Your boob job isn't helping

It's a shirt. Put on some damn leggings. Thanks.

Maybe the S stands for Shirt and not Serena...

Pantyhose doesn't equal Leggings, Blake Lively. And even if they did, leggings aren't pants, Blake Lively. You got that, Blake Lively?

XOXO

Bebe is having a Sale!

This look is Half off alright....

I knew I was missing something...

Shirt? Check. Scarf? Check. Pants?


Shirt? Check. Fishnets? Check. Pants?

Oh. Oops!

Shirt(s)? Check. Purple bangles? Check. Pants?

Crap!!

The Shress: Now for Cougars out on the prowl!

Says P.H in (I'm assuming) Ohio:

"Hey girls, I was out in downtown Columbus recently and there was a gaggle of middle aged woman who by the sight of their hair are still living in 1985! But apparently these 1985 loving townies love shirtordresses as well! I took the best pictures possible. Enjoy!!"

Obviously, this woman doesn't pay attention to the labels when ordering from Newport News. It's a sweater, not a dress. Oh! And it comes in Magenta! I'll let my mom know.

And what is the white??? Her underwear? Are you kidding me??? Note to cougar: Invest in nude panties.

That is all.

You can vote for multiple items in today's poll btdub...

An Open Letter to Macy*s

Dear Macy*s:

We are writing in order to report an error on your website. Instead of "tunic top," you have labeled this item a "sweater-knit hooded dress." Clearly, this is not a dress! Pairing an item with silver shoes doesn't automatically make it suitable to wear without pants. We expect this error to be fixed ASAP to prevent as many juniors as possible from walking around like this in public.

Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Essodee and JD

Macy's, Macy's - Why have you forsaken me!?!?

Um....

"A country-chic plaid shirtdress that can be worn with leggings or over jeans..."

Oh really!? Then WHY is your model wearing NEITHER?

Thanks to Kim Burley for submitting this gem.

Also from Macys:

"a timeless look that's always in style"

God I hope not.

"takes you from a day out with friends to a hot date at night"

Somehow, I think everyone would ask me who I hooked up with the night before if I wore this during a "day out with friends." Who wants brunch? I'm wearing this. Seriously, M. You're lucky that I love your Thanksgiving Day parade and your one day sales or else I'd be cutting up my Macy's card stat...

Note to self: Tights are NOT leggings.

The following is an e-mail I received from a reader. I love that Shirt or Dress Spotting is catching on. If you have any funny stories, feel free to email them my way @
shirtordress@gmail.com...

Friday at my work (on a college campus) I saw the most egregious shirt v. dress crisis IN THE WORLD, and because you have this amazing blog dedicated to this exact topic, I felt that I should share:

amazing!? did she call my blog amazing?! yeah, that sounds about right.

A young woman was wearing what is WITHOUT A DOUBT a shirt paired with sheer black tights. She seemed to think that the tights solved the problem of her wearing a shirt as a dress, which, in the case of actual leggings, I might be willing to forgive her for, but in the case of SHEER NYLONS I can't. From the front this outfit just looked awkward (and weather inappropriate, as it's mid-November in Seattle), but when she passed me and I saw 1/3 of her ASS, unflatteringly covered by black sheer tights, I was horrified. If your messenger bag causes your shirt to ride up and expose your ass, you cannot under any circumstances try to pass it off as a dress. It's that simple.

SHEER NYLONS? In Seattle? At least they were not "nude" or "suntan." Yeah, I know all of the Leggs' shades. Also, I'm suspecting this chick is definitely not an "A" or "B" size.

So the moral of my anecdote is this, I guess: shirts worn as dresses must be paired with leggings or real pants. Tights are not an acceptable substitute.

Amen, sista'

That's all. I felt like you'd be the most sympathetic ear for this story. Also I should mention that I haven't gotten any work done since I started looking at pictures of SODs.

How funny! I haven't gotten any work done since I started writing it...

Yes. Let's all take a moment to reflect on the lesson learned from this lil' vignette just shared with you. Now, dear readers, go spread this lesson so that no one you know, love, and/or care about subjects an innocent bystander to this sort of atrociousness.


- JD

Shirt + Shirt = Dress? NO.

I'll quickly address the fact that there are TWO sod's in this pic. Ha. But, who's Pink SOD on the "phone" with? It's like some weird drunken fake version of that part in "Millionaire" where you get to phone a friend.

"Shelly, it's Regis - I'm here with Amber. She needs your help - Amber go."

"Hey Shelly! OMG! This is soooo, like, cool! Hey - so the question is - Am I wearing a shirt or dress? Okay - 10 seconds... 5 seconds... Okay - she said I'm wearing a shirt. But I TOTALLY think it's a dress. Okay I don't know. I think I'm going to poll the audience!"

And then the audience is like, you're a f*cking moron.








To all the Bobsey Twins running around like this with no pants on - QUIT ENABLING EACH OTHER!

That is all.

It's okay! She's wearing tights!

Yeah, well, maybe they should be a bit more opaque. Such a pretty color for a shirt. To all the guys out there, this is what MAUVE looks like. Mystery solved!

Shirt or dress or Math Lesson???

It might be interesting to note that upon finding this image, I quickly saved it as "horrendous.jpg."