how do you like them shabby apples?

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****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?”

  6. ooh, so many to choose from. i love the color on the evita dress & the original design of the saffron, but i would definitely take this one off your hands for free! thanks for the giveaway!

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  8. Oooooh. I’m just so happy about the coupon code that I did a little happy dance in front of my computer. I’m going to go buy myself a little Christmas right now! Thank you Thank you. And if by some miracle my number randomly comes up? I will know it is totally fate. That dress and me? Meant to be.

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  11. I like the “Storm” one…simple and not too fancy. Fits my “basic and sort of sporty” preference in clothes. I don’t like to show off all of my goods either (thus, basic and sort of sporty) so most dresses that are out there are wayyyyyy too low-cut for my personal preferences. I hate sitting down and worrying about whether or not the girls are hanging out.

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  12. I want to dress my little girl up in the vineyard dress. The prego in me wants the virgin strawberry daiquairi. And the part of me that wished I had a perfect figure when I wasn’t prego wants the vanderbilt.
    So Beautiful.

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  16. I LOVE that one! It is so gorgeous. Another of my favorites is Cat’s Cradle. I’ve been checking out Shabby Apple for awhile, but have yet to buy anything. All of their dresses are so pretty!

    Morgans last blog post..Success!

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  23. i lurve MARSEILLE but sadly, not available in plus sizes … However, i’d love to have one for my daughter, the CREAMSICLE one – so yum !

    thanks for the giveaway, you rock !

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  29. I *LOVE* the purple ballerina dress!!!!

    I really want that- and as soon as I have this baby (whoa- 6 weeks!) I’m doing some shopping for whatever the heck size I end up. That dress- must have- and the one that could be won? Super cute also!

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  32. I was really prepared for these to be $200 dresses. $78 for the one I like (black one in apple shape — don’t remember the name), plus the 15% off? Merry Christmas to me!

    Now if they would just make some with long sleeves…

    Amys last blog post..I knew it!

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  34. Those are *all* adorable! What a great find, Casey. I like the Yorkshire one, and the Evita one, oooh and the Black Widow. They are so cute and vintage-y!

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  35. So I think my hubbs may have gotten me something from my list from Shabby Apple this year! (squee) I love the Martha’s Vineyard, but I can totally use this dress….I’m with ya on the knees!

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  41. Love them all! Cat’s Cradle & Beauty Mark are my faves! Also my 5 year old would look oh so cute in Not Your Mama’s Mumu & Vineyard.

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  50. Um, are you kidding me? JUST ONE! I seriously wear dresses about 4 days of the week (more in the summer), so this is like asking me which one is my favorite child. Except I don’t have children… so, I guess it is more like asking me if I would like french fries or mashed potatoes.

    Long way of saying- me want Marseilles.

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