Inspiration...Basic Shift Dress

How do you feel about basic dresses?  You know the ones that you can wear often.  Here's a very basic shift:

This is the Eileen Fisher Organic Linen-Blend Shift Dress.  Price tag: $278.00.  I could see this worn many different ways and it could be in a weekly rotation for months if you wanted. 

Here's a pattern with a similar silhouette:
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This is McCall's 6102.  It is called a tent dress. The advantages to this dress is that there a separate patterns pieces for the cup sizes.  Of course, I would want to have the an in-between length for a dress with it being just at the knee.

This is McCall's 6465.  This is a pull-over dress.  As you can see, this pattern has a few more options with the sleeve length and hem treatments.  Darting is available for the shaping.

This is New Look 6500.  There are a few options available with this pattern.  There is darting for shaping.  It is not a pull-over style.

I only looked at the Big 4 pattern website.  I was a little surprised at the lack of the very basic woven pull-over dress patterns.  Don't get me wrong, there are lots of interesting dress patterns.  Just not the basic ones for woven fabrics. 

What is your thought on such a basic dress?  Do you like the idea of having this type of dress in the wardrobe that can be worn over and over?

Happy Stitching!