JCrew New Arrivals (Part 3): Dressy Stuff

I hope that I'm not annoying you with these posts. The fact is that last week I had a lot of time in my hands as my husband was travelling for work (don't be sorry for him, he was in Rio de Janeiro drinking mojitos and cahipirinas!) so I kept going back to Jcrew as a therapy against loneliness. But I have been good, I didn't buy anything besides a couple of tees and the "Farrow" top.
By now many of you have made the trip to a store, but I hope that my pics are useful for those who don't live anywhere near a store or have stores with limited merchandise.

During these trips, I've tried more dressier stuff, starting with the Silk crescent-collar cami in deep rose. The color is more of a cooper, not sure why they called it "rose":



The sizing is perfect, no armholes sticking out and because of the heavy fabric it doesn't fly away from the body:

It's a nice cami, perfectly fitted but I don't need anything like that.

Don't laugh at this one. I wanted to give the flannel boyfriend blazer a try but I should have tried it with pants:


The skirt in these pics is the Hammered silk skirt in light graphite. I had high expectations for this skirt but I didn't like it on me, I think because the pockets create a pooch not very flattering (I'm trying a size 2 in this pic because the 0 was sold-out in the store but I found one in another store and still didn't like it on. Anyway it runs BIG, the 0 would have needed an alteration).

Then I tried the "Midnight" cami (cami in the same fabric of the Midnight dress, it must be retail-only for the time being). Here too the sizing is good:

I did try Midnight dress (no pics, sorry) but I didn't like the fit (it's a little bit high-weisted) and the rosettes on the front are overwhelming IMO.

Then it's the turn of the Silk evening Primrose Brynn dress. I really wanted to try the poplin one in the warm wisteria color but it's not in the stores yet (they only carried the black version) so I tried the silk Primrose print. This runs TTS to small IMO, I could barely button the zip up:



I wasn't carried away, again because it's not defined in the weist area. But check it out on Summerilla, she looks great in it.

I also tried the Primrose cardigan and it runs TTS to big IMO. The XS was fitted (especially in the arms) but there was no gasping at the button holes and the S was a little bit roomier than usual but looked still like my size.

Someone mentionned that the fit of theTextured jersey open crewneck painter tee was great, so I tried it even if I didn't want to spend $29.50 in yet another plain tee (sorry no pics, the battery of my camera died at some point). It is absolutely true, the fit is FANTASTIC but it runs SMALL, the S was very fitted. The pale lilac color is to die for and I will surely look for it when it goes on sale. I would reccomend to size up.

I came out of the store with the already (un)famous "Headache tee". I love the color (weathered stone), and here is a pic of the beading:


Thank you to mrs.anketell, susan and gigiofca for letting me know about this tee.
Here I'm wearing it with the "Forever" cardigan. I really liked this cardigan, quite surprisingly because as many commented is very long and I thought that it wouldn't look good on a petite. However, I like how it falls down and it's perfect for layering and to wear with skinny jeans.



I didn't want to spend $89.50 on it though so I didn't buy it. I'm almost sure that I will find it on sale and because of the weight this can be worn later in the season.

That's pretty much it. I don't think that there is anything left in this roll-out that I want to try. By the way, there was no lace cami left at the Soho store, it's gone for good, sorry ladies! And the captain tee was selling out very fast, especially the navy one (XS was sold out in two stores). But instead of this one I picked up two striped short-sleeves tees at the Gap with the 30% off coupon (post to come).
As usual I will be happy to answer your questions if I can!