July 27, 2009

Shabby Apple Dress Giveaway!!!

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.

(e-whistle)

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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Amy said...

I so need this dress! I need something to wear that I didn't buy at the local Wal-Mart.

Confessions of a Mother, Lawyer & Crazy Woman said...

Your blog is hysterical! Dress is fabulous. The current wardrobe situation is lacking in fabulousity. Please count me in!

JP said...

Oh...something that would flatter a tall girl! Sign me up! LOL!

Thanks for the chance!

Katrina said...

oh, i've been eyeing that dress a long time!

Countdown till Naptime said...

I'm going to that site now...my sister is getting married this fall and I have lots of showers to attend. I hate how I have to dress so matronly since I had twin boys that messed up my figure. This dress looks great!

Unknown said...

Enter me, please.

Rachel Sue said...

811 comments, I don't even know why I enter. Must have something to do with my desperate desire for a new dress. . .

Katie said...

So glad that I saw this before the deadline!!! I am too cheap to actually buy myself a new church dress (plus I have been promising myself a shopping trip over the last six months when I finally lose ten lbs. Obviously that hasn't happened).

Sarah said...

I have no idea if they have my size, but what the heck! :-D

Hailey said...

i have been eye-ing this dress on their website...

Gr8Life said...

I LOVE Shabby APPLE I REALLY NEED This!

jenifers said...

wow - this is a cool giveaway!!!!

Camille said...

Dress me up!

Talyn said...

Pretty please, with a cherry on top!

Christine said...

Pick me Pick me Pick ME!!

Morgan Hagey said...

oh pretty, I want one!

Sarah said...

ohmy, i need this so badly! going to a highschool friend's wedding aka reunion and i have nothing cute to wear....PLEASE! gilreathsarah@gmail.com

Bink said...

love it! it would be great to have an actual dress - instead of denium skirts!

Jessica said...

oh please, oh please oh please oh please.

my cousin is getting married. i need a dress.

oh please oh please

(Heavenly Father if you love me I will win the dress...
I'M KIDDING. but it would boost the old confidence level a bit if I did win it! :P)

DeLaina said...

I just lost 34 lbs and none of my clothes fit me anymore. As fond as I am of drowning in my oversized outfits, I'd grovel, beg, and plead for a new Shabby Apple get-up.

Kim Gail said...

Great giveaway.!! I would love to win a beautiful dress.

Mermaid-Spark said...

OMG so many entries. I'd love this dress because I have some serious job interviews coming up. Thanks for the chance.

espressogurl at hotmail dot com

Anonymous said...

no dresses worn here cause I can never find a good one, maybe this is it!

Jen
jenmorse14@yahoo.com

Leslie said...

so cute love their stuff!

alissa said...

what a beautiful dress!

sarah caroline said...

I need a dress that will prevent my third graders from staring down my dress!

Tender Mercies said...

I need a Get A Man dress...

Tasha said...

I love that dress! Who couldn't use another little black dress? Mabey it will do better at masking my baby belly than my current one!

YellowMutt said...

I would love a new dress! :0)

Kasey said...

I used to have this suit, that my aunt bought on her honeymoon and gave to me, and the family referred to it as my Jakie O. suit. I wore it to my high school graduation. Then inexplicably the skirt disappeared. So after five years of hoping, I donated the top. I really need this Jackie O. dress. It will fill that void in my closet.

InkMom said...

Hope that Jackie O dress will fit me after the baby is born.

Catherine said...

pick me...PLEASE!!!!

Mindy Brown said...

I'm a mom with 4 kids. Do you know when the last time that I got a new dress was? Please pick me!

Robin said...

I love Shabby Apple! I want ALL their dresses!

Anonymous said...

14 years later, I still have that stupid long straight "sand" colored gap mission skirt. Give me a reason to throw it out!

Eric and Kassi said...

I hope I win!

Stephanie said...

I would really like to remember what a dress is....

Chris and Kerri said...

I am too fat to fit it...but perhaps I could give it as a gift?!?

Shosh said...

I LOVE the dresses on that site but I've never ordered. Kinda scares me to order things I haven't tried on....but I'm always up for a challenge!

marci said...

I'm a way poor college student, in desperate need of new clothes. I would absolutely LOVE to win this dress!

Becky Andrews said...

Love, love their dresses! This is one of my favorites too.

stephani said...

me me me. please and thank you.

Cadi said...

I'd be so happy too!

Jenna said...

I love the meanest Mom and I love shabby apple!

Katey said...

I NEED this dress. I have been wanting it for months! Please pick me!

kkendig said...

I have the same problem as you. Everything that is "knee length" hits me about mid-thigh. I need this dress. I'm tired of being the "mom" in the mix and match skirt and twin set outfit. Please make me chic again.

