to pair with a sweater that costs twice as much as the dress itself, a special bra, or weird looking undershirt?
Maybe it's just me, but it seems that stylish dresses that fit real women's bodies are going the way of the dinosaurs. Around these parts, they're virtually extinct. In their place, the timelessly sexy skirt + sweater set has taken over.
While I'm a girl who appreciates the flexibility of mix n' match clothing, there are occasions when I feel inspired to branch out from the world of adjustable waistbands. In these moments, I turn to Shabby Apple.
The ladies at Shabby Apple were kind enough to send me the Jackie O dress to try on for size.
Here are my thoughts uncensored:
* I'm relatively tall and the vast majority of so-called knee-length dresses sold in the mall hit me mid-thigh at best. Don't get me wrong, like most middle-aged women, I look smokin' hot in skin tight mini-skirts, but I am finding that a growing number of people consider those who dress less than half their age to be socially inappropriate. The Jackie O dress hits, as promised, perfectly at the knee.
* Most of Shabby Apple's dresses, including the Jackie O, "fit generously." Translation: If you fluctuate between clothing sizes depending on what's in your freezer, you'll most likely be okay with the size you order.
* Shabby Apple's summer line offers full coverage, but the cotton/spandex blend makes the dresses breathable and light. In other words, you won't sweat to death when you wear a Shabby Apple dress, even on the East Coast, where the humidity can knock your socks off.
Shabby Apple's BRAND NEW line of dresses is due out any minute and to celebrate, they're giving one lucky reader her very own Jackie O Dress!!!! All you need to do to enter this contest is to leave a comment. Want a second chance to win this dress? Post a link to this giveaway on your blog and leave a second comment!
It's that easy, and that awesome! The contest starts NOW and ends this FRIDAY, July 31 at midnight. The winner will be chosen at random, but comments expressing desperation are always appreciated and make me laugh.
Good Luck!
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 916 Newer› Newest»I keep hearing people rave about Shabby Apple - I would love to win one of their dresses! Thanks for the giveaway!
Posted link on my blog for a 2nd chance - see, I REALLY want to win this dress.
Fingers Crossed!
love it!
Adorable!! Must have this dress! Perfect for sunny CA. weather!
i'll give it a try, i wear dresses a l o t.
I need a sassy new dress for church and going on dates with my husband. He would appreciate the change.
Great giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win!
Do they have anything to disguise the twin belly? I perpetually look 5 months pregnant. Oh, that would be a good idea for a giveaway...free tummy tuck with 100% money back guarantee, ha, ha
Love it! Want it! Need it!
PICK ME, PICK ME!!!! I'm always up for a new dress. I think most of my dresses are at least 6 years old. I am pregnant with my 5th and am planning on making it to my goal weight after that. A new dress would just top it off.
I REALLY need this! I can't remember the last time I wore a dress. I just had a baby 6.5 weeks ago and it would be so nice to have something nice that actually fit my postpartum, flabby body.
I am always looking for a cute comfy new dress, I need this!
Wow - already 400+ comments. The odds are stacked against me winning, but I'll give it a shot! Just came across your blog from 'Stuff Christians Like' because there are some moms that are jealous of you. I don't think I'm quite there yet, but am a picky blog reader due to limited amounts of time and you have been bookmarked. So thanks~!
Pick me Pick me, I linked my blog to this, yay!
I love Shabby Apple! I would love to have new dress to wear for the hubby when he gets home in a month from his deployment to the middle east.
After having 3 kids in 2 years (I know you can relate) I could really use a new dress free of slobber, spit up, urine, etc! Pick me!!!
I do live on the east coast and the humidity is worse than ever this year! I soooooo need a cute dress! Please oh please pick me.... my husband will thank you for it! You see I never wear dresses b/c I can NEVER find one that fits right or looks good! I am desperate... pick me pick me1
Oh!! I need a first day of school dress!! Can't have all those kindergarteners looking better than the teacher!
Love Shabby Apple! Perhaps I will look less shabby :)
I'm about to go back to work after five years as a full-time mom. Although I'm sure my coworkers would be much more impressed with my current line-up of khaki pants in the ultra flattering mom-cut, a new dress might just come in handy.
wow, this mother of four would love to look stylish again!!!
