Gap Design Editions

[stiletto]

how fast are these things selling? i really wanna get the bow top and maybe a dress, but i cant get to a gap that sells one until maybe this sunday..

The bow top seems to be the one that sells out the fastest. I know that the Gap here in OC at South Coast Plaza is getting another shipment next week (this is how much I love tFS - I am telling you guys rather than keeping it all to myself!) and the people at the Gap told me today that will most likely include small sizes of everything, including the bow top.

Also, I took some photos of myself in the Doo.Ri dress and now I'm having second thoughts. I think I look a little nurse-y.

 

[stiletto]

OK, here it is. A friend of mine loves it on me it but I am beginning to think it looks too much like a nurse's costume!! I have a feeling I will be returning it...

Up closer:

and closer:

 

[luckyme]

its looks so great stilleto...I mean really great.

if you want, wear some capri leggings under it so not to worry about it being too shear. I know that your were concerned about that. If you want to add a different take you could put a widesh belt with it too, just keep it light-hearted, (I wore it with a scarf tied as a belt).

if you so desire, return it but it would be a-shame.

 

[stiletto]

^^thank you luckyme!!! You are so sweet.

My mom keeps saying "nurse costume, nurse costume" - and she's a doctor!! haha. You would think that, by my age (in my 30s!), I would be able to tune out my mother's opinion... *sigh*

Anyway, your leggings idea is a good one, although I don't own any leggings. I wore leggings the first time around ('80s) and I swore never again... I really love your different colored scarf as a belt idea!! Thanks again.

 

[style_savy]

It looks great just don't wear red pumps with them if you don't wanna look like a nurse I would suggest trying to make the width of the bow a bit larger if possible. I personally love a volumous bow

 

[Guessgirl96]

stiletto, I agree that it looks lovely on you but I do see the nurse outfit in it too. I think it would be great with a wide belt though and it would take the nurse look out of it.

I just back my petal sleeve dress from the tailor and I'll take a pic.

 

[PrincessImp.]

stiletto, I think you look great in this outfit. Honestly.
Try tying the belt in a wide sash round a waist or switch it up with another belt at the waist.
I think it's a great foundation piece for you to play around with in terms of accessories

I have been wearing the Doo.Ri scarf shirt the most out of all my pieces, but then the weather's is warming up, so it may be time to try out the shirt-dresses next!
I love to tie the scarf like a tie and wear it with my wide-legged pants... a little mannish but I love this look during a meeting. Or on Fridays, I wrap it around like how it's been done on the Gap website or even a bow. It's amazing how versatile this piece is and I was afraid that this would be the piece that I get the least use out of!

 

[Nymf]

is the rodarte bow pocket dress still available? can you buy online? what's the price?
sorry for all the q's but I'm in love with it

 

[PrincessImp.]

^The bow dress is not available anymore online..
I was in South Coast Plaza yesterday and I only saw L and XL sizes left for it and they only had like 2-3 pieces left.

 

[Nymf]

thanks princessimp

since some stores might be getting another shipment, which size would I need if I'm usually a size 6 US,and what's the price?
thanks again!!

 

[stiletto]

^The bow dress is not available anymore online..
I was in South Coast Plaza yesterday and I only saw L and XL sizes left for it and they only had like 2-3 pieces left.

Thank you for the lovely compliment and advice!! You are so sweet.

I don't know if you saw my comment about SCP, but that Gap is getting a new shipment from another store this week - I'm not sure when, so you should call, but they said probably around Thursday/Friday. It should include small sizes!!

 

[wildeyedundine]

since some stores might be getting another shipment, which size would I need if I'm usually a size 6 US,and what's the price?
thanks again!!

I am a size 6 and usually a medium, but the medium I ordered in that dress was way too big. Even the small was a little bigger than I would like, but I guess that is just the style, as the extra small was too tight around the arm and shoulder area. So definitely a small or extra small, depending on your frame. I love the dress, but I am probably going to return it because as cute as it is from the front, it makes me look huge from the side and the back. I tried belting it but I personally think that ruins the look of the dress. Good luck finding it and I would love to see pictures if you get it and can make it work!

 

[Nymf]

which size do you have wildeyedundine, if you're willing to sell let me know by pm!

 

[girleen]

Stiletto, you look fab! Keep it!

 

[PrincessImp.]

thanks princessimp

since some stores might be getting another shipment, which size would I need if I'm usually a size 6 US,and what's the price?
thanks again!!

