^^^ irl lols
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 September 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
while searching for 80's big hair ads I came across this
finally a dress that I can wear over my sumo suit
http://pzrservices.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451ccbc69e2012875918911970c-pi
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 September 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh my god
the 80s were wild
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Friday, 21 September 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
Dress AND parachute
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 September 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
One hundred percent of that dress is a Victorian little girl's day dress remade for adult women. The infantilization is amazing.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 21 September 2012 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100312045322/americangirl/images/0/0e/SamanthaSkatingPartyDress.jpg
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 21 September 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://img0.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.14039492.jpg
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 21 September 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
"the designer's work in 'The Room'"says a lot!
― kinder, Friday, 21 September 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
i thought we talked about pettipants on this thread but couldn't find it ANYWAY i bought a pair and they are the best - way better than the bloomers i had, which were too bulky under a lot of my dresses (and too short) and way better than a regular petticoat/slip bc there is virtually no way to flash anyone, anything, accidentally or even on purpose (if that's your thing)
and i really want this for winter:http://img.eshakti.com/clothImages/CL0023006P.jpg
― just1n3, Monday, 24 September 2012 06:35 (eleven years ago) link
oh, I love that. I'm feeling a little turtleneck on this chilly morning!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 24 September 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
i'm sure its been discussed itt but what the fuck is up with every dress/skirt suddenly having that cut where its 2 feet longer in the back?
i feel like this look exploded out of nowhere over the summer
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 24 September 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
YES! I saw tons of them at a music festival recently
Especially those sheer tunic-style dresses? All with the short at the front and long in the back
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 24 September 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
Mullet dresses :(
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
thighs in the front, bridal train in the back
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
omg
THE STEPHANIE SEYMOUR
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/November-rain-dress.jpg/220px-November-rain-dress.jpg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:39 (eleven years ago) link
I HATE those bi-level dresses. They just look so dumb.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
a friend who is pretty smart about fashion and trends explained it to me as "girls like to feel like a princess"
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
"mullet dress" is good tho, i'm gonna start using that
yeah mullet dress is otm, ffm wins!
feeling like a princess explanation is o_O to me.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
imo if you wanna dress like a cartoon character here's how you do ithttp://i.imgur.com/cfp79.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/JS1rf.jpg
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
which of course leads me to look for this fantastic picture of shelley duvall and her beautiful dress
http://snoreandguzzle.com/images/duvall.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
and boots! this colorblocked suede witch look rules
oh man I want that olive oyl dress so bad! Can it be my prize for winning? Yay!
Mullet dress does not feel princessy to me either. Confusing!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
maybe she used the word "faries" in there w/ the word "princess" idk
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
http://blog.chron.com/shopgirl/2012/07/would-you-wear-a-dress-inspired-by-1980s-bad-hair/
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:39 (eleven years ago) link
Not picking on you gr80! Maybe we all have different ideas of what princess life is all about.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:41 (eleven years ago) link
i mean that's what gunne sax dresses are for, no?
http://img2.etsystatic.com/000/1/5840702/il_570xN.229929674.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
that is to say that nothing about mullet dress screams "princess" to me -- it's more like "modest/flashy" (or "flashy/modest" depending on which direction you're walking i guess)
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
LL is more on my princess vibe. Or ball gowns, because I was brainwashed by Disney.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
princess to me would be a full skirt a la cinderella
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ exactly
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.bridalwave.tv/OlegCassini.jpg
princess dress
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
Someone ask Je55e to repost that Gunnesax dress poster he has at home!!!
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
i dont have the body type for gunne sax but would wear:
http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/b/0/0/34/c/AAAAC7Qo64EAAAAAADTNjw.jpg?v=1235190275000
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
My mother still has her midnight blue velvet and lace medieval-style Jessica McClintock dress from the ACTUAL '70S Y'ALL, and it's one of the ones in Jesse's poster.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
That dress was the definition of a princess to me forever and ever, along with this illustration from a children's book:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/Una.jpg
If you see a person who looks like that, you know she is a princess.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man, my mom loved to put me in Jessica McClintock stuff when I was kid. I found a pic recently of myself in a pink number with lots of bows and impressively enormous sleeves.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
she also had a fragrance iirc
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
i had it! smelled like lilies of the valley iirc.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
I love this but why does it have to be BLACK? I want it in, like, emerald green or something.http://images.asos.com/inv/media/5/4/0/4/2244045/black/image1xl.jpg(ASOS)
― kinder, Friday, 28 September 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Nothing against black but I seem to only wear monochrome when I really want to be wearing amazing colours.
― kinder, Friday, 28 September 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe not the right thread but if you're invited to a wedding evening do only i.e. not the whole wedding part, the dress code is still the same right? Just checking I can wheel out the dress I always wear for fancy occasions and it won't be too much...?
― kinder, Friday, 19 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
You're just invited to the reception and not the ceremony, but it's an evening reception? Yes, dress code is the same - unless otherwise specified, something in the realm of cocktail attire.
― carl agatha, Friday, 19 October 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
Cool, thanks
― kinder, Friday, 19 October 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
The evening do thing is a totally foreign concept here. You're either invited to the whole thing or not. I have been to more weddings in the UK though than I have here (weirdly) and ime that would be totally fine. Everyone who has been there all day will still be in their fancy dresses so you'll fit right in. I think it would seem stranger if you came dressed down. Break out the fancy, I say.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Friday, 19 October 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
x-posts
Not totally foreign - that's what we did!
― carl agatha, Friday, 19 October 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
That's what my mom and stepfather did, too, come to think of it.
― carl agatha, Friday, 19 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Did you have a private ceremony and invite ppl to the dinner etc?
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Friday, 19 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link