I have that dress! I just love it and have been able to wear it several times since I bought it last year. Like you, I'm thrilled that the true color is brighter than the images....and not so shiny.

And don't you love that it has pockets?

Yes-- very much love the pockets! I also love that the fabric isn't stiff or thick like I thought it might be. If anything gives me pause, it's the metallic gold in the fabric... it's a little more glitz than I normally go for but it works with my coloring so I am going to go with it!

I find this funny: it's Day glow orange silly string colored but metallic gold is more glitz that you're used to wearing. So you like bright, but not bright. :-)

Please take a close up picture of the fabric, I'm so curious about it. It is a very pretty dress.

What do you/will you wear for shoes?

Shoes are easy because I can't wear heels.. it will be a nude kitten heel.

I'll take a photo of the material tomorrow morning. I am running out now and won't have good light when I return. It IS pretty funny.. maybe it's the combo of dayglow orange and gold haha. I have been second guessing myself.. the fabric is definitely kind of whack!

glad it worked out! I LOVE shopping for others...my friends call it courtesy shopping when I do it for them. Do we get to help Mom?

I too want to see the actual colours. :)

I think I know what you mean. I wear bright but not reflective and bright materials. So reflective gold would have to be truly balanced with the other colours to pass muster with me.

I liked this dress right off when Oly posted it. So glad you got it. That style is flattering on so many body types. And it's dressy special.

I have a wedding to attend in October -- I'm going to have to get going on it!

A lot gets accomplished on this forum lol. Happy for you.

Wow, it looks like an oil painting. Cool!

IT looks like a really fun dress to wear.

It really is stunning!

Wow! I can't get over how different the colors are in your pics vs. the catalog! That fabric is simply luscious!

Me too. So funny. It either would go with people loving the picture and hate the actual dress or like you Funky, like the actual colors.

Beautiful dress. Have fun wearing it!

I love it! I actually think those colors would be beautiful for an October wedding. Have you considered a "goldish" shawl as a cover-up. Something with a little shimmer in the threads. Or a green....but I would want it the exact color of green that is in the dress.

Gorgeous! Yes I'd wear it out and about! You've done good. :) Enjoy!

Agree with Tuesday, I think those are great fall colours with a moss green or gold pashmina.

Thank you all for the compliments on the dress! I am really surprised by how many of you like the pattern. I was certain the silly string orange would turn most people off!

I could probably get away with the colors -- though I think the bright coral leans more spring/summer. The bigger issue for me is that it will be late October and an outdoor wedding. Here in the mid-atlantic, the air will be cool even if it is a warm sunny day. The ceremony is outdoors and the reception will be in a heated tent on the mansion grounds so yeah, the reception should be comfortable but i'd really rather have sleeves or an actual layer. A wrap is too much when walking around/dancing, etc if I need to keep it wrapped around my arms.

Regardless, I will be keeping the dress! I got it for a great price and I am sure it will be the perfect thing for one of the pending weddings (there's one in April.. and one yet to set a date).

Wow, your picture looks so, so different than the model's dress. They are both very pretty but, to me, very different. The main color I see in your dress is green and I don't even notice that on the model. The silly string orange would probably be too much for me but it looks great in your picture.

Funky, what a great dress! I didn't care for the colors in the model photo, but the actual colors are stunning!

Beautiful dress!!! Much better than most of the dismal clothes that I seem to find in my local mall.