how do you like them shabby apples?

Posted bycasey coombsPosted inToo lazy to label.

****COMMENTS CLOSED. Contest over. The winner of the 90 WPM dress is Britt from Kisses of Angels. Congrats lady! To everyone else who entered, remember you can still get 15% off your entire order from shabby apple with code “mooshinindy15off” through February 1st****

Modesty is a big deal to me. For both religious reasons and personal reasons.

The personal reasons being my chubby knees.

The religious reasons being respect for myself and for the religious garment I choose to wear.

Somedays I believe it would be easier to mill about town in a habit than try to keep everything tucked in, covered and in its place. Take my trip to Florida with my sister last year:

sissys

It would have been a lot easier to wear a strapless bra and go without the undershirt. But I would have felt naked and constantly worried that something was going to pop out at a very bad moment. Of all the places to be wearing a sundress properly it’s on the beach in Florida, but I couldn’t do it. I had to be covered.

Then there was my 23rd birthday/going away dance party extravaganza. Again. Had to be covered.

While the undershirts are well and good, they’re not always the greatest option.

Which leads me to my most favorite clothing find of all.

Fancy dresses with sleeves built in.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD THEY ARE TO FIND?

I think I own three dresses with built in sleeves. Two of them can pass for fancy. One of them gets passed around amongst my neighbors because it may be the only fancy black modest dress in existence.

Until now.

Enter brilliant women who like clothes.

They start a clothing line called Shabby Apple.

I’ve mentioned them before, and I may never shut up about them.

All their dresses COME WITH SLEEVES AND DECENT HEMLINES FOR GIRLS WITH CHUBBY KNEES.

And they’re pretty. OH, are they pretty.

Go ahead, look around, find your favorite. Tell me which one you love in a comment and you’ll be entered to win this one in your size:

want it? i'm giving it away!

Can you just imagine? With boots? With kicky heels? With shiny flats? I’m so in love with jewel tones I’m considering therapy.

They also have little girls’ dresses AND maternity dresses. *swoon*

Tweet this giveaway for an extra entry. 

Comments will close at 8pm EST on Monday December 22nd.

Winner will be picked by random Monday night. (Anyone anywhere in the world can enter.)

You can also get 15% off any order by entering the code “mooshinindy15off” until February 1st.

I love making you love the stuff I love.

166 thoughts on “how do you like them shabby apples?”

  3. ooh I like the Ballerina. Or the Storm. CUTE DRESSES!

    I just have to say- you totally pull off the undershirt-under-a-sundress thing. Seriously, I didn’t even look at that picture and think ‘wow that’s weird!’ It looked totally normal to me 🙂

    Jens last blog post..shrinking jeans report #3

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  4. I am bookmarking that site now. Between being too cold in sleeveless dresses, not keeping up with my armpits and not wanting my shoulders exposed at church I am always on the lookout for dresses with sleeves. Thanks for sharing this!!

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  7. Okay, I am neither particularly modest or religious, but I do join with you in the chubby knees. And, ohmygoodness, I love this site! The Oxford is my favorite! Thanks so much for sharing!!!!

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  12. I saw your tweet yesterday. I’m so sorry about your cousin’s baby. It’s heartbreaking and so unfair. She must be a mess right now. And still has another baby to take care of! Sheesh. My thoughts and prayers are with you guys.

    Rheas last blog post..Sucked In

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  13. I had no idea they have maternity dresses! Aaaargh! If I had only known that 7 months ago! Now, with only 6 weeks to go, it’s a little late… Oh well! Now I can just pick out a dress to use as motivation to get rid of the baby weight….I LOVE Polo! Drool!

    Fuji Mamas last blog post..Chocolate Marzipan Balls

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  19. can I choose them all??
    Antiquated is the dress of my dreams though!!
    Oh, and if chosen to win **pretty please** I will rock that blue so hard Shabby Apple will probably hire me to model…. then Tyra will discover me and you can say you knew me when…

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  23. Wow – lots of really cute dresses!! I can’t stand things tight to my neck, but have deep necklines – hard to find in between but here it is!!! I found two favorites – Antiquated and Cat’s Cradle. Both would wow my hubby and be comfortable for me!

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  27. My favorite for my “skinnier” self is the Ballerina…or the Rita Hayworth (think again…as if I could ever pull that one off). For my current self, I’d go with the Virgin (so not) Strawberry Daquiri. Do you think I could pull off the giraffe boots with it?

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  31. At the moment I only have one dress in my closet. My wedding dress. It sure would be nice to own a fancy, going to celeberate, holiday, honest to goodness dress.

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  32. I’m loving park avenue! And i so hear you about how hard it is finding a dress with sleeves!!! And one that’s cute too!!!! Thanks for the head up about this site! Loves it!

    Skyes last blog post..Fantastic Idea!

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  36. Casey, what a great find! I think their dresses are beautiful. The other place I like to look for fancy modest dresses is Shade clothing. They have a line called Basic Black with some really nice MODEST dresses…although now I can’t find their dresses online. I bought mine a year and a half ago and LOVE it!

    Susans last blog post..brotherly love

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  40. I’m so sad! The maternity dresses really aren’t all that cute. But oh well, I’m not planning on wearing a dress again until Spring anyway and baby’s due in May.

    I really like the color of Ballerina and I adore the Dagny Taggart. Cat’s Cradle is fun, too, though I’d probably never wear it.

    I twittered over at http://twitter.com/agg_115.

    Anna Graces last blog post..The Gathering 2009

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  45. This one (90 words per minute) is actually my favorite! But I also like Yorkshire – a lot. Absolutely adorable dresses that would be perfect for work!

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  47. okay, Definitely adding l’Ete, and spunky brown boots to my Christmas list this year.

    *SQUEAAAAAAA Hope I win. These dresses are fabulous*

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