I love their scrolly detail (looking at the three skirts and one dress I've bought from them).

I do too! I have a beautiful, bottle green, velvet jackety thing with that scroll work, and a long, purple summer dress that I cherish.

Won't work on the big stage though.

Damn. I just scanned zulily's ready to ship page and couldn't find anything (pretty sure they have some near matches in the regular section, but nothing you can get on short notice). I did find this dress, which does not at all fit the bill but is still awesome and *someone* should get it for sure: [link]

Ohmagod, that is awesome. For something.

I am so frustrated.

Somehow, in my wanderings, I got on a euro-pinterest board that had exactly what I want...in Denmark, RU and various other countries, to which, I have no access.

Blergh.

This kind of thing is so hard for me and once I get an idea in my head, it is hard to shake. Plus. I made a choice, dammit! That's huge for me, where clothes are concerned...and then to not have it work out.

I am cross. Extremely cross.

And, of course, it turns out that there are really close matches right there, just none for shipping anytime sooner than "Maybe in the next couple of weeks? Or next month. But totally this year, we pinky-swear."

Which is the downside of zulily; it's just not the place to go when you urgently need something right away or else. If that's a style you like in general, it may be worthwhile to sign up so you can stock up in a leisurely and dawdling fashion, but of course that does you no good right now.

Maybe this? [link]

That is actually really pretty, and I could borrow a cool pendant.

Sadly, I need long sleeves.

I will try the zulily sign up for future stuff.

Now I'm looking at steampunk jackets and such.

I really don't know what I am going to do. This is a big deal opportunity and I need to be comfortable and to stand out against the sea of office wear.

Thanks for the support JZ. I'll try again tomorrow.

I need ideas for places to look at edgy-ish, loose, tunic style dresses for a big conference I'm speaking at Oct. 2.

I replied over at FB, but links are easier to give you here! Anyway, the current term for that sort of fashion is "Lagenlook". I know that eBay and Amazon pulls up some interesting things with that term, but prices and sizing tend to be all over the map.

However! I have been researching this style for some other friends, so I have handy links!

LotusTraders Clothing: [link] Look in the Short Dresses, Jackets, and Tops section. Be warned, things take a long time to get to you, so you may want to spring for one of the faster shipping options.

Pyramid Collection: [link] As much as this catalog makes me roll my eyes sometimes, they've got a lot of good things in the Tops and Tunics section.

Oh My Gauze! [link] Huh, I hadn't gone through their site, and they've got some really nice things. Slightly higher price points, but I've heard good things about them. And look at this! [link]

Oooh, Pyramid is tempting. Unfortunately cloaks are impractical when driving one's own car.

I wondered about Pyramid Collection, but thought their stuff might have the same kind of scrolly embellishment as Holy Clothing.