Fiji Dress from Modaspia

What do I like best about this dress? I can't decide whether it's that it's made of men's shirting (wonderful fabric, very smooth and light), or whether it's the bias contrast trim, or whether it's the pockets.

I think it has to be the pockets. I swear, I think I'm going to take a day and just make a hundred pockets like these in scrap material until I can do them hung upside down and blindfolded in a hurricane, and then I will be able to put them into everything I sew from that point on. They're so sleek and cute and just plain handy ...

This dress is $95 at modaspia (click on the image to go to their site). The only downside is that it's not available any larger than a size 10. I asked one of the designers about that, and she told me that they used to make bigger sizes, but wholesalers and boutiques wouldn't buy them! Grrr.

So I was thinking about making a little downloadable business card, a pdf that you could print out on those Avery tear-apart business card forms, which would read something like "You'd be looking at a credit card instead of this card if your store carried anything in my size." Then you could hand it to the sales staff or just leave it on the counter. What do you think? What should the wording be? Leave your input in the comments, please!

Comments

[rowena___.]

YES YES YES! make that card, word it exactly as you said, it is perfect.now go start practicing your pockets, it's already hurricane season. :)

[darkman]

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[Rebecca Kessler]

"This would be my credit card, but you don't carry my size."

[Sarah]

Just be sure to make it in PDF so the rest of us can use it too. Kinda like Alice's Restaraunt...

[IA]

Yes! Do it! Your wording is perfect.Upon receipt, I will immediately drop one of these cards on the counter at every boutique on Smith Street in Brooklyn.Then I'll go to Bloomingdale's, where on Friday I discovered that I'm neither a "miss" nor a "woman"--just a freak. I had a $50 gift card to spend and ended up getting a half-slip and some cosmetics. Not that I can't always use another good half-slip, but it's the principle of the thing.

[lynneguist]

The worst part is that Modaspia classifies a 10 as a 'large'. (See their sizing chart.)

[Kate]

There's a market for that card, Erin.... you hear it.

[Anonymous]

"Fashion does NOT end at size 10! Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes."Love the card idea.

[Thoughts on Life and Millinery.]

As a tall woman in a world where EVERY store carries petite and NONE carry tall items (long sleeves, skirts, dresses etc) let me just say: "Amen, Sister; Do the deed and make those cards today!"

[Peri]

Ehh... I have to disagree with the commenter above. I'm a 4' 10" 00-2, and have to ignore 95% of stores completely. The stores that *do* carry my size are often well out of my budget, which tends more to the Gap than BCBG Max Azria.I will admit though that it's easier to have things hemmed than let down!

[Anonymous]

you should look into the interesting government intervention in argentina recently about the sizes of women's clothes...it's fascinating!

[FunnyGal KAT]

I would definitely put a card like that to use. This site is great-- it makes me wish I could sew! Alas, I will just continue to visit to admire the pretty dresses... and the talent of the people who made them.

[anniecars]

Love that card idea. Amen and do it!!!! I want one.

[Jesse]

Jill, I hear you! I'm not especially tall for a woman, but have a hell of a time buying pants off the rack. But at the same time, I have to acknowledge that if the average woman is 5'4", which I've heard, it means that half of women are petite.ANYWAY, Erin, I LOVE this idea!

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[FrenchGuy00]

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[Anonymous]

Yeah whatever dude, talking dresses here! Make the card!!!!!

[Mrs L]

Card is a great idea.Too much beer and pizza this world cup and i don't even fit my own clothes, let alone any in the nice dress stores

[San Diego Yvette]

I love it, your wording is perfect!Thanks

[Anonymous]

You know, size doesn't matter if you're rich...CRAP!

[Anonymous]

Oh yes! The card would be great! I'm six feet, size 12. One of my best friends is 5 feet, size 0. When we go shopping together, it's a disaster. We both want the cards.

[Anonymous]

Oh yes! The card would be great! I'm six feet, size 12. One of my best friends is 5 feet, size 0. When we go shopping together, it's a disaster. We both want the cards.

[Laura]

Hee."Petite" sizes really mean "between 5'1 and 5'3 with a very particular leg-to-arm-to-torso ratio". I'm 5'2 with a longish torso & big boobs, so petite tops show my midriff, but regular tops flop comically over my hands and are too big in the shoulder. And forget pants and skirts. My mom has it even worse - I'm 3" taller than she is, and it's ALL in the leg. She's got my torso and wee short legs. Utterly hopeless. She buys men's jeans in the shortest inseam she can find.Tall people do have it worse, I think, although I know some tall women who have a lot of luck with men's trousers. But I know more who have just given up and pretend that they WANT to have 3/4 sleeves and cropped pants.Grar.The standardized fashion industry hates us all, I think, except for my one sister....The cards are brilliant. :)

[arabellaesmerelda]

I so think you should follow up on the card idea: Viva la sizing revolution! Perhaps downloaders could print them on a light green toile stock or any other pattern with that lucrative plastic look. Btw, I did look up the Argentina/anorexia/dress size thing noted earlier by 9:55anonymous ... goodness me!

[MsOktober]

love, love, love that idea! the idea of just leaving it on the counter is perfect :)