mostly for my brain.

[gfrancie]

I have a wedding to go to in May. Yay. Free cake!
So I need to find a dress to wear to this shindig. It is in England (so yeah there will be hats) and my sister inlaw is leaning toward a lot of blue and sweet peas for her wedding colors and all that jazz. There will be the ceremony and then a tea party thingie afterward (cakes, small sandwiches, champagne) and then that evening there is the hog roast and band and drunk people of North Devon and Cornwall. (you know, people who say, mah lovah without irony.) I may just change into something slightly more appropriate for eating pig and spilling beer when it is nighttime. Plus it is next to the ocean -so it gets cold.

I am looking at dresses.
There is this dress which screams, "I am going to a wedding in England. I better wear a hat." It is rather feminine and I kind of dig the print. If you look closely it looks sort of water-colory and there are splatters of paint. Which would be good for hiding crumbs.

This is kind of neat but doesn't wow me. It looks as if it is veering into Lily Pulitzer territory.

This dress looks like something my Mom wore back in the 70s. She will probably comment, "OMG I made that dress." The upside -I wouldn't have to shave my legs. I could just throw a cardigan over it or something.

I dig the serious color of this one. HELLO IT IS BRIGHT. It will definitely say, "Why look there is the uppity American that married into the family.

Hey it is the fifties.

Anyhow these are mostly here to remind me of what to sort of aim for. I know what I want something with some sleeves or straps. I am not interested in hiking up my dress all day long. I need to be able to wrangle children and yet look nice.
I may have to kidnap a friend to go dress shopping.

Comments

[thiscantbesoy.livejournal.com]

I ADORE the first and fourth ones.

[kirpunz.livejournal.com]

I vote for the uppity American one! It looks awesome.

[neptunia67.livejournal.com]

Ha. I was going to ask if you were from England, but I guess you picked up some of your dialect and phrases from your husband.

[emily-swank.livejournal.com]

You would look really good in four, but I like three!

[eventide82.livejournal.com]

I love the first one and the red one.

And I agree, I always choose a dress with straps so I'm not constantly hiking it up all day. And also because I've reached a point in my life where I can no longer get away with not wearing a proper bra under formal wear.

[cutebutpsycho99.livejournal.com]

I vote for uppity Yank. But that would show off your assets quite nicely. And I like sleeves (just because I have big sausage arms).

The third one scares me. But maxi dresses only make giraffes look good.

[cigale.livejournal.com]

So are you going to wear a hat too? I think we need to bring back the hat. All those dresses are great, except maybe for number 2. I love the long one, it looks so flowy.

Anyway, more hats!

[todayiamadaisy]

I like the Uppity American the best. Such a good colour.

[hydrozoa.livejournal.com]

i like the first one and the last one. really think you could rock the heck out of firsty.

[cusackam.livejournal.com]

I vote for #4 or #1

[komalow.livejournal.com]

I want to marry the first one.

[jawnbc]

I'm partial to the suzi chin from macy's. but I never got the gay style gene. Just so you know.

[offensive-mango.livejournal.com]

Another fan of 1 and 4 here. Note though that if you had worn 4 at my wedding, you would have blended in with the bridesmaids. Any hint as to the wedding color scheme? Go for 4 if it doesn't involve red!

[emmabovary.livejournal.com]

I love Lily Pulitzer and was on their website looking for a shift for my Boca vacation. Sadly the real stuff is too expensive for me.

[far-gone.livejournal.com]

I love the Suzi Chin one! Maybe they have other colors if the red is too brazenly Other.

[k425.livejournal.com]

If she's going for blue and sweet peas, I'd go for the maxi dress.

[upna.livejournal.com]

You know, the Nordstrom prints seem a little...off. Maybe you can find a dress with Anthropologie-style prints and Nordstrom styling?

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

Another idea. I got a bridesmaids dress off of Etsy from a seamstress who goes by myblackdress . She'll do dresses with basically any kind of fabric, and will sew them to fit you beautifully. I think I paid $150 for mine. I think her cuts are pretty classy, but I bet if you started to look you'd find other people on there with good ideas as well...

[meowlet.livejournal.com]

I nobly volunteer my services.

[hydrozoa.livejournal.com]

btw, i'm sure you've bought a dress by now, but i was at anthro downtown yesterday and your last dress here is on clearance! lots of sizes!