sweater dress fixation

so. after breezing by the gap the other day, i saw a large print ad for a sweater they have for fall-- this one:

of course, this was not the ad and i can't find it ANYWHERE ONLINE, but they made this dress into the most perfect sweater dress in existence, paired with black leggings and topped by a tight denim wonderjacket.

Now: i never shop at gap, ever, except to buy their most fabulous boy-cut undies which are a god-send to the undergarment department. i looooove them. so comfy. go buy! but as for their outergarments, i don't much care for them -- i've always found them really boring and simple, and too preppy for my taste.

but this sweater! oh! how it brought me back! BACK to italy, circa last autumn, october-ish, when i started coveting the Sweater Dress. it was from an ad in a magazine? or some gorge italian lady walking down some cobblestone street with it or SOMETHING, but that was the genesis of my obsession. since then, i have alternately been unable to find one that is perfect, like the one in my head (i can't even find a photo of one online! sheesh! and it's supposed to be the new "in" look for THIS fall!), and forgetting about it because i live in phoenix and usually it is like 105 degrees here, where sweater dresses aren't exactly weather-appropriate.

SIGH.

anyone know where i can find a slim-fitting, deep-v sweater dress with a block trim at the bottom without paying $200+? the gap one would have been perfect if it were just a tad longer...i begged the saleslady to find me an XL to see if it would be long enough to pass for a dress, but to no avail. A SWEATER IT REMAINS. and so should be marketed as one! effin' gap.

also, i found this look and looooooove it. yay prada.

everything is perfect...the caramel boots and the mid-calf length, the layered heavy twill pieces...yummy.

i will post about meeting arcade fire and seeing final fantasy play last nite whenever my friend puts her photos up on flickr. until i buy a camera (sometime this week! whee!) i must roll ghetto-style, depending on others and the net for those featured in this blog.