Comments | rdhdsnippet: Covetousness

rdhdsnippet

Covetousness

Apr 06, 2007 10:01

WANT!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180104144486\

I think I'd actually bid on the damn thing if I thought it would stay in the $500 range.

I need to work on my sewing skills.

OMG it's beautiful.

eye candy, costume

Comments 16

vvalkyri April 6 2007, 14:22:47 UTC

wow.
is there a reason not to bid with what you're willing to pay?

rdhdsnippet April 6 2007, 14:31:46 UTC

The bid is already at 500, and I'm not willing to pay much more than that, considering shipping alone is almost another 80 dollars. It's worth it, I just can't justify it. :)

rdhdsnippet April 6 2007, 19:52:16 UTC

I also suspect it wouldn't fit me, and wouldn't THAT suck??

vvalkyri April 6 2007, 19:59:24 UTC

that would suck, yes :)

youvebeenpixied April 6 2007, 14:43:58 UTC

The dress is amazing and you would look stunning in it.

reedrover April 6 2007, 19:36:47 UTC

I was going to send you that link if you hadn't seen it.

rainnxonxme April 6 2007, 14:44:17 UTC

That's gorgeous! I hope she gets the price she deserves--even if that means we can't have it!

rdhdsnippet April 6 2007, 19:50:04 UTC

I know! I wish I had TIME to sew! *lol* By the time I have time, I'm going to be old and dumpy! :)

rainnxonxme April 6 2007, 20:01:44 UTC

I know what you mean!!

To make you feel better about the price... melebeth April 6 2007, 15:07:03 UTC

I actually like the theory of the dress better than the execution. The sewing is gorgeous, but the fabric choice for the outer dress leaves something to be desired (it reads to me, in the pictures, as a not particularly interesting bridal satin, and with swathes of solid material that large, I think you'd do better with a bit more texture/pattern Imagine how gorgeous it would be in a blue/gold brocade...). You'd do better with it in another color anyway. And, since it's a pattern adaptation (and I think I know _which_ pattern, or at least could point you towards a very similar one) making it yourself, over time, is not inconceivable. If you started with a well made, appropriately shaped corset, it actually wouldn't be bad at all. Time-consuming, yes, but even with buying the corset you could certainly do it for $500 dollars and in a nicer fabric (amazon drygoods sells an appropriately shaped corset kit for around $200 I think). I would bet money that at least 40 hours of the time spent on the dress was spent on making the corset, and ( ... )

Re: To make you feel better about the price... reedrover April 6 2007, 19:36:33 UTC

::perk:: You know what pattern? Someday if/when I have the time I'd be willing to make it without the boning just to say I did. (I'd probably make it for sylfae just 'cause she is so cute in dress-ups.)

Re: To make you feel better about the price... rdhdsnippet April 6 2007, 19:51:50 UTC

Ok, I cry uncle. Point us at the pattern. :)

Actually, I think you're right about a lot of that, including the fabric choice. It would also be much nicer in a true Burgundy.

I'd be perfectly happy to live in the dress! *lol* I'm weird that way though. And living in the wrong century entirely. Though with my luck I'd have been a scullery maid or something anyway. :)

Re: To make you feel better about the price... rainnxonxme April 6 2007, 19:57:46 UTC

And living in the wrong century entirely.

God, me too.

emeraldliz April 6 2007, 19:05:32 UTC

Good taste, the fabric will hold up well, too.