Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress

Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress // www.xloveleahx.co.uk

Hiya lovelies! Today I'm talking about this Pink Clove velvet dress which is gorgeous, but as you can see it's too short for me to wear out as a dress. I'm really bummed as I LOVE the dress, but the length is not good. The velvet is so on trend and the glitter stars are so Christmassy. It could have been SO perfect. *does a little cry*

Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress // www.xloveleahx.co.uk

Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress

I deliberately took pictures with it on its own so you get an honest representation of the length on me. I'm 5ft 5 and I'm wearing a size 28. I'm completely bummed out that it doesn't work as a dress, but lovely Diana on Twitter suggested I wear it with black jeans shorts and I think it'll look amazing like that over thick black tights. I decided to pair it with a skirt to take more photos in as my neighbours could quite easily have seen my bum. Heh!
Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress // www.xloveleahx.co.uk
Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress // www.xloveleahx.co.uk
I had my hair cut on Saturday. I had it thinned out with a razor and a few inches off overall as it had been 5 months since my last cut and it needed a total overhaul. I've got that new hair 'I don't know how to style it!' thing going on. ;)
Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress // www.xloveleahx.co.uk
Pink Clove have really come on leaps and bounds on the design front recently and they have loads of needful things, but this issue of length is a big one, and one I know that many other people experience. I'm not 100% sure of this but I think the patterns have been scaled up from straight sized patterns. This is because I've had several dresses from Pink Clove now and all but one of them have been REALLY short. Something that many people don't realise about plus size bodies is we need extra length as well as extra width in our clothes. Extra width on its own is of no use as our bodies need fabric to go OVER them....big boobs, big tummies, big butts...they all eat up material. It's not simply a matter of length from shoulder to hem with us. This is why scaling up patterns from straight sizes never works. So if this is the case with Pink Clove, I hope they fix it. I can only wear this dress as a top. I'm put off buying anything but maxi dresses from PC as I know they'll be much too short for me and that's a shame. Plus size patterns exist and there are plus size fit models to check lengths on a plus size body before items go into mass production. This dress is easily 8 inches too short for me, but it's lovely and it's a real shame.
Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress // www.xloveleahx.co.uk
Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress // www.xloveleahx.co.uk
PEEKABOO!
Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress // www.xloveleahx.co.uk
Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress // www.xloveleahx.co.uk
I'm wearing:
Pink Clove Plus Zara Velvet Star Shift Dress £26
Red 180 denier tights, Big Tights Company £18.95
Sparkly shoes, present from Mookie from Spanish Primark
Pleated skirt, past season Yours Clothing similar here £34.30 here £20
Patent loafers, past Rocket Dog similar here £40

The glitter on the stars does shed easily and I don't think it'll survive too many washes, but if you're shorter than 5 feet or are a couple of sizes smaller than me and can size up for desperately needed length, go for it, it'll make a lovely Christmas dress! I love the alternative vibes of this dress but sadly it wasn't meant to be. 

Have you found dresses from Pink Clove to be too short?
Thanks for reading,
Leah xoxo
*dress sent for review

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