AMAZON Try-On Haul - MODEST Classic Wedding Guest Dresses! ＊must-see 2021＊
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In this episode, I try on a few modest dresses from Amazon to see if they work with my style. I also talk about what to look for when choosing a modest dress to wear to a wedding and what to wear with heels.
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Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's video where I'm going to be trying on modest dresses
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I got from Amazon to wear to weddings. So it is officially wedding season, right? We've been in
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wedding season for probably about a month now. May, it was starting to kick up, and now we're
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in June, and soon it's going to be July, and the weddings just keep coming, especially because
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most people had to postpone their weddings to 2021. So any weddings that were going to be this
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year are already happening, and any weddings that were going to be last year have been rescheduled
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for this year. So we're all busy. We're all going to a lot of weddings, which I love, and it's my
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favorite. So I thought it would be fun for me to try and find some modest dresses that I could wear to
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weddings from Amazon, so you get two-day shipping, and all of the dresses in this video are, I believe,
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under $50, which is pretty great for a dress that you would want to wear to a wedding.
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So I wanted to try them on, see if they worked, see if you should wear them to weddings, if I should
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wear them to weddings, and I actually came up with a bunch of great options. So I'm really excited to
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share these dresses with you guys today. Make sure to subscribe to my channel and ring that
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already signed up and become a part of the Classic crew. So now that we've talked about that, let's get
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into today's try-on haul. So the first dress that I tried on was this maxi dress, and I think it is
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beautiful, and it feels really nice on the skin. So I got it in a medium. It was actually a bit big
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for me. It was a little bit big in the waist, and you know what? It was just a little bit big all
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over, so I would probably size down to a small. That was something I did notice with all of the
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dresses, and you'll see in all of the little clips that I insert, that I ordered mediums and
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everything because I wasn't sure. And I found that many of the dresses ran big, so maybe it would be
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worth sizing down. And this dress was about $45 when I ordered it, and I think it is beautiful.
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I would totally wear this to a wedding, something that's a little bit more boho, or you know, you can
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even wear it to something a little bit dressier because it is floor length, and it comes in a bunch
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of different colors. The lace is beautiful. It's so soft. The quality, I think, is actually very, very good.
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And you can also wear this not to a wedding. I think that it's just a beautiful summer dress.
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It is a little bit dressy, but it's funny because I wouldn't say that this is a gown. This isn't
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something that's really dressed up. It's just kind of right in the middle between being a little bit
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fancy, but also could be a little bit more casual just depending on how you dressed it up. But I think
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that this dress is beautiful. I would actually really recommend it if you're looking for something
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like this. Some things to keep in mind as far as modesty. The seams around the waist and up the bust,
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those are actually open, so I would wear an undershirt. I wore an undershirt with this dress
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when I tried it on for a couple of reasons. One, it's a v-neck, so I didn't want to have any cleavage.
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And two, I wanted to cover up those little kind of seams and lace areas that were not lined. So that's
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my tip number one. And tip number two is that the length on this is great. If you are a taller girl
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and you want to be able to wear this with heels, you will be fine. I wore this with heels, as you
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can see in the clips, and it touched the floor. It was great. So I really like this. I love the colors
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it comes in. I think it's really good for certain styles of weddings. I guess what I'm a little bit
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confused about is if it skews boho. And I want to know from you guys, do you think that this dress
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skews more on the boho side, or do you think that it is more dressy? Because I think maybe it's just
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the seams, those lace detailings around the waist and up the bust that make it seem more boho to me.
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And so it makes me think, okay, I wouldn't necessarily wear this to a formal wedding. I would probably wear
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this more to a semi-formal or even a little bit more dress down. So I want to know your thoughts
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on that because I can't decide how I feel. But I do think that this dress is beautiful, and I do think
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you could wear it to a lot of summer weddings. Next up, I want to talk about this little green number.
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I love this dress. I think it is perfect for weddings. I think it is beautiful for cocktail
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parties. I mean, this is a dress that you could wear over and over and over again in a lot of
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different ways. It's great for weddings, great for work parties. It's something that's really pretty,
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but is also perfectly modest. I mean, you really don't have to do anything to make this dress more
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modest than it already is. And I love that. I love the length. I love the neckline. I love the little
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kind of lacy cap sleeve. I think it's just perfect. I really liked the color I got it in. The green was
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beautiful. The fabric is really soft and comfortable. I have had dresses like this where the lace was
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actually pretty itchy, so it was really nice to have a dress that was comfortable. It did run a bit big.
