We are heartbroken to have paid a second visit to the very promising plus-sized clothing web site, La Grand Dame only to find these crimes against womanity gracing its pages:
A clingy midsection in screaming scarlet does this lovely lady no favors. Neither does the lank hair, cowl neck and wan face.
This skirt is a wrinkled mess. The garment itself is in trouble, but the photo is inexcusably bad.
The shapeless smock atop these garish legging is almost as bad as the leggings themselves. Yes, leggings are back in a big way, but NOT in patterns (especially for you, ministers — maybe for the under 20-set) and NOT in ill-fitting, baggy form like this. Disastrous.
These black pants don’t fit. They’re a rumpled mess around the hem. Who styled this website!!?
Is this, as the web site declares, the “perfect pencil skirt?” I don’t think so. But I can’t really tell, as the horribly tacky patterned stockings distract me too much to see the skirt properly. It looks too snug and too short.
This drab schmatta isn’t TOO terrible, but it’s pretty bad. The lines are bad, it doesn’t sit right on the model’s upper body, and her styling is all wrong. Why is she made up like a drag queen? This gorgeous gal is drowning in make-up!
This is a great look except for the unfortunate screaming ugly stripe of the wrap. What were they thinking? I’d kill for the shoes, though.
At well over $100, these dark denim jeans are neither fashionable nor flattering. Again: they do NOT fit. Look at all that floppy material around the thighs. Go to Lane Bryant and find the right fit for $40. The hem is unfinished and they’re just plain ugly. Can I please have those shoes, though?
She’s cute and it’s a pretty cute top, but wrinkled like that? And hundreds of dollars? I don’t think so. I can find something in a far more interesting color on the sale rack at TJ Maxx if it should come to that.
I would like to understand what make this incredibly expensive dress the Jackie O. dress. I don’t remember Jackie O. ever looking like a rumpled Catholic schoolgirl. This is an insult to plus-sized women. We don’t need this nonsense. And especially not for $348 dollars. They didn’t have an iron anywhere on the premises? During a photo shoot? If I was the designer I’d be furious.
We will certainly continue to revisit La Grand Dame in the hopes that they improve their offerings (the garments I showed are very pricey) and their styling. We are rooting for you Grand Dame! We encourage you to find a better stylist and photographer. I know you’re running a family business, but if we’re going to buy your clothes, they have to look good!
This is a YES! Interesting garment, good fit and vibrant. Please give that model’s hair some volume, though. And send the shoes to me any time. I wear a 6.5.
And this is also a YES because I would totally buy that top and wear it with a black suit over the holidays:
The hair and make-up and shoes look good.
(Look at the Target website — they have it in purple and teal as well, and the model in the teal version is wearing cute gladiator sandals and showing the dress to a much better advantage).