Angee said...

Oh how I could use a new dress. Although it might look a little out of place in my closet next to the newest dress that I bought for my 10 year old son's blessing...

Carly said...

i'm pretty sure i deserve this... yeah... yeah i do. :) haha

Anonymous said...

OH MEMEMEMEMEMEME! Please?
kristyleitz@hotmail.com

Dim and Jana said...

So, I'm just going to echo everyone else's comments, but I would love a new dress--and so would my husband (not for him to wear, but so I look decent again--been spending the money on clothes for the kids!).

Jen in New Jersey said...

Pick me! Pick me! The only time I wear a dress is to church on holidays. I could use a new cute one. Thanks for entering me.

April said...

I SOOOOOOO need a new dress. And one that doesn't allow for easy access breatfeeding. I need one that will make look like the women I know I am!

Cupcake said...

Thanks for having the giveaway. All the "dresses" that I have either have no sleeves or long sleeves. Its so frustrating that short sleeve dresses seem nonexistent. I would LOVE this dress.

Unknown said...

Please pick me! If I'm lucky enough to win this dress, I may be lucky in a job interview when I wear and it land a great new gig! Thanks!

Maureen said...

I can't remember is I already entered to many names to go through but thought Id try again, just in case..need a shabby apple dress desperately

Cara said...

I'm 29 weeks pregnant, and can't fit is a lot of my dresses anymore :( My OB told me at my last appointment that this was an exciting point in my life....everyday I know that I will be smaller today than I will be tomorrow. I don't see the upside to this.

Melissa Adams said...

I need this dress because all I seem to buy is for my girls. I go out to find something for me but it never looks as cute on me as the cute little girls dresses will look on my 4 and 6 y/o. It is not fair that dresses are made for little girls. This Shabby Apple dress looks sooo cute. I need this dress.

Lucy said...

Totally love these dresses. Never knew they were around. Totally are my style. A new dress is always a hard thing to get just right.

ashley said...

love love love this dress... and that it is nursing-friendly {which I desperately need!}... they are so hard to find! it will be heavenly to wear once baby #2 enters the world in october... when i am once again thrust into the world of post-baby non-maternity clothing alternatives. love your blog.

Paula said...

I hope I win! Pick me! I have always wanted to try one of their dresses. My husband would flip out if I was in that Jackie O. My "church" wardrobe is hopelessly outdated.

Mellissa said...

Yes! Do want! I hate having to layer everything in order to stay modest. And there are so few dresses that are nursing friendly! I would die if I won something like this. And if I had any kind of disposable income I would be all over almost everything in the Shabby Apple store. Gah!

Steve, Lynn & Brian said...

let it be me... please! please! please!

Kathryn said...

PLEASE pick me!!! I am in desperate need of something that doesn't make me look like a SAHM... case in point my V neck tee shirts and jean capris!! I think my husband is ready to burn them all!!!

redhoney76 said...

I'd feel pretty-oh so pretty!

Heidi said...

Love dresses. Love Shabby Apple.

Kadi said...

This is my second comment because I linked your giveaway to my blog! Thanks for the fun!

Nonna2trips said...

I love your blog. I may as well try for the prized Shabby Apple dress.

Nonna2trips

Anonymous said...

Yes, please!

Amy C.

Brammer Family said...

The last time I wore an actual dress was at my husband's graduation party. That was 2 kids ago.... Desperate? Definitely.

Ane said...

i want one like this so bad! Thanks!

Kodi & Lindsey said...

yes please!!

Becky said...

My post children body is a mess.

The answer – a Shabby Apple dress.

My current fashion style is a NO,

But I can’t go wrong with Jackie O.

I love your blog and your sponsors, too...

Help a mom out with this fashion DO!

ApRiL said...

How absolutely darling these are! Must have one.

MegT said...

Oh my gosh...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! I am going to Boston in a few weeks with my husband and without to his first post-graduate conference, and I WAS LOOKING AT THIS VERY DRESS! I've been married to a student for 10 years, and this trip is my reward. If I win this dress, I will not only look great for all the hoity-toities in Boston, but I will also name my next child after you. Well, maybe my next goldfish.

Summer said...

Enter me please!

Sarah said...

I've been wearing the same black skirt to church for the past two years...
How sad an existence to be MISSING MATERNITY CLOTHES & the options they afforded me.

MaLeah said...

Oh, I need that dress! I only own 3 dresses right now and those were bought under duress when my husband forced me to go shopping. See, I had our first child 3 months ago and the only clothes that fit up until recently had the word "maternity" somewhere on the label. He finally threw away my favorite sequin shirt with a big stork on the front of it. He said it was kind of strange to be wearing a stork shirt if you're carrying an infant in your arms and not in your belly! We're going on vacation in a few weeks and I'd love to have something snazzy to wear out to dinner!