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I got it in a medium. I probably should have sized down to a small, but I actually can't decide about
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that because it fit my hips well, but it was big in the waist. So probably I would stick with a medium,
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at least for me. And if I wanted to spend the money, I would get it tailored. Otherwise,
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I would just wear it with a belt. But this dress really is so nice. I think it is just perfect for
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that semi-formal wedding. You could wear the perfect heels with it and just look beautiful.
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And it is versatile, so that's another really lovely thing about it. So I really, I really recommend
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this one. And I can't wait. I think I might actually wear this one to a friend's wedding.
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This dress was also about $45 when I ordered it, which I think is a pretty good price
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for this dress and for the number of ways you can wear it, a number of places that you'll have to
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wear it. So the next dress that I tried on was a little bit of a fail. I got it because in the
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picture, I thought it looked really pretty. And the girl in the picture, it hits her at her waist.
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For me, the waistline hit right under the bust. So here's what I'm going to say about this dress.
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It's well made. I mean, the fabric is pretty. I don't love the lace design in this dress,
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but the lace itself is good quality. My issue is the waistline and the waistline is just too high.
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I think this would be perfect for maternity. So if you are attending a wedding this summer and you
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are pregnant, I think this would actually be a great dress for that because it hits right in
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the right place above the belly and it will look really adorable. But if you are just a normal person
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and you want to have a dress that hits at your waistline, this is not the dress. It's just
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the waistline is way too high. At least on me, it didn't work at all. But the dress is nice. So if
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you are pregnant or if you like an empire waist or maybe even if you have a bit of a smaller
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tress than I do, this dress could work for you. But it just did not work for me at all. Would not
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recommend it if you're just looking for something that's going to be like a normal fitting, hit you
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at the waist, fit and flare sort of dress. Next up was this kind of twist front dress. And I have some
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mixed feelings about it. So it was about $33 when I bought it. And I think that it's actually very
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flattering from the front. I think that the kind of twist in the front is actually very flattering
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and it accentuates your waist in a unique way. The fabric is okay. I mean it's a very thin stretchy
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fabric so it shows everything. And the slit in the front is a little bit high for my liking. The V in the
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front is a little bit low for my liking. So you would have to wear a shirt underneath it. And if
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you aren't comfortable with that front slit from a modesty perspective, you would probably have to
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kind of sew it together. But the other issue for me was the back. So I got it in a medium and I think
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I probably should have gotten it in a small. But I don't know that it would have changed it. Because
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the issue is the back doesn't cling to your back. So it does that thing that it's like straight
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and then you kind of see your butt. But it like doesn't define your body shape in the right way.
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And it looks a little bit odd in profile. I don't love that in a dress that's supposed to be fitted.
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I think it actually can make you look a little bit heavier. And this isn't a dress that you can belt
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to force the fabric to show your figure. So this isn't my favorite dress. I don't think it's the best
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quality. But it is interesting. And I wanted to try and throw something else in that was just a
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little bit different. I think you could make it work. I think if you sized down and you wore seamless
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underwear and stuff like that, it could work. But you also would have to think about how to make this
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work for you from a modesty perspective. And that front opening is not going to be as easy to make
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modest. Now it also depends on your height. And it depends on how high that comes for you. For me,
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it just came a little bit too high for my liking. But it just depends on your preference as far as
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that. And then you would have to wear a shirt underneath as far as the V. So that's my thoughts
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on this dress. Could work, but not my favorite. Last but not least is this fit and flare dress.
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I think it is adorable. I thought this would be perfect for like a summer afternoon wedding,
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maybe outdoors. And I just thought this was kind of different from everything else that I had chosen.
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And it comes in a million colors. It's under $30 when I purchased it. And you can get it in a million
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different patterns. Now I think this dress is really cute and very, very fun for a summer wedding.
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For me, the waist was too big. I took off the belt to show you because with the belt, you can kind of
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conceal that. But the waist was too big on me. I had it in a medium. I would probably size down to a
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small. The dress itself, though, is adorable. Nice quality. You can get it in pretty much every
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color. And it's just a nice addition to have in your wardrobe. Honestly, you could wear it just all
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summer long. And then you could wear it to just a little bit more of a casual wedding. And I like
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the idea of that. I also think this dress is perfectly modest. So you literally have no concerns on that
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front, which is very nice. So this is a little more on the casual side. Some of the other dresses I
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showed were more on the fancy side. And I think it's a great purchase. So those are the five dresses
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that I wanted to share with you guys that I tried on for this modest wedding guest dresses Amazon
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haul. If you're interested in trying any of these for yourself, make sure to look in the description
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box because there will be links to everything that I tried on in this video. And you can see if this is
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something that you'd like to purchase. Let me know in the comments which dress was your favorite,
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which of these you would wear to a wedding, because I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts.
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