Purple dress!

April 6, 2011 10:55 AM

Please help me find this dress or something very similar!

I think this dress is a Nordstrom dress that they no longer make?

I'm in a wedding and I am free to choose the bridesmaid dress of my choosing as long as it's in the designated color family (consisting, more or less, of purplish: aubergine, plum, lilac).

I really like the dress I linked to, but I can't find it. I've searched Ebay with no luck. Can you help? Any alternative suggestions that are similar to the linked dress?

Time is of the essence . . . .

posted by ihavepromisestokeep to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (11 answers total)

Have you tried Bluefly.com? You can select the style of dress you're looking for (evening, casual, etc.) and the color, in this case purple. I've had much success with Bluefly.
posted by ATX Peanut at 11:05 AM on April 6, 2011

I was a bridesmaid with the same restrictions (anything I wanted, as long as it was purple) and I found the perfect dress at Filene's Basement. Digging around the discount shops can reveal gold.

Also, look at prom dresses: here's Nordstrom's selection of purple prom dresses. A couple of those have VERY similar profiles to the dress you linked, but without the floral trim.

If you can be specific about what you like best about this dress (the shade of purple? the neckline? the length? the cut of the skirt? the flowered trim?) that may help.
posted by Metroid Baby at 11:11 AM on April 6, 2011

(Also, knowing your size and budget will help.)
posted by Metroid Baby at 11:12 AM on April 6, 2011

It's an Adrianna papell dresssearching for the designers name plus "shantung" brought up several for sale on eBay and other online retailers. I'd link but I'm on my phone.
posted by Mimzy at 11:24 AM on April 6, 2011

Per Mimzy, here's one in a size two. They call the color "Pansy."
posted by peep at 11:46 AM on April 6, 2011

Response by poster: Oh, thanks, Mimzy and Peep, that's it! I'm reading that it runs small, so a size 12 or anything larger so that I can alter it, should work!

If I can't find that, per Metroid Baby, what I like is the specific shade of purple, the V neck and the empire waist. Budget is fairly negotiable at this point.
posted by ihavepromisestokeep at 12:43 PM on April 6, 2011

I get a very similar vibe off of this dress from Modcloth: purple, flowers, high but not quite empire waist, no v-neck, available in a 14 but not a 12.
posted by anaelith at 12:58 PM on April 6, 2011

I recently discovered, for better or worse, Asos. It's amazing. You can search for dresses by price and color.

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posted by Hwaet at 1:06 PM on April 6, 2011

Size 12 on Ebay - it's such a beautiful dress!
posted by humph at 1:18 PM on April 6, 2011

Sorry, they're calling that color "Cranberry" - not sure if it's an error?
posted by humph at 1:19 PM on April 6, 2011

There are a few purple/plum empire waist dresses at Boden, but not sure if they may be dressy enough for a bridesmaid dress.
posted by scody at 3:51 PM on April 6, 2011