I hate everything
Sunday, June 12th, 2011 04:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Mom and I went dress shopping today. I think I hate bridal gowns.
The first store said we need an appointment.
The second store was consignment and was okay. I found a lovely gold sequin 1920s flapper gown. Except I'm an hourglass and there was no shaping it.
The third store was totally by the book low end catalog. Polyester. Beads. I said, "I'm looking for something wild and unusual." She handed me something off-white, "This is unusual."
We stopped in at MODA and found the perfect shirt for John. It's linen with gold brocade cuffs and collar. I'll have him go and try it on. The attendant was a sweet old Rastafarian man.
Mom and I went dress shopping today. I think I hate bridal gowns.
The first store said we need an appointment.
The second store was consignment and was okay. I found a lovely gold sequin 1920s flapper gown. Except I'm an hourglass and there was no shaping it.
The third store was totally by the book low end catalog. Polyester. Beads. I said, "I'm looking for something wild and unusual." She handed me something off-white, "This is unusual."
We stopped in at MODA and found the perfect shirt for John. It's linen with gold brocade cuffs and collar. I'll have him go and try it on. The attendant was a sweet old Rastafarian man.
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Date: 2011-06-13 12:06 am (UTC)I'm just sayin'.
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Date: 2011-06-13 01:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-13 02:55 am (UTC)Oo! I think you dropped something!
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Date: 2011-06-13 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-06-13 04:10 am (UTC)YAAAAY!
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Date: 2011-06-13 04:12 am (UTC)I'm glad you'll like it.
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Date: 2011-06-13 05:00 am (UTC)Yea bridal shopping is awful. If I had child-free time I would offer to go with you, but honestly the kids kinda suck at shopping so it'd be no fun with them there.
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Date: 2011-06-13 04:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-14 12:26 am (UTC)...but you have to go to the one in Seattle...
Date: 2011-06-13 05:52 am (UTC)Re: ...but you have to go to the one in Seattle...
Date: 2011-06-13 04:06 pm (UTC)okay, fine
Date: 2011-06-13 07:27 pm (UTC)http://www.jcrew.com/womens_feature/NewArrivals/WeddingsandParties.jsp
but if you look on ebay there's a ton of silk jcrew wedding dresses on sale for $100-$300, many of them never worn.
This dress reminded me of you: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Asian-Japanese-silk-dress-/130532494075?pt=Vintage_Women_s_Clothing&hash=item1e6457cafb
If you don't like it you can use it as a pattern, or as wallpaper, or make fake flowers out of it.
To pay for your wedding dress I suggest giving lap dances.
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Date: 2011-06-13 10:14 am (UTC)Anything that is remotely unique or interesting will cost as much as a used car. I was ready to slap people when they said that Kate Middleton might change the trend against sleeves because most brides want sleeveless dresses. You can't get a dress with sleeves on the low end of the cost curve. Anything with sleeves is at least a thousand dollars.
Another option to the above is to go and look at a high end department store. Find a dress you like. This will cost less than a bridal gown.
I don't know about your area, but there were a lot of people trying to get rid of their old gowns on Craigslist here. If you could find something awesome that could be modified that would be neat. However, since people get their bridal gowns custom tailored, I think that most gowns would be useless.
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Date: 2011-06-13 04:07 pm (UTC)I'll peek in on Craigslist! Thanks!
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Date: 2011-06-14 01:25 pm (UTC)