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ArcticFox
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Not thrilled about Christmas dresses -
ArcticFox
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Has anyone noticed a lot of the dresses this year are sweater dresses or a lot have shades of pink in them? Nothing against those dresses - but I am trying to find one that has red/black/white (in any combo - or can just be 2 colors) because of the dress we have for my other DD.
For example, I was at Target and there were some cute dresses but they had a bright pink in them. I was hoping for a little more traditional.
BTW - this is solely for the purpose of a Christmas photo.. otherwise I could care less!
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Re: Not thrilled about Christmas dresses -
I actually found DD #1's dress @ Target and it's black and red. DD #2's dress is black and cream. I found that one on the clearance rack for $10 at The Children's Place. I normally LOVE the black, pink, and gray dresses around Christmas, but this year I bought their dresses early (back in the beginning of Nov.) and they didn't have any of the other colors out yet..so I went traditional. I would check some of the department stores. They seem to have more traditional dresses than the modern ones (stores like Shopko, Boston Store, Kohls, JCPenny).
Target has one right now that is black and white plaid with a red sash. I just found out I am having a girl in April and I even considered buying that dress for next christmas.
https://www.target.com/Infant-Toddler-Girls-Cherokee-Black/dp/B003VDSHD0/ref=br_1_26?ie=UTF8&id=Infant%20Toddler%20Girls%20Cherokee%20Black&node=13749031&searchSize=30&searchView=grid5&searchPage=1&sr=1-26&qid=1290442121&rh=&searchBinNameList=style_name%2Csleeve_type%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin%2Ctarget_com_character-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1
We're reusing Em's dresses for Kate this year, so I also wanted to try to find dresses to match them.
I got these two from Gap:
Also, I don't know if you have a Hartstrings store near you, but I always have good luck finding traditional Christmas dresses there. This year I also got the girls matching red and black plaid jumpers. The website (www.hartstrings.com) has some dresses but the ones I bought aren't listed, probably because our store is an outlet.
I got DD a cute traditional one at Kohls, it has a long sleeved black velvet on top with a red plaid skirt (Christmas plaid). Looks really cute on her and doesn't make her look like she's 13. She's 3, I hate all the short/grown up looking ones for little girls. They had some of the short ones at Kohls, but at least a few nice ones.
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DD1, Kathleen 9/15/2007
Hanna Andersson has some super cute dresses in red and/or black. We'll probably end up getting the girls' dresses there or at Gap. I haven't seen much at Target that I like this season.
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
We ended up using this dress from Hanna Anderson. They had a really great sale earlier this month. It is a heavy knit but I thought it turned out very cute. I had a hard time finding a dress this year. I really wanted black/grey tones and a lot seemed to be like you said pink or brown tones.
Nope, the only thing I've noticed is that they seem to be the really cheap, trashy material lately.
Ditto on the Cinderella dresses (so pretty), but I found the same one from JCP at our Burlington for 1/3 of the price! They had a lot of Christmas red, green, gold, and silver, as well as a few white and black ones.