Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Outfit of the Day: Boden Wrap Dress

I have to profess my newly found love for Boden, the UK-based retailer of ultra-wearable women's, men's and children's clothing. I'd been eying some of their wrap dresses for awhile and managed to snatch up three on clearance last month. These dresses have the same sort of chic but fashionable appeal of Diane von Furstenberg wrap dresses, but at a fraction of the price. Seeing as to how my fiance would hang me from the Harvard bridge if I were still throwing hundreds of dollars on a single garment, the Boden dresses are all the more appealing. I don't want to die.

Kidding--my fiance really isn't a violent person. I shouldn't joke about him hanging me.

But about these dresses...

Awesome points for being a sort of faux wrap. Only the top part wraps and ties, which is great on those windy days when your dress doesn't want to stay down (or closed) and it's a Hanky Panky--or less--underneath.

More awesome points for being machine washable (and well-made). I spend a small fortunate dry cleaning all of my designer stuff (DVF dresses included). Wash and wear? Yeah buddy!


Dress: Boden
Shoes: Coach
Pearls: Gift

Seriously, if you're looking for some versatile work-appropriate clothing , check out Boden. This isn't a sponsored post. I'm just semi-obsessed.

13 comments:

Meg {henninglove} said...

what an awesome dress it love beautiful on you!

jillian :: cornflake dreams. said...

cute! i really like the print. xoxo jillian:: cornflake dreams

Lissy said...

OK I LOVE this dress on you!!

Jenny said...

SHUT-UP!! I just bought this exact dress on clearance!!!

Tangled In Texas said...

Oh I love this! You look gorgeous and that print is TDF!

Kristen said...

Hahaha - I know what you mean about sounding like an ad when you talk about your fave brand. I can see why you like Boden - the dress is cute! I've looked at their catalog before and been impressed - now that I know someone vouches for them, I'll give them a try!

Noelani said...

They keep sending me catalogues and I keep looking but never taking the plunge. I need to get over this.

Michele said...

woah, super cute! I'm going to check them out, STAT!

STYLE'N said...

super cute. I get the catalog but have yet to order anything. the kids stuff looks adorable too.

Samantha said...

Love the dress!! One of my friends introduced my to Boden, but I've never actually bought anything from them. What do you think of their quality?

Kinsey Michaels said...

this dress looks so awesome on you rachael! love the cut, and your hair looks pretty worn up like that!

Jessica @ O. Alouette said...

So cute!! I love that print! Wrap dresses are the best.

Orchid Grey said...

that dress looks incredible on you! I love the jewel tones, perfect for fall!

On a separate note, we're hosting a Boston Fashion Week clothing swap on the 29th and I would love to see you there! There are so many Boston bloggers I haven't met yet! For tickets, go here: http://bfwswap.eventbrite.com/ and you can enter ORCHIDGREY for 25% off! Hope to see you there!

- Julie