Becci said...

Pick me! I'd give my first born to have a pretty dress that fit me well. Wait...make that my third born....he just flooded the bathroom.

Bekki said...

I must have a new dress!

Amy said...

Once again here I am submitting my name for a chance to win. I don't know why I keep trying because I never seem to win. Since I am the 885th comment I am sure my chances are fantastic this time...

Still I will keep my fingers crossed!!

elliebelle said...

ooooohh!!! Pick me pretty please!! I am 6'1", so I have trouble finding socially appropriate dresses too!!

Elizabeth Lyons said...

The only thing I have available to wear to a conference next month is, I think, my daughter's. And it has a hippo on the front. Crossing my fingers!

MikeandJen said...

love it!!! what a great find!

Amy at Ameroonie Designs said...

One in 900 aren't the greatest odds, but they're better than 0 odds of winning if I don't even enter, so here goes.

Karen said...

Haven't had a new dress in ages. You don't want to see what I have been wearing to church!

Rebecca is Thrilled by the Thought said...

Oh. I. Want. I'm tall too, and knee length is more like mid-thigh. I've been wanting to try Shabby Apple for such a long time.

The Henricksen Journal said...

Ordering clothes off the internet is a scary thing to this middle age mom. no. I am not really fearful of internet identity fraud, rather I cringe at the sizing dilemma. Let's see what happens...

Kate said...

love it!

DanaLee said...

Really, could Karma finally be on my side? Please, oh please!

Our family said...

My husband, daughter, and I are just recently returned from living in Kazakhstan. I have spent the last 10 months dressing in clothes way too similar to the picture you posted because 1-I was 3 months postpartum (read: awkward, though relatively small, mass around the middle) and 2-The only things we brought were what would fit in our 5 pieces of checked luggage.

Although I have yet to see any of the dresses I was wearing two years ago, I'm pretty sure they either won't fit the same, or will be sLightLY out of style. Please, HELP a sista out! =)

girlfriday said...

Fate? Kismet? I have been searching for a new little black dress, and here you have the perfect one! And if that's not enough, the model on Shabby Apple's site looks just like me....the pre-two kids, less 15 post-baby pounds, after a good night's sleep me. No kidding. My husband and friends are amazed. Now all I need is the dress. Please?

Mary said...

How cool is this!?!

Sydney said...

I'm poor, newly married, and need some major retail therapy. Love shabby apple too.

Marily said...

me too

Burgess said...

Crap! I'm so late! I want it, please! I'm poor, have bad fashion sense, and need a dress for a wedding next month.

PLEASE!!!

Mrs. Booms said...

I'm kind of in love with this dress. A whole lot.

Unknown said...

It's hot... really, really hot...

Becky said...

Sure! I'll take it!

Andrea said...

I want to look like Jackie 0., too.

Megan Barrick said...

I love dresses, but always seem to have a hard time finding anything that doesn't remind me of my grandma or my eleven year old sister. These are darling! I would love to add one to my very very small dress collection!

Megan Barrick said...

I also posted a link to my blog. Pick Me Please!

Tori said...

My first teaching job starts Monday and I'd love a new stylish dress for it! :D Yayfun!

Unknown said...

Just awesome! As delightful as your blog!

Mom2Many said...

That looks very cool

Heidi said...

I've got my eye on a couple of darling dresses! (fingers crossed!)

becca said...

wow look at all these comments. I am dreaming of shabby apple...

Unknown said...

These dresses are awesome! I really hope I win. :-)

Emily said...

Sign me up! Thanks.

ineedadressbad said...

Please pick me!! I would love to have a pretty dress to go out of my house with confidence for a change. please, please, please.

Emily said...
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Shannon Vilkinofsky said...

Sign me up! Love our Blog!

Cindy said...

Fabulous! Love it, want it, need it!

Shellah said...

Oh Dear Lord, please let me win this dress so that I may not look like a street walker anymore.... I need to get a dress that will contain my heaving bosom (Hi - two small children who nursed 24 hours a day!) and childbearing hips.
A good dress is hard to find. I am hoping this one finds me!

Kimberley B said...

Um, midnight Eastern or Pacific? I love dresses, and think it might be a nice change from my regular uniform of twice mended yoga pants and stained t-shirt. Thanks!

Tobler Bunch said...

The simple life, the simple style, the simple ways that a dress would flatter. It makes me wonder how graceful I'd feel wearing a dress that was quite the upscale matter. As you can see my rhyming skills are not what will get me this dress, it is the effortless fact that it will compliment my smiling face as I wear it with great glamour!

Nat said...

This is just the pick me up I'm in need of! Please pick me!

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