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[sakon76]

*sigh* Outbid on eBay on yet another book. Ah well. At least the magazine lots I'm bidding on haven't attracted attention yet.

Talking with hoshikage, I have finally begun to realize the epic scope of her wedding vision. My dress--bridesmaid--does not have anything like a simple skirt layering. We are talking four layers of ankle-length fabric. PLUS the tulle layers.

Fat already. Am going to look like a poofball....

Isn't she the one that's supposed to look like a cake topping?

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[hoshikage.livejournal.com]

Um... I'm pretty sure I had brought the skirt design up before. It's not that different from the construction of my dress skirts, except that it has tulle for floof instead of a hoop skirt. Who knows, maybe it will turn out that two layers of casa sheer won't be necessary; it was for mine to make the sheer magic lie smooth instead of being a lumpy sheet over tulle, but we can always try it with just one.

And you will not look like a poofball. Or a cake topping either. ;P

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

You had. It's my own fault for not paying attention. ^_^ Did the sleeve mockup get taken north with you or is it still here?

[elenisiliel.livejournal.com]

hey... at least you won't look like a fluffy pink beachball... :-P

Bridesmaid dresses are supposed to suck... :-P You saw what I had to be compared to in that dress at Tara's wedding... it's part of life... enjoy the dress burning ceremony afterwards... that makes it worth it... :-P

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

I'm making the bloody thing. I ain't burning it.

(Thinking of which, did you end up burning the dress from my wedding, or is it in the closet under the heading of "renfaire gear, just needs bodice"?

[elenisiliel.livejournal.com]

as much of a hippocrit as it makes me, I have yet to get rid of a special occasion dress! I still have my sophomore homecoming dress from HS!! :-P And my banquet dress from freshman year (which will never fit me ever again... :-P)... so no, I didn't burn my bridesmaid dress for your wedding... it may end up in the renfaire stock, but I'd have to find a good match for the bodice... :-P (and the time... erm... and the space.... yeah... might not happen till after I get my bigger apartment... :-P)
Then again... maybe I'll be able to turn it into a bit more acceptable version of an elf dress... :-P There's got to be a LotR convention somewhere that I can use it for!! :)

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

You need to understand the physics of poofy skirts. See, they start at the waist and then go out, thus making you look smaller, not bigger. It's the same as the principle behind farthingales or round hoops -- volume of skirt makes the waist look smaller by comparison.

(Besides, I like floofy skirts!)

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Shanti, I'm a size 18/20. No matter how big the skirt is at the hem compared to the waist, *nothing* is going to make me look small. Didn't work for Flowery, and I was thinner then.