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Style Curve: Dress Empress
Mel’s got dresses that will put a spring in your step (even in January!) with color, movement, and new silhouettes for curvy gals and more.
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foreign
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friends it's Mel chief of stores forever
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even I'm back in the fitting room with
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you actually in Edina Minnesota our
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flagship store as I visit our home
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office this week traveling in from
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Chicago and if you are in the midwest
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Burr it is cold so I am going to bring
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you some spring sunshine today so
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whether you are thinking about travel
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destinations that you're going to head
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to on this January or early spring or
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just thinking about your early spring
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wardrobe we're going to talk dresses
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today so as a curvy gal I love dresses
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um they can do wonderful things for your
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silhouette and I'm going to show you
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three different ones that I think should
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be in every curvy gals closet however
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these would be great for any body type
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especially this little dress
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particularly on petites so this is by
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everieve it's our Juliana and it is
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adorable this color is my favorite you
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know I love coral the color is called
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cayenne and it is so fun for spring
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travel wear casually with sneakers
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during the day but pack that sandal for
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dinner in the evening in addition to the
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color I love the details so I have the
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sleeve ruched up but it's a great spring
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Trend transitional dress because it has
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a full sleeve and look at the eyelet
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details so pretty on your arm and then
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that eyelet detail is also here at the
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bottom you don't see through that as
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much because this great little dress is
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lined which makes it really really easy
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to wear great little v-neck which I love
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for broader shoulders and then this belt
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which is perfect for my more rectangle
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body type because I can really create
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that waistline so just very fun playful
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but also incredibly comfortable these
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little sneakers okay so if you received
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our catalog
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you saw we have a whole collection of
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Gola sneakers love these little sneakers
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this one's called Grand Slam Coral here
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a little bit of pink and royal blue on
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the back so so fun with this dress but
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I'm just thinking you know clean easy
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casual that great sneaker that'll take
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you all the way through the spring
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season in addition to the sneaks
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the jewelry here so layered necklaces
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continue to be really important through
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the spring season I've got this on with
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just a really staple nice solid gold
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goryana piece but then layered with just
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a little pop of color and Beads which
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just really plays off this dress so
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great little accessories to pull it all
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together okay next dress the Michael
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Stars ruched Wren dress we have carried
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this for a few seasons now and it's
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because it is a home run on all body
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types so I'll show you this today kind
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of accessories over a black dress great
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little transition into spring wherever
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your travels take you and so let's start
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with accessories first then we'll kind
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of get down to the stress so paired this
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with a jean jacket easy peasy right take
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a great jean jacket layer that over a
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dress for spring this one's a little
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little bit different it's by a Goldie
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it's called the shrunken Charlie so it's
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a little bit cropped and a little bit
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oversized so a different silhouette for
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your closet it's a great black
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distressed color so I think this would
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go with a lot of different things this
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is definitely the pop right so this is a
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new introduction of a crossbody by think
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royland so great black and white
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checkered print still has all the great
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features of think royland their pockets
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I just I love these for travel I have
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all sorts of bags from them
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um so this just pops any outfit and then
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finally this great saddle sandal by
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Dolce Vita so this is called the bloom
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sandal and it has this great braided
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feature here nice little crossover super
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super comfortable but also really high
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fashion this is a great little pickup
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for spring as well so let's talk about
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this dress all right so once you layer
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this up with the accessories you get
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yourself ready for maybe a little bit
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chillier weather with the jacket this is
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the reason we keep this dress on hand so
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it has a great little high crew neck
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perfect for that little layer this is
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just a little multi-strand silver if
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you're looking to pick up a silver piece
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this is a two in one so you get the
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layered look with the you know
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investment of one piece a little bit of
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a layer on the same silver ring here and
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then it this dress is really all about
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how it fits you through the middle so
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this ruching goes all the way up through
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the side so you kind of decide where
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this hits you you can play with the
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ruching do you want to cover anything
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disguise anything through the middle you
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kind of play where with that where that
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ruching Falls I love what this does for
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the shoulder line with that kind of v in
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From Below kind of creates a triangle on
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your body and it just is a beautiful
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beautiful silhouette okay last
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silhouettes and saving the best for last
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every day I end up with a little bit of
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a favorite when I do a try on and I have
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to tell you this is the one so this
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little dress is by Amanda up Richards it
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is called the chamomile dress obviously
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the color is this beautiful emerald
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green and if you have an event coming up
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this season this would be Perfection if
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you've got a little wedding you're
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attending
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um and you're planning that well in
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advance as I know a lot of us do this
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would be perfect so let me walk you
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through the details of this first of all
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obviously the color is a show stopper
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and one of the best things about this
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dress but something I'm not sure if
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you'll see on camera is this feel of the
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fabric and so it isn't cotton it has
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this kind of taffeta feel to it so it
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really kind of elevates it you could
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definitely dress this down do a little
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sneaker and do something fun and casual
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but this can definitely be something
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that also takes you to even an outdoor
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wedding this season the next thing I
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love about this dress is the silhouette
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so I know sometimes dresses like this
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are tough like if I have a bust is this
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something I can wear this is obviously
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very friendly to the bust and also fun
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