I can't believe it's almost Christmas and we're almost done with our quarterly subjects, which include (as always) tons of work deliveries and presentations for December 21st-22nd. After that, I'll be mostly at home for the coming exam period and working on some nice architecture contests we've been looking after. But, as Christmas always is, the season includes uncountable relative meetings, dinners, casual meet-ups with old friends around cups of tea and biscuits and so on. That means having a bunch of easy and quick outfit fixes for every event the holidays might come up with.

A nice idea is to take out of your closet all your mid length, mid sleeve dresses in warm tones or with subtle details and pair them with your best opaque, thick tights or leggings and medium heels. Then, get wrapped in your warmest scarf and coat and you're done to rock this Christmas! I did so in this grey, A-line dress from Lightinthebox which arrived just at the perfect time to assemble my Christmas outfits for casual events or evenings strolling through the streets of Valencia. This dress is the perfect match for the holidays, and for less than 30$, which is a real deal!

It's made of an elastic grey cotton, it ends a little bit above the knee, has a side zipper, is cut at the waist with a ribbon to adjust to your back and a lovely V-neck. It runs true to size, but I must say I was a bit scared of if I could wear it successfully or not as I ordered an XL as these kind of dresses usually run pretty small. But, if you follow the size charts at the Lightinthebox site as I did, I'm pretty sure you won't face any problem. As you can see, I succeeded at the sizing and it fits nicely.

The quality of the dress is also great. It has no lining, but I don't think there's need of it, as the grey fabric is thick enough and nothing can be shown through it. All the hems and final touches have been sewn carefully, as no thread has gone rogue in the way of wearing the dress. As said: a real deal to wear this coming Christmas season, and a dress you'll get tons of compliments with!

The whole shipping process was also very easy and quick. The dress came in about 2 weeks since I ordered it, and arrived to Valencia during one of the stormiest weeks I've ever lived. Thankfully, we've been having an exceptional warm weather for the past two or three days, which allowed me to wear the dress for a family lunch and to an event at the Architecture School without even carrying my coat with me. Not even a light blazer. Seriously. Valencian weather is the craziest thing.

So, after thinking for a while about it, I really decided to order the ''Dawn and Dew Drop dress'' I fell in love with. As it was a bit more expensive than the other one (and maybe, one of the most expensive pieces you could ever find on my dress wardrobe) I wasn't sure at all, but its sophisticated, classic vintage shape and the awesome colors on the pattern finally captivated me.

If you read my last Modcloth review you already know that the package arrived very quickly and that I had no problems with the delivery. This time I had. I don't know why, the dress seemed to be lost after two months of ordering it. As I chose the deliver service whose packages arrived on a 7-21 days (as in my other order), after a month of placing the order it I thought it was really, really weird. I contacted the ''Customer Care'' service, and they told me that they didn't know where my package was, but gave me a gift card with the total value I spent on this order. What should I do then? My size was absolutely sold out, and I thought I would never see that dress on me. I felt really heart-broken, and I ordered another dress with a similar value which caught my eye before seeing this one.

But, surprise! Almost three months after, the dress arrived successfully. The dress I ordered after with the store credit, arrived yesterday too and also fits quite well (and it's also awesome) so, I'm not thinking about returning any of them.

Ok, now let's talk about the dress: the price, absolutely deserves it. Again, it's made of a heavy strong fabric which allows it to stay in place, and as the skirt seems to be having metres and metres of cloth, it's a full skirt which really seems to fly when you walk. Just amazing. It also has lining on the inside, and a tulle on the bottom of the skirt (a little bit uncomfortable because it's itchy) which makes it more ''vintage looking''. I ordered an M size, as it said it runs true to size. And it did on me. I don't really have too much bust, so I thought because of the crossed shape it would be a no-go for me. But it really fits well, and makes a lovely effect.

It's not too short or too long. A bit over the knee. And the colorful floral pattern has a lovely golden shine which is really stunning.

So, although of the bad experience with the delivering, I'm really happy it has finally arrived, and that I can finally have this fantastic piece to wear. I would really recommend this dress after all.

Today I'm not going to talk about my outfit. As some days, I'm going to talk about my experiences with new brands or online stores (as I did here, here and here). Today's time to talk about DinoDirect.

Flowers. I think they are my favourite pattern when it comes to dresses or light blouses. Some friends say that my sense for fashion is like ''stucked'' in a forest full or fairies, flowers and magical things. Well, you already know me, and how much I love floral dresses. Don't ask me why, it just came up like that.

You also know that I'm a ''vintage lover''. I really like how 50's dresses (with volume on the skirt) fit me, how light and ethereal they are. So, when I discovered ModCloth some years ago, I knew I must had a dress by them. Now that I'm shopping more on the Internet than in physical stores, I decided it was time to buy one of their dresses. So, here we go with my first Modclotch review: