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I feel like I post so many Outnet purchases in this thread and it all just ends up going horribly wrong, haha :D. I've bought three dresses and a skirt in the past few months and have ended up returning every single one of them - none of them worked out the way I was hoping. Such a shame! But hopefully I'll have had more luck this time...

I've attached the images as my links to the UK site never seem to work!

Black a-line dress: worried it'll make me look like the wicked witch of the west, but am excited to try it. I haven't tried on an a-line HL dress before.

Black a-line skirt: pretty standard basic item at a decent price.

Violet dress: really like this. Looks striking and I love the cut. I did, however, have to size up, as they didn't have my size. It supposedly runs small to size, so I might be okay, but I'm not fully convinced.

Anyone else manage to score anything? There was a really great selection today...in particular a gold dress which I absolutely LOVED. Sadly, they didn't have my size.


LOVE THE PURPLE DRESS!!
What time did the UK sale start? the us site just keeps saying it arrives today but i have no clue as to when =(
 
I feel like I post so many Outnet purchases in this thread and it all just ends up going horribly wrong, haha :D. I've bought three dresses and a skirt in the past few months and have ended up returning every single one of them - none of them worked out the way I was hoping. Such a shame! But hopefully I'll have had more luck this time...

I've attached the images as my links to the UK site never seem to work!

Black a-line dress: worried it'll make me look like the wicked witch of the west, but am excited to try it. I haven't tried on an a-line HL dress before.

Black a-line skirt: pretty standard basic item at a decent price.

Violet dress: really like this. Looks striking and I love the cut. I did, however, have to size up, as they didn't have my size. It supposedly runs small to size, so I might be okay, but I'm not fully convinced.

Anyone else manage to score anything? There was a really great selection today...in particular a gold dress which I absolutely LOVED. Sadly, they didn't have my size.

Great finds on the Uk site! I have the Magenta dress & it's one of my favorites. The dress does run TTS, I hope she isn't too big for you :smile1:
 
LOVE THE PURPLE DRESS!!
What time did the UK sale start? the us site just keeps saying it arrives today but i have no clue as to when =(

They say it starts at 10am, but it usually starts to land at around 9.45am....as evidenced by the fact that they'd emailed me my order confirmation by 9.50am!! I always make a note to check the site at 9.45am on days when they have an HL sale...it's the only real way to get the good stuff. They'd already sold out of a dress I'd otherwise have ordered by the time I logged in.

Great finds on the Uk site! I have the Magenta dress & it's one of my favorites. The dress does run TTS, I hope she isn't too big for you :smile1:

Noooo, disappointed that it's TTS!! I'm literally going to go and eat a cupcake now! :smile1: fingers crossed. The Outnet really do sometimes make up a lot of nonsense with their HL sizing. I recently bought a dress which supposedly ran "small to size, take the next size up"; I ignored this completely, got my usual size....and it was too BIG :pout:.
 
They say it starts at 10am, but it usually starts to land at around 9.45am....as evidenced by the fact that they'd emailed me my order confirmation by 9.50am!! I always make a note to check the site at 9.45am on days when they have an HL sale...it's the only real way to get the good stuff. They'd already sold out of a dress I'd otherwise have ordered by the time I logged in.



Noooo, disappointed that it's TTS!! I'm literally going to go and eat a cupcake now! :smile1: fingers crossed. The Outnet really do sometimes make up a lot of nonsense with their HL sizing. I recently bought a dress which supposedly ran "small to size, take the next size up"; I ignored this completely, got my usual size....and it was too BIG :pout:.

thank you kitty! as soon as i read this the dresses appeared on the US site but the dress i wanted did even show up in my size (just medium and large) :pout: and i agree with the sizing everything is big according to them lately?! odd
 
thank you kitty! as soon as i read this the dresses appeared on the US site but the dress i wanted did even show up in my size (just medium and large) :pout: and i agree with the sizing everything is big according to them lately?! odd

At one point they had the same silk Zac Posen dress on their site in two colours - black and cream. The black was apparently small to size, but the cream was apparently LARGE to size. I bought both, and both turned out to be true to size. Ever since, I've pretty much ignored their sizing and rely on my own knowledge of the brands! :smile1:

However, in this case, I just couldn't resist the fuchsia/magenta/violet/whatever-they-want-to-call-it dress. I'm hoping for the best, but prepared for disappointment.
 
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thank you kitty! as soon as i read this the dresses appeared on the US site but the dress i wanted did even show up in my size (just medium and large) :pout: and i agree with the sizing everything is big according to them lately?! odd

At one point they had the same silk Zac Posen dress on their site in two colours - black and cream. The black was apparently small to size, but the cream was apparently LARGE to size. I bought both, and both turned out to be true to size. Ever since, I've pretty much ignored their sizing and rely on my own knowledge of the brands! :smile1:

However, in this case, I just couldn't resist the fuchsia/magenta/violet/whatever-they-want-to-call-it dress. I'm hoping for the best, but prepared for disappointment.

I hope it works out for you i wanted that dress so bad in xs it didnt even appear on the site only thing that popped up on the US was medium and large ...keep us posted
 
At one point they had the same silk Zac Posen dress on their site in two colours - black and cream. The black was apparently small to size, but the cream was apparently LARGE to size. I bought both, and both turned out to be true to size. Ever since, I've pretty much ignored their sizing and rely on my own knowledge of the brands! :smile1:

However, in this case, I just couldn't resist the fuchsia/magenta/violet/whatever-they-want-to-call-it dress. I'm hoping for the best, but prepared for disappointment.