I think just grab xs or s to try on..I think xs might do because these dresses do run big.
In fact, I'm convinced that the bow dress would require alteration just to get the same fit that you see in the campaign pictures.

stiletto, thanks for the reminder! Another reason for me to head down to SCP again

 

[emily_anselmo]

I purchased the doo.ri scarf blouse this last weekend in San Francisco at the Gap in the Marina. I tried on the bow shirt but thought it fit a little odd on me and on a whim decided to try on the scarf shirt. I left and could not stop thinking about it so stopped back by and picked it. Very glad i did! i will post pictures when i get a chance. As for the selection at this particular store it seemed they had all the shirts and in all sizes.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

I went to my local GAP and took a look at the collection. I was severely underwhelmed. The designs in and of themselves weren't so bad, Thakoon's and Doo Ri's were actually pretty, but the fabric and construction left most of the garments unwearable.

The cotton fabric they used was just awful, the drape was crude and although I did not try them on I imagine the hand being a bit coarse as well. It's a shame that this group of designers put out such a low quality product, it doesn't look well for their own labels. I can't help but feel there was a lack of communication between The GAP and these three, somewhere the ideas for these clothes did not travel. I'll cite what Jean Oliveira Baptiste and Nicholas Andreas Taralis did for Uniqlo as a collaboration that worked. They understood the marterials, they understood what couldn't be done with their resources and they desigined within that realm.

Of the three I found Doo Ri's to be the most wearable, especially the scarf-shirt. That was actually nice.

 

[classic1908]

hey all! I went to the Gap that had the line here in Orange County (South Coast Plaza) because I just LOVED the Doo.Ri shirt dress - I've always loved Dior New Look/1950s nipped waist stuff though. Anyway, there was an okay selection left, and I think they may be receiving more - another store's inventory or something, supposedly by tomorrow?

There were no small sizes left in any of the Rodarte items, but that was okay for me - I'm tall/slim but a little busty and super short-waisted, so as soon as I try on anything described as "trapeze," it's tent-city for me and I go from "cute figure" to "hay that girl looks shapeless." I was bummed at first because I was excited to see the Rodarte stuff but to be honest, there was something about it I didn't like. Maybe it was the fact that it was the simple white fabric, but it either looked unfinished or unpolished. The bows looked a little too-too for me, both cutesy and kind of haphazard. Then again, bows are usually not my style.

(I keep typo-ing "boys are usually not my style," and that's not true.)

There were no Thakoon petal dresses left that I could see. I tried on the Doo.Ri shirt dress, the Doo.Ri pleated shirt, and the Thakoon tied shirt dress. If I hadn't been such a dimbulb and had a) read this thread before going and b) paid more attention to clothing on the Vogue cover and not just the models, I might have had more luck. The Thakoon tied shirt dress was really awkward as a dress, but had I been a super stylist (or even just more creative) I probably could have done something interesting with it over a skirt or pants. The Doo.Ri pleated shirt was cute but it was too boxy for someone built like me. I could have tried tucking it in like the model did, but on me it pooched out too much in the back and ended up being too both tailored and shapeless. Kinda awkward. It needs to be shaped more in the back or worn by someone with a different body type.

As it was, I loved the Doo.Ri shirt dress - there were quite a few left in S but no XS. The XS might have been a touch better for me but the S fit in the shoulders so I went with it. It was voluminous like everyone has said but that's rather the point - you have to gather it and belt it very firmly to get that nipped waist/full skirt/blousy look. I'll try and photo it later.

I kind of wish I'd tried on the other Doo.Ri shirt, the scarf one, but I have a feeling the scarf might not have worked for me.

Have to say though, I love all the photos everyone has posted of their purchases. Even though I didn't like some of it in the store or on me, somehow what everyone has bought looks great on them! I love when that works. It's all about personal style, y'know? I've been spending too much time gazing at The Sartorialist...

I was just at the South Coast Plaza Gap and picked up the Doo.Ri. shirtdress. Even though I'm a bit about paying $90, I like it and plan to keep it. I may mix it up with colored accessories.
To the sizing, I'm what would be called "thick" in my culture (AfAm) and luckily don't have people around me who would tell me I look "fat" in that type of dress.

 

[missbhaven]

For anybody still interested in Toronto, there's still a ton of everything left at the Gap at Eaton Center and Yonge/Bloor.

I bought Doo.Ri's scarf shirt, Rodarte's bow blouse and trapeze top...
Keep, or no keep?

I rather liked Doo.Ri's dress, but I just couldn't get the "nurse's dress" comment out of my head...it's so true! And Thakoon's white shirt with tie looked slightly ridonkulous on 5'4 me...

 

[manolocraver]

It's so unfair that Japan's GAP stores are the only place in Asia you can buy them? What about KL and Singapore? We also have big GAP stores mind you!