What's Your Dream Dress?

Nov 29, 2007 @ 1:12pm

Every season, we find ourselves fixating on an absolutely gorgeous fancy dress that has absolutely no place in our life.

The dream dress is always way too expensive, usually on a celebrity, and probably not even sold in stores.

Also, unless we crash the Oscars, there's usually no place to wear it.

Still, none of these annoying protests from the land of reality can keep us from dreaming.

Like an unrequited crush that you stalk on MySpace, we like to look at our unobtainable dream dress on shopping and fashion blogs, imagining a life in which we too get to pose for Style.com's Look of the Day.

Alison's Dream Dress is the amazing gold silk one from Vanessa Bruno, which costs $684.

Natalie's Dream Dress is the Marc by Marc silk faille dress that closed his London runway show, which costs $548.

Faran's unrealistic frock star is the McQueen gown that Nicole Kidman wore to the Country Music Awards.

And you?

--ALISON COOL

posted by Laia

Nov 29, 2007 1:35PM

any of the fanciful gowns that olivier did for nina ricci.

posted by guest

Nov 29, 2007 1:50PM

Carolina Herrera's swimming ladies dress that Katie Holmes wore on the cover of Vogue a few years back.

Still hunting that one down...

posted by guest

Nov 29, 2007 1:55PM

lanvin ss 08!!

posted by adopt a shelter pet

Nov 29, 2007 2:00PM

I went to Tracy Feith a couple of weeks ago and there was a beautiful strapless floral dress, very long and with a beautiful floral print. Torture.....Someone in the Hamptons with moola will be rocking it, no doubt. :(

posted by elle

Nov 29, 2007 2:10PM

the nan kempner couture valentino gown & pretty much every herve leger dress i've ever fell in love with.

posted by FWD

Nov 29, 2007 2:12PM

I'm obsessing over a gorgeous vintage Pucci right now. (I'm tired of fall already.)

But the ultimate can't-afford-it, can't-find-it, would-never-have-a-reason-to-wear-it dress has been a constant for me since 1998. It's that slinky, fringed, embroidered fuschia Dior that I've forgotten the name of. (Adele? Arcee? Alycee? Arcell?) Whatever it's called, Gisele wore it to the AngloMania gala.

I feel like I'm stalking it!

posted by guest

Nov 29, 2007 2:15PM

Wait for the Tracy Feith sample sales. The last one in September dresses were 50-125

posted by jesspgh

Nov 29, 2007 2:17PM

Fall 2006 Alexander McQueen had a dress so stunningly perfect that if I can ever find it, I will wear it as my wedding dress. It was an ivory empire waist dress with black victorian lace and beading that gradually engulfed the dress from the bust down until it engulfed the hem. I have saved every photo of it I can find. Freja wore it on the runway and had an avant garde bird hat masking part of her face. It can be seen on style.com but it could have been purchased on n-a-p for like $8000 or something astronomical.

posted by Laia

Nov 29, 2007 2:27PM

FWD from the Chinoise collection?

posted by adopt a shelter pet

Nov 29, 2007 2:56PM

thanks guest, that was sweet!

posted by Jacqueminette

Nov 29, 2007 3:21PM

Anything and everything Alaïa.

I was lucky enough to acquire one from someone who obviously didn't know its value, and it is by far the most beautiful, well-crafted garment I own. Finding an occasion to wear it has been tricky... so far only the Staatsoper in Wien.

posted by superflippy

Nov 29, 2007 5:09PM

That blue and silver beaded gown that Jennifer Garner is wearing on the cover of this month's Glamour.

posted by guest

Nov 29, 2007 9:16PM

i still obsessed wit the hot pink armani dress rihanna wore to the MTV AWARDS...i want the dress for my prom.. by the way DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY GOOD SHOPS OR BOUTIQUES I CAN FIND A DRESS FOR MY PROM THIS YEAR??...PLZ?

posted by guest

Nov 30, 2007 9:25PM

I'm also madly in love with Nic's McQueen. Love. It.