It is indeed a very gorgeous dress! I was 15 mins too late, my size was sold out :(

Good luck to you, would be such a pity if you had to return it.
 
kitty89 said:
They say it starts at 10am, but it usually starts to land at around 9.45am....as evidenced by the fact that they'd emailed me my order confirmation by 9.50am!! I always make a note to check the site at 9.45am on days when they have an HL sale...it's the only real way to get the good stuff. They'd already sold out of a dress I'd otherwise have ordered by the time I logged in.

Noooo, disappointed that it's TTS!! I'm literally going to go and eat a cupcake now! :smile1: fingers crossed. The Outnet really do sometimes make up a lot of nonsense with their HL sizing. I recently bought a dress which supposedly ran "small to size, take the next size up"; I ignored this completely, got my usual size....and it was too BIG :pout:.

I stopped buying HL dresses on Outnet unless it says TTS cos when they say it runs small, the measurements are really strange when I compare it with the ones I already own. For ex, I'm XS and the measurements of my dresses are bust 68-70, waist 56cm. When I looked at the supposedly "runs small" dresses on Outnet it seems that I need the bust of the XS and the waist of the S. I even chatted online with a style consultant online but it wasnt much help. they don't refund shipping and import tax where I live so it's not worth it for me to try :0(

That said, I am always always an XS when I try on dresses at the boutique so I have a feeling that some of the dresses that end up on Outnet are here because they're rejects due to odd size, so they could vary from dress to dress even the same style.
 
I stopped buying HL dresses on Outnet unless it says TTS cos when they say it runs small, the measurements are really strange when I compare it with the ones I already own. For ex, I'm XS and the measurements of my dresses are bust 68-70, waist 56cm. When I looked at the supposedly "runs small" dresses on Outnet it seems that I need the bust of the XS and the waist of the S. I even chatted online with a style consultant online but it wasnt much help. they don't refund shipping and import tax where I live so it's not worth it for me to try :0(

That said, I am always always an XS when I try on dresses at the boutique so I have a feeling that some of the dresses that end up on Outnet are here because they're rejects due to odd size, so they could vary from dress to dress even the same style.

When the sale is over at our HL boutiques, they are shipped back to corporate. Most of the time it does go to Outnet and all the other clothing clearance retailers. You are actually better off getting the dresses from the boutiques during the sale because it's the same price you see on Outnet and the quality will be better. Instead of waiting for past season items on the Outnet. Right now you are seeing 1 resort 2012 dress, PreFall & Fall 2011 and past past season items on there. Why wait when you can have it now :smile1:
 
I have the magenta dress. Yes it does run tts. It was one of my first HL dress & back then I wasn't sure of my HL size, so I opted for size s. Now after several HL dresses, I know I'm actually a xs. But though the magenta dress is one size too big for me, I'm keeping it nonetheless! :)
 
Hello ladies! I have recently discovered HL and am having a lot of fun exploring the designs. I've noticed that a lot of the ladies on here score beautiful HL dresses at reduced prices on sale, at least the reveals on here seem to be a lot of sale purchases rather than full price, and that has got me wondering...do most HL dresses eventually go on sale? With all the different sources for HL including department stores, boutique, online outlets, etc. it seems like there are many options for buying and your chances of waiting it out for your dress to go on sale would be good. Is this something you long-time fans have noticed? Or do you have to grab a dress you love before it sells out? On neimanmarcus.com and saks.com I've noticed the smaller sizes (XXS especially) seem to sell out first, but the larger sizes tend to stick around till the summer and winter designer sales.
 
Hello ladies! I have recently discovered HL and am having a lot of fun exploring the designs. I've noticed that a lot of the ladies on here score beautiful HL dresses at reduced prices on sale, at least the reveals on here seem to be a lot of sale purchases rather than full price, and that has got me wondering...do most HL dresses eventually go on sale? With all the different sources for HL including department stores, boutique, online outlets, etc. it seems like there are many options for buying and your chances of waiting it out for your dress to go on sale would be good. Is this something you long-time fans have noticed? Or do you have to grab a dress you love before it sells out? On neimanmarcus.com and saks.com I've noticed the smaller sizes (XXS especially) seem to sell out first, but the larger sizes tend to stick around till the summer and winter designer sales.
Yes most dresses go on sale somewhere.
 
bbcakes said:
Hello ladies! I have recently discovered HL and am having a lot of fun exploring the designs. I've noticed that a lot of the ladies on here score beautiful HL dresses at reduced prices on sale, at least the reveals on here seem to be a lot of sale purchases rather than full price, and that has got me wondering...do most HL dresses eventually go on sale? With all the different sources for HL including department stores, boutique, online outlets, etc. it seems like there are many options for buying and your chances of waiting it out for your dress to go on sale would be good. Is this something you long-time fans have noticed? Or do you have to grab a dress you love before it sells out? On neimanmarcus.com and saks.com I've noticed the smaller sizes (XXS especially) seem to sell out first, but the larger sizes tend to stick around till the summer and winter designer sales.

Not always. I've bought quite a few from my local boutique that I never saw online, let alone go on sale. But I always have them hold the dress for me and search online first before buying it at full price. And it has to be a dress that I really really must have ;0P
 
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