Review: Keyhole dress in Italian stretch by J.Crew

What: Keyhole Italian wool stretch dress J.Crew

Season: Spring 2015

Material: 100% wool; gorgeous pinkish purple 🙂

Quality: Good stretching wool but thin fabric despite the polyester lining. Should feel great in the summer heat 🙂

Fit: Runs small, I recommend you size up if you want room on your hip area.  Also, the front slit may be inappropriate as an office wear but you are able to reduce it as a simple DIY project (or you could bring to the tailor).

Sissi’s verdict: Wait for sale. Or if you want, take advantage of the 30% promo.

Do you agree? Please share!

Review: Audrey Suede Pumps

Got the Collection Audrey pumps during last 30% promo.

My review below:

Pros: comfortable, loving the cutout and almond toe, great color (yellowish green)

Cons: suede will get dirty easily

Fit: slightly larger than regular so would advise to go with your shorter shoe-size at the Crew

Material: 100% suede top and 100% leather lining and sole

Sissi’s verdict: Keeper!

Have you tried these lovely pumps? Do you agree with my review? Please share!

Boden promo: 10% to 15% OFF this week

Week-long deal from Boden, see poster below and click on it to be redirected to Boden’s website.

Review: Silk top in Moonglow Paisley

The top went on sale in stores and quickly disappeared from my local store…VPS found one for me so here is a review:

Pros: unique print, versatile

Cons: very light silk, no lining so warm weather may not work for this coat…

Fit: TTS but I’d advise to size up for tall girls to limit tightness during motion of shoulders/arms.  However, that makes the top big everywhere else

Material: 100% silk

Sissi’s verdict: undecided…the print is nice and the sales OK but the top did not wow me as expected. Considering I already have enough tops, am leaning towards returning this one.  What do you think?

Reviews: Majesty Peacoat in Stadium Cloth

A great deal on the Majesty Peacoat.  I have the light grey from previous seasons and have purchased the navy and decadent red during the 50% “HAPPYSALE” promo this season.  This promo is still active until tomorrow.

Pros: this is a classic, I’ve worn my peacoat with pretty much everything. No bulk even when you layer underneath.  The golden buttons and cut match up well.  I love the contrasting colors between the exterior wool and the interior polyester. The decadent red and a navy interior, while the navy wool has a rich red interior.  And was I surprised to see that the light grey from previous seasons has a matching interior but depending on the angle, it turns orange as shown below 🙂 nice surprise!

Cons: original price but with promo and the extra 50% off, it was worth it

Material: 79% wool and 21% polyester

Fit: true-to-size, the fit is slightly loose, not designed to be tight (unlike the Lady Day coat or the Metro coat).

Sissi’s verdict: keeper, if you are able to get it with extra 50% off!  Do you agree? Please share! You can see the top on Long Leggy Loving and its factory version reviewed by Gigi.