Christa Johnson from the miniscule town of Bagdad, Arizona
Love Shabby Apple! Perhaps I could look less shabby :)
You mean there are other clothing types than the sweatpants and gigantic T-shirt that my children call my "uniform"?
I would love to say that I am still struggling with the baby weight, but considering the "baby" is turning two... ummm... I'm just chubby.... need a dress!
I would love to win this... My only concern with Shabby Apple is that while it fits you tall gals so perfectly it would just drown a petite 5'2" lady like myself. So if I got one for free I wouldn't mind paying to have it altered...
I would love a chance at that dress!
I'm intrested to see if my f cup chest will also fit! I think I will be stuck with the sweater set forever.
PLEASE, you don't know how desperate I am for a wardrobe boost, and I am too proud to be a "What Not to Wear" contestant! Seriously, show some compassion and make me your service project beneficiary! ;)
I want this!!! I need this!! Pick me!!
Tracynoelle@Hotmail.com
I am not middle aged (just turned 27), but I WANT that dress! Beautiful! I am a young attorney stuck at my desk all day- I want to be comfortable yet stylish and be taken seriously. This dress would be perfect!!!
I posted a link to the contest on my blog too!
I am totally excited about this contest. I need a new dress badly for a wedding coming up.
ME!! pick Me! I can never find a cute dress that fits and doesnt' make me look like a wannabe teen or an old lady!
Pick me! Pick me!
I could definitely use this. I couldn't find a dress to fit me right before i got pregnant, it is even harder now after having a kid!
I am in the process of loosing weight and going down in dress sizes!! I need this!! PICK ME!!
PS I posted it!! That is two chances right?!
Pick me Pick me!! I've recently lost 40 lbs and am going to Germany for my 10 year wedding anniversary in one month! I would totally wear this dress when we visit the Eiffel Tower!!
(we are on a tight budget, and paid for our trip with Skymiles=FREE, lest you think I should buy my own stinkin' dress if I get to go to Europe! And we are staying with family! Boo yah!) ;)
I need the Jackie O dress as the parents I work with expect me to look my best all the time, kind of hard to do when I'm in between sizes..lost weight for a wedding..then gained it back..then lost it..then you get the idea..my dresses now are about to pop in all the wrong places..I work with teenage boys and parents who are a size 2 for the most part..save me already..no one wants to see my goods showing when they should and could look great in this dress :) Let me be fashionable and yet comfortable for one day at school..Let me be the envy of middle school girls and be the "fashionista" of the school..I've always wanted to be popular..I mean who doesn't want teenagers as friends based on how they dress at work..oh wait..not me..ok maybe a little..dress me in this dress I beg you.
Oh how I need to win this. I would love to start wearing more dresses.
Pick me! Pick me!
Oh pick me pick me! I'm super tall and the whole finding a dress long enough thing just doesn't happen for me!
Finally, something classy that doesn't make us look fuddy-duddy! Hooray for the smokin' hot moms!
Beautiful!
Pick me please!
A girl can always use a new dress!
Please oh please oh please, pick me!
I love shabby apple dresses. Plus, my husband would really appreciate me not having to say, "I have nothing to wear to church!" every Sunday. If I got this dress, I'd only have to say it...um...every other week!!
Something new? Not a hand-me-down? I'll take it!
Oh, how I would love this dress! Especially since I have been studying for a month straight to take the bar...again, and my 1, 2, and 4 year old are using my review materials as coloring books this very minute. In the event of my inevitable failure, this dress would be a much-needed pick-me-up. (And if the blessing occurs where I actually pass, what a cute dress to wear to the office!)
Oooooohhhh I love it!
Pick me! I lost 15 lbs during my husband's deployment, but now that I've finally achieved my goal of fitting into my old clothes, I can't justify buying new ones just yet.
Desperate for a new dress...
-Janet
janetrosedavis@yahoo.com
I absolutely need that dress! I love it!!!!
fabulous!
Just had a baby 4 months ago, too! have no clothes for going back to work in Sept..... LOVE the dress!!!
love this blog, too!
:)Jenn
i'd love a new dress. i don't think anything would make me happier.
The chances of me winning are slim to none but I'm so desperate I am trying anyway.
Thanks for doing giveaways. Sometimes I think I have a chance. :)
I do LOVE that dress!
Yet again, I'll give it a go.
