The Softspun Sunset Dress from J.Crew appears to be the sister dress to the Softspun Sunrise Dress I posted yesterday. Identical material, identical description. So how does it compare?

Despite being the same material, this dress felt a bit more flimsy to me than the Sunrise dress. Perhaps because the Sunrise dress was a bit more fitted and fit closer to the body from the empire waist down, whereas this one gives a lot more room. Because of that, this dress looks more like a casual dress and lacks the versatility to be dressed up like the Sunrise. This dress can also tend to give more of the pregnancy look you risk with many empire-waist dresses because of the amount of room and material you get below the empire waist. I’m wearing a Small and it fits comfortably, so it’s not a sizing issue either…

I’m wearing: J.Crew Equestrian Leather Belt, J.Crew Glass Pools Bracelet, Nine West Getby Wedges

I don’t think it looks nearly as flattering on as the Sunrise dress, but it is definitely a cute little throw-it-on-and-go dress, so I would probably keep it if it weren’t for the fact that this dress looks uncannily similar to the Soft Jersey Sara dress from Fall of 08, which I already own…

They look to be practically identical on me, so alas, this dress is not a keeper for me.

Get it here from J.Crew for $78.