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Every season, there are two or three fast-fashion finds nearly everyone on the Who What Wear team buys. In the past, it’s ranged from super-on-trend items like Zara’s It shoes you can spot from a mile away or a simple basic that’s just too damn good and worth letting the entire team know they should own it as well. Today, we’re adding Topshop’s $68 slip dress to the list. When it comes to shopping for inexpensive silk-like slip dresses online, it can be risky since the shiny material can quickly look cheap. That's not the case for the below slip dress (and this similar skirt , as our London team recently showed you) from the UK-based brand. The "plain" piece looks at least double the price. I repeat: It only  looks double the price. For under $100, the dress would be a great option for a wedding, upcoming Valentine’s Day plans, or layered with a leather jacket for a casual look. Plus, it comes in eight different colors. Oh, and wait until you see the drapey back deta...

You got engaged, picked out your wedding color palette and gave out all of your bridesmaid proposal gifts . Your next step is to find attractive and affordable bridesmaid dresses that will flatter all of your friends’ figures. Or, maybe you’ve just been bestowed the honor of bridesmaid and have been given the flexibility to find your own dress — but don’t know where to start. Finding a bridesmaid dress that you’ll feel comfortable wearing all night and paying for out of pocket can be tricky, especially when you need to find the dress in a particular material, color or style. Trying to find a bridesmaid dress that fits all of those requirements in a store — and one that all of the bridal party can actually go to in person — is even harder. The good news is there are plenty of places you can order bridesmaid dresses online that aren’t everyone’s go-to: David’s Bridal. There are online boutiques that carry a wide variety of styles, sizes and colors, including some that will sen...

I never dreamed of shopping for a wedding dress. I never dreamed of a wedding day, either. As a young girl turned adolescent turned burgeoning adult I dreamt, instead, of who I would be. There were no delusions of grandeur — I just wondered what I would feel like. Would I still, on occasion, want to crawl out of my own skin? Would I become emboldened, letting people know when no, actually, that wasn't what I wanted? Would I find the levity I craved, the lightness of being, for just a moment, completely content? It was messier than I imagined, this growing into myself. But I did grow — I am still — and I found a partner along the way, one who, if left to his own devices, would eat cereal for every meal and speak a couple of decibels too loudly in otherwise quiet spaces (too many years of working with a chainsaw, he says). Instead I make well-rounded dinners and nudge him when he starts to shout. He wordlessly busses my dirty dishes and puts a roof over my head and changes the oil ...

Put aside the gift-getting for a moment and think about yourself. C'mon, you know you need a good holiday dress . It will come in handy for upcoming celebrations and parties. If you don't want to spend loads of money, we curated a selection of the best picks for under $100. Treat yourself to one of these dazzling designs. http://bit.ly/2CrnHeX

THE glamour and glitz on show in Adare Manor on Sunday night would put Hollywood to shame. And one person who got plenty of compliments for her green Limerick-themed dress was compere for the night, RTE’s Petula Martyn, the former Limerick Leader journalist now based in Dublin. JP McManus was full of praise for Petula, who had to step in at the last moment to host the event, when Joe Nash of Limerick’s Live 95FM was sadly unable to attend following the death of his mother, Pat. Petula from Corbally originally, was working on a documentary for RTE on the All-Ireland win when she got the call to do MC for the night. “I was so busy working on the documentary I had no time to go shopping and so I ordered two dresses online in the hope one would fit and look well,” she explained. “The two dresses arrived on Friday,” she added. Petula brought her mother Pauline, from Raheenagh, to the event and she “had the time of her life”. “To be there and play a small part was great,” she said. ...

Earlier this week, the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Evelina Children's Hospital, as she became a patron with the Duke of Cambridge. For her visit, Middleton wore the dress trend that has swept fast-fashion stores this year—a polka-dot dress. Her spotted long-sleeve green midi, featuring pretty pearl button details on the bodice and a bow tie at the neck, is by her go-to high street brand,  L.K.Bennett . At the time of this typing, the $645 dress was still in stock, but there are also lots of other amazing spotty dresses online. In particular, we love the similar style dress at Zara in black, which is $50. Keep scrolling to see the duchess's dress and shop our favorite similar versions. https://ift.tt/2RQkfQt

For some people, Disney World is a place you take your kids. But for others, it’s the perfect place for a dream wedding. Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic, airing on December 8 on Freeform, captures the magic of a wedding at Walt Disney World Resort . This holiday-themed special features a Mary Poppins -themed wedding and a performance by country star Martina McBride. Real-life Disney weddings like those featured on the show can cost as little as $3,500 to as much as $180,000. Whether you go choose the more budget-friendly option or splurge on a ride in Cinderella’s carriage or an in-park ceremony, Disney will do everything to make your day memorable. But if you’re dream wedding dress is a replica of Belle’s ball gown from Beauty & The Beast, you may be out of luck. Right now, there’s no way to buy official Disney wedding dresses — at least in the U.S. What happened to the Disney wedding dress line? Disney Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic | Todd Anderson/Freef...