I dont even have one decent dress to wear!!! This is a great opportunity!
why do so many people have to read this blog! It really kills my chances! BOO
I'm probably a freak bcause I don't actually like this dress, but I have a friend with 7 lovely babies who would look gorgeous in it. So, pick me so that I can surprise her!
Man oh man would I LOVE to win this dress! I love the look of the Shabby Apple dresses but the budget being what it is...
Ca'have one? Peez?
A free dress?! I haven't bought clothes for myself in 3 years. The last 2 dresses I got were 1 - from my mom for my b-day..... 2 - as a bridesmaid for my brothers wedding. Way too busy with four kids to do any shopping other than groceries, and the budget, nonexistant.
I'm still wearing maternity dresses. My baby was born in June (of 2008). Help me. Please.
I'm a mom of 3. Last time I bought myself something cute someone barfed on it. Kids are now past perpetual barfing stage so something new might be nice!
I need a pick me up, fit me right, awesome dress!!!! Pick Me!!!
CUTE Dress! Love it!
ooo - something to look forward to after baby boy #4 is born - getting into this dress! since i will be living in a fraternity come september and will be completely outnumbered, i must look like the goddess that i am. maybe jackie o will channel herself through the dress and i will be calm and cool in all situations. HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA.
oooh! pick me! pick me! i too am sick of having to put together several different pieces. i love me some simple dresses!
I live in Palm Springs and it is 120 here today!!! All I wear in the summer is dresses. That way when your thighs start to stick together no one can see!! I would love to win!
Ahhh! I have multiple weddings coming up and I don't want anymore people asking me when I'm due and if I know what I'm having. I'm NOT pregnant! Please. Need the dress! wild_basil (at) hotmail (dot) com
Fantastic. I've been dying for one of their dresses!
Pick me pick me ......I want a cute dress!
oh please pick me! I need a modest dress alternative to my great-great grandmother's dress. The pit stains she left from crossing the plains are absolutely horrific.
Who wouldn't want a cute dress like that? : D
crapo@shaw.ca
Puh-leeeeeease????
I was just wondering where I was going to find an age-appropriate dress that wasn't going to melt in the summer FL heat. Thank you, thank you!
a dress that you DON'T have to layer with? i hope i get picked! nebraska humidity is a killer!
I can tell that Jackie O dress would look great over my coconut bra, since I still have to wear that to smell good. Please count me in.
Great dress! I love Shabby Apple!
Love this dress. Thanks so much!
I have been stalking Shabby Apple for quite some time, and have lusted {sinner} after their dresses.
It would be so delightful to be Jackie O. for a day + more.
Would love to win this dress!
PLEASE! If ever there was a time for fate to favor me, it is now. I need this dress!
I think this is a great dress--being on the "tall" side this looks like it would be a perfect fit!! And who wouldn't want a dress called "The Jackie 'O'"---Pick me!!!! : )
Love this dress!
PICK ME, PICK ME!!!!!
I want it, I want it, and dare I say... I NEED it! Pick me, random number generator, pick me!
I would be shocked if I won but I'll try it.
Love it!!!!! Shabby Apple rocks.
I have been wanting one of these dresses for a long time! They are so so cute.
It would be so lovely to turn from "FRUMP MOM" into "HOT MOM" with a nice modest dress. I hope I win.. I could use a little spice in my life :)
I could so use a new dress to wear. I haven't even tried on a dress since my son was born!! Thanks for the chance!!
I need a knee length dress. : ) Thanks
I would love my post baby body to feel cute in a sassy dress!
i'm so desperate it's not funny. postpartum at 6 weeks AND starting work again in 2! i needs me a dress!!! :)
OMG a "MOM-Friendly" dress HOW AWESOME! If I were to win this, I PROMISE to pitch the few dresses in my closet that exemplify "hot-middle-age mom meets wanna be young hip mom"! Oh and if your wondering when the last time I put on one of these "oh so hot dresses that desperately need to be given away"... well its been 4 kids ago! Ok, ok, ok I will admit it... I put them on all the time in my house but never step a foot out the door or walk by windows with open curtains!!
Want it an dneed it! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?!?!?!
Count me in! Love the dress!
Seriously cute! LOVE Shabby Apple!
I would LOVE this dress!! Soooo Cute!!!
Darling! I'm going to look so great in it.
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!
Oh my I need this dress
Awesome. I love this dress.
