This Marc by MJ Joelle dress originally retailed for $458 at Bergdorf Goodman, but is no longer available. Leighton Meester wore this dress as Blair on the season 2 episode of Gossip Girl titled "Summer Kind of Wonderful" (photo credit: Instyle).
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This dress by French Connection is a great inspired by dress if you like the Marc by MJ version above. The ric rac detailing is super similar, and althought the neckline and color are different, it's a beautiful dress that definitely brings the Marc Jacobs version to mind. It retails for $228 and you can click the photo below to purchase.
*Update 5/24/09*
I just stumbled upon this great alternative option as well and thought I'd share. It retails for $74 at Lulu's and you can click here to purchase! Hurry, it's almost sold out!!
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*Update 6/9/09* (thanks to Andrea for this info) - This dress is almost sold out on Lulu's but Karmaloop has it in several sizes. Don't forget to use your Ebates for 6% cash back! Click here to purchase.
7 comments:
omg thank you for this! i ordered the MJ dress from ebay but was soo depressed that it was a size too small and had to give it back. Thanks for the other options!
Oh NO! The BB Dakota knockoff seems to be already gone...what a pity! :-(
The BB Dakota dress on Karmaloop is fantastic! Thanks!
Also, use Cashbaq.com and get 10% cash back! :)
I tried to use the 15% off code but it won't accept it! :(
Correction- the 20% off code won't work
Nikki - Thanks for the heads up about the code, I removed it from the post.
U need to put the code in the Rep Code box, not the regular code box. And if you use it in conjunction with a regular code, say the free shipping code, then the rep code will only get you 1% off. So using just the rep code is a better deal. My total came out to around $65
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