Put aside the gift-getting for a moment and think about yourself. C'mon, you know you need a good holiday dress . It will come in handy for upcoming celebrations and parties. If you don't want to spend loads of money, we curated a selection of the best picks for under $100. Treat yourself to one of these dazzling designs. Related: I Love This Flattering Midi Dress From Kohl's So Much, I've Worn It 10 Times in 1 Month https://ift.tt/2Rn8913

Put aside the gift-getting for a moment and think about yourself. C'mon, you know you need a good holiday dress . It will come in handy for upcoming celebrations and parties. If you don't want to spend loads of money, we curated a selection of the best picks for under $100. Treat yourself to one of these dazzling designs. Related: I Love This Flattering Midi Dress From Kohl's So Much, I've Worn It 10 Times in 1 Month https://ift.tt/2Rn8913

An alert for any brides-to-be: the wedding dress retailer David's Bridal announced this week it's planning to enter bankruptcy. So will brides with current orders be left out in the cold? David's Bridal CEO Scott Key said in a statement that for now the company's 300 stores will continue to operate and honor all orders and appointments. Jane Billingsley — who helps put together weddings at The Chapel in Nashville — says she can see why the wedding dress retailer may be facing tough financial times as more people buy wedding dresses online, or buy non-traditional styles. "This millennial generation is coming up with things and it's like OK, we personalize it," Billingsley said. Billingsley says of the brides she sees, four out of five use David's Bridal in picking out a dress. https://ift.tt/2Tq6qJy

An alert for any brides-to-be: the wedding dress retailer David's Bridal announced this week it's planning to enter bankruptcy. So will brides with current orders in the Nashville area be left out in the cold? The CEO of David's Bridal said in a statement for now the company's 300 stores including two in the Nashville Area will continue to operate and honor all orders and appointments. Jane Billingsley -- who helps put together weddings at The Chapel in Nashville -- says she can see why the wedding dress retailer may be facing tough financial times, as more people buy wedding dresses online, or buy non-traditional styles. "This Millenial generation is coming up with things and its like ok, we personalize it," Billingsley said. Billingsley says of the brides she sees -- 4 out of 5 use Davids Bridal in picking out a dress. https://ift.tt/2A42GEY

N ot even a heart attack, an unsustainable business model of pop-ups, or the haters have stopped David Marin of East L.A. BBQ from accomplishing his dream of finally having a brick-and-mortar home in the form of the new Mexican craft beer bar in Boyle Heights, Xelas .   L.A. TACO VIDEO   It’s been almost five years since Marin took his hobby of playing with fire, meat, and Mexican sazón at tailgates for Raider games into a full-fledged business. His pioneering style of Mexican-inspired BBQ in Los Angeles has inspired a new wave of vendors doing a similar style in the area, but he and his wife Carla Marin – who is always on his side serving their loyal customers with a smile – never lost focus. “We were never trying to compete with anyone, like the saying in Español says, ‘el sol sale para todos.’” (The sun shines for everyone.) Marin shares as he shows up to Xelas at 4 PM in the afternoon to start preparing for service. He still works part-time at an office job in the ...

The “Camp Fire”  wildfire  that raged through Northern California earlier this week put women’s apparel retailer Lulus Fashion Lounge into crisis mode. More than 50 of its 800-plus employees lost their homes and many others were displaced as a result. And while the retailer’s Chico, California-based warehouse survived, Lulus has had to deploy 50 industrial air scrubbers around the warehouse to purify the smoky air to ensure its inventory doesn’t incur smoke damage. “We’re in crisis mode, but we have to keep the business going,” says CEO and co-founder Colleen Winter. Despite this calamity, Lulus’ spirits haven’t been doused. And Winter and the retailer’s executive team have big plans as it gears up for the heart of the holiday season and 2019. Thanks to an infusion of cash—it raised $120 million in May—it has been able to add more customer service features to its website and begin working to bolster its fulfillment operations. Faster shipping plans Lulus’ May funding round...

As a bride to be, Mary Thornally was dreading the experience of shopping for a wedding dress and, ultimately, paying an exorbitant price. “My sister and I had planned to go look around at stores, but then the whole thought of it was really daunting to me,” said Thornally, a stay-at-home mom and San Francisco Bay Area resident, feeling “overwhelmed” by the thought of trying on dresses in person and making a decision on the spot. With gowns and alterations averaging $1,509 per bride in 2017, according to wedding site TheKnot, Thornally said she needed a “practical” alternative because she is “drowning in student loan debt” and trying to avoid unnecessary expenses. She worked to keep costs down, for instance, by buying her bouquet at Safeway and having her sister serve as photographer. from USA Today: She also decided to buy her wedding dress on the internet, joining a wave of brides who are shopping online for a product long dominated by specialty stores and boutique shops. Online re...

An abandoned psychiatric hospital for most people would be something to steer well clear of. But for photographer James Kerwin, just such a place became the springboard for a fashion photo series with a distinctly creepy aesthetic. After taking a picture of his model girlfriend, Jade, inside the former Severalls Psychiatric Hospital in Colchester, Jade's hometown, he has gone on to snap her in eerie abandoned buildings in 12 European countries. Jade in 2015 modelling a floral dress while leaning against a wall inside the abandoned Severalls Asylum in Colchester, Essex The wallpaper peels from the walls inside this abandoned hotel in France as Jade poses. James says he was pleased Jade's dress matched the decor A haunting picture inside Chateau Miranda in Belgium, which used to be a former school. The theme of this shoot was 'lost child'  During a trip to Belgium in 2015 James and Jade carried out a shoot for a local designer. It took pla...