I haven't been able to find a dress that fits me well in over 10 years! I would LOVE this!
Oooo! I need this too! Pick me! Pick me!
So a new dress, what a novelty, though if it fits you at the knee I will have an ankle dress. I'm just a little short.
loridembo@comcast.net
Oh don't we all hate that silly layering/not fitting/expensive/disaster that dresses usually turn into! And this dress is darling! I'd love it - but who wouldn't?
Oh I need a new dress for a wedding I'm going to!
Make this post #512 on day one of the contest....what we wouldn't do for a dress or for Ms. Jackie-O!
My apples? Oh, so shabby! Please help me polish them up!
I've been wanting new clothes for awhile, but we are buying a house, so no spending money. :( This would be awesome. :)
Love it, want it, don't have the money to buy it...
Jana-
I love reading your blog even though I don't have kids yet (been trying for 4 years)!!! And the best part is, I still want them! :) You make me laugh!! thank you!
I need this...my entire dress wardrobe consists of exactly one shapless dress!
Oh I would love this dress!
I'm hoping this giveaway really is at random, because I'm definitely not the first in line(#520). I'll take what ever shot I can get...
I would love a new dress. I'm sure that number 521 is a lucky number!
I'd love a chance to win!
you mean there are dresses that actually fit out there?? i don't think i even own a dress...just a bunch of skirts with all sorts of tops that are mismatched because of layering!!
this would be a fun win...thanks for the small, small chance ;)
Okay, so after 522 other comments, I realize my chances for this fabo dress are quite slim, but a girl can dream, right?! I would love this beautiful dress to be my own. I am still trying to lose those stubborn last 10 pounds of baby weight and am refusing to buy anything new to replace my skinny clothes. My little guy is 6 months old already, these pounds should be already gone, but they aren't. So this dress will be perfect to fit great now, AND after I lose those last 10 pounds! Yippee!
I would love, love, LOVE a Shabby Apple dress. My dress choices are the moment are very lacking!
The last dress I bought was from The Dress Barn.
Do they make prego sizes??? LOVE IT!
I would LOVE a new dress!!
I would LOVE LOVE to win a dress!! If only so I don't look like a shabby apple!! I have lost some weight, and none of my clothes fit. They hang off, and I would love to be sittin pretty in a beautiful dress from Shabby Apple!! That I can now actually fit into!! WOOHOO!!
So if I'm 5' tall will it come to my ankles? :)
Oh, pick me, pick me!
heatherlw@gmail.com
I need a new dress to start the school year. This is so cute!
I want to win!!! I NEED a new dress!
Please pick me!!!
(Thanks)
must have dress! Must make boobs look bigger, waist look smaller! go, fight, win, little entry!
always nice to find clothes that fit AND look good :)
I'm expecting baby #4 in 3 weeks and am desperate to feel pretty afterwards. A new dress would probably help, especially if they fit "generously" Please let me win!
I have admired this dress from afar for a while now, so here's hoping luck is on my side. Thanks for making me laugh!
Why not give it a try! I love the dress!
Adorable dresses!
Gorgeous dress! Love it!
Love it!! Perfect for teachers!
I have been thinking about dresses all summer long, so this almost seems like karma...particularily since I found the most perfect pair of strappy patent black sandals at Winners that would be PERFECT with this dress!!
I have been thinking about dresses all summer long, so this almost seems like karma...particularily since I found the most perfect pair of strappy patent black sandals at Winners that would be PERFECT with this dress!!
Me, Me, Me...It's my birthday and I need a cute little dress as my present!
Love it!!
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I haven't worn a 'dress' in 3 1/2 years due to being pregnant twice and nursing in that time frame. A dress in my wardrobe would be lovely and this one is smashing.
Would love this.
I have looked at the Shabby Apple dresses SO MANY TIMES! I would love a new dress and that one is adorable!
I haven't bought a dress since 1998 (for the reasons you explained in this post). Pick me please!
Will it also simulate a boob job?
Regardless, I'll be needed that dress :)
I'd love to have a new frock. I'm at a stage where every article of clothing in my wardrobe makes me look dumpy. A pretty new dress would be just perfect!
Me, me , me , pick me ...PLEASE!
*sigh*
Pregnant with my FIFTH boy, due in a couple of months, a new dress to wear when I finally get my body back (you know, the one with the baby fat from the first FOUR pregnancies) would be FABULOUS!
