Check this out — this dress was actually sent to me on a postcard inviting me to a Trina Turk trunk show in Chicago. (The postcard was addressed to "Mr. E." but that's okay.) The site tells me that this dress is called "Siam" and is $278, available in May (and also available in turquoise, but no pictures of that, sadly).
Somehow I feel that by the time I figure out how to make my ideal version of this dress, the whole Duro Olowu moment will be over. I better get crackin'. Good thing I won that pattern I posted the other day — now if it will only come, say, tomorrow, I can begin to make some progress of one kind or another.
Speaking of progress, with any luck I'll be posting a few interesting things in the next few days, including a DRESS GIVEAWAY CONTEST. Yes, two lucky readers will get a free dress. A hint: the name of the brand giving away the dresses anagrams to "stripe".
A Dress A Day 
An Esprit dress? Rock on.
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OK – now THIS is a Duaro style dress that would be cute on me. I think it’s the combination of longer sleeves and slimmer skirt. And the fabric. I love the fabric. Except that I would wear a slip underneath.Glad that you won the vintage dress pattern. Now I feel like scouting one out myself.Amy
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As soon as win the lottery, I’m getting myself a Trina Turk wardrobe. Thank you for introducing me. Meanwhile, on her website (trinaturk.com) you can see her Siam dress in a neat black based print in the Holiday 2005 collection, and the Marlo in Resort 2005 (I’m drooling for this one).Heather outside Boston
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Okay, now THIS dress looks exactly like the Indian (as in East Indian) made print dress I bought in a hippie boutique in 197*mumble mumble*. Needless to say, it didn’t cost $278, and if this dress is being made by the same labor, it probably shouldn’t cost $278 either, even though in the realm of Duoro knock-offs that’s not too expensive. Anyhoo, I loved that dress, wore it into the ground, and I have no idea what happened to it thereafter.
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That dress is fantastic. I love it. I can’t wait to hear about this dress contest! Yay!
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Love the dress. It would look cute with above the elbow sleeves, too.
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Cute dress. But the way she’s modeling it made me caption it with ‘LOOOOK…..loooook at my junk….loooooook’.Sorry.
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As long as you don’t model yours in such a fashion that it leaves us all wondering if you have “a little itch”, it’s all good, babe.–Lydia
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All right, Erin, what about this one?http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M5137.htm?tab=whats_new&page=1Another Duro contender rears its head!
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I have no idea what this Duro is. I feel stupid! But I’m looking forward to this contest! 😀
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