Love your blog!
I so NEED to win this :)
Sure, I'll leave a comment. And hope to get a hotty dress for after the baby.
Moving back to the US has left us quite poor, and a new dress would be just the ticket to my happiness!
Wahoo! What a cute dress! I've got my fingers crossed!
Yes, please! I want to pretend I am glamorous!
Holy cow! 558 comments! I hope I win - that dress is too cute. And I'm far too young for the long skirt/sweater combo.
I'd love to win!
Oooo oooooo! I'd like to have a new dress! :) ~Linds
I love that dress!
HOT. DOG!!!!! That would be so cool! Now .... if I can just figure out the sanskrit below .... ;)
Oh I am lovin' this dress. Wish me luck!!
I'm skeptical. Most dresses make me look more like jack in the box than Jackie O, but whatever. I'll give it a try.
Darling... would LOVE it! *Ü*
Would love this!
567 comments?! Do I even have a chance? Please let this be my chance to win something!
Pick me! I'm tall and just had a baby. I need clothes!
Cute! Going to have to check out their website!
I posted on my blog, so you can see that I *really* want to win this. Super-cute dress! And nothing fits me right now. Please?!
http://twinmomwv.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-wants-some-shabby-apples.html
love the dress! I definitely need some help in the wardrobe dept!
Hi! Please pick meeee! I have 3 boys and just had a little girl and looking in the mirrow I realized I look more like a boy myself. I need to spruce up my wardrobe now that I finally have some back up on the Estrogen front :D
I would love to win and thanks for having the Give Away!
Gotta have it!!!! Please, need new clothes - closet is a decade old, at least!
Gotta have it! Need new clothes - my closet is a decade old - at least:)
Great looking dress,love it!
Thanks
for the chance
matternu@aol.com
i had my 4th baby nearly 2 years ago. i was wearing some tragically pink think and said to my husband, "i think i need new clothes. this one looks so..." and before i could finish with "old" my hubby cut me out and finished for me "maternity?" "what?! maternity? this isn't maternity! i don't THINK it's maternity." it was maternity. i need this dress.
pick me! pick me! a new dress is a great excuse for a night out and I can always use a night out!
Leslie
leslieakaiser@yahoo.com
Wow look at all the deserving women who have already left a comment! I wish everyone luck, but especially ME!
Jody from Green Acres in PA
I put a link of a blog and a cute picture of the dress too!!! Oh I hope that my number is picked!! Number Gods, please pick me! ;)
So needed! Yes please!
I'm in for anything with the words "shabby" and "apple" in it.
I blogged about it, so here is my second entry! Please oh please pick my number!
I think it might be time to add a dress to my collection of skirts and button-down shirts.
I love their dresses!
Its a really cute dress!!
Love the dress.
I am wearing dresses that are totally and completely out of style and are desperately showing my age!!! It's a free give away dress or a step back into the 90's every Sunday!
I could use a pick me up. This motherhood thing is a bit trying with tweens. I love your blog. You are real and funny. We need that.
Love the style
Pick me please! I have been put on a spending lock down, and have nothing to wear. This dress would be perfect!
I love Shabby Apple dresses and have been admiring them from afar for months, as I'm too cheap to buy one. Also, I love their maternity line. I just found out that I'm pregnant with my first baby and I'm starting now to justify the purchase of one in a few months.
Ohh....love it, love it, love it!
Yes please!!
Please oh Please pick me! I'm pregnant right now and this cute little number will be the perfect motivation to drop all this baby weight once the little guy comes along! Please! Save me from the Hell that is my closet - tunic shirts and elastic waisted pants!
Just yesterday I started thinking pictures that will be taken at Christmas Eve Dinner. And pure panic set in.
Jackie-O would never panic about a photo.
i'm love with that dress! i have yet to find a dress that actually fits and looks good without being insanely hot.
I. HEART. SHABBY APPLE.
SOOO cute!!
Ugh. I really liked your blog until I read your comment about "real" women. I'm a size two. . . am I not a "real" woman just because I exercise, watch what I eat, and take care of myself? How much weight must I gain to be considered "real"??
If I don't win this dress I may be forced to join the ranks of homeschool moms everywhere and resort to the always flattering jean jumper. Help.
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