Comments | silverleaf79: Mission accomplished!

silverleaf79

Mission accomplished!

May 31, 2006 20:26

I have a dress!

Yay!

I went to Meadowhall this afternoon and after a fruitless hour of searching I found it. Wallis had a couple of possibles, but both looked cheap and nasty once I'd got them on and weren't at all flattering, and BHS (I think) had a weddings/formal section but nothing above a 14. I'd scoured the bottom half of the mall and was just ( Read more... )

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e_laini May 31 2006, 20:20:05 UTC

That dress is gorgeous!
I hope we're getting pictures of you all glammed up!

silverleaf79 May 31 2006, 21:16:09 UTC

Well hopefully pictures will be available.

I so love the dress, I'm like a big kid about it, lol!

kuffs9855 May 31 2006, 21:19:06 UTC

the dress is beautiful. you have to post pics of you in it.

childofearth May 31 2006, 22:12:30 UTC

Because I am a geek with a background in clothing construction:
There is no waist seam because the gown has princess-cut seams. This is a very flattering cut for people such as you and I. ;)
The net fabric is called tulle (pronounced tool).
The top shimmery layer is called organza. Probably. Organza is usually the shimmery one. :)
The long scarf bit is referred to either as a scarf (*snark*) or a wrap.
I think you will look absolutely stunning, especially with the new hair. Which I definently think you should wear with the curls.
I can't wait to see pics!!!

silverleaf79 May 31 2006, 23:56:28 UTC

Thank you, very helpful!

I know a little about dressmaking, the terms you use are familiar but I didn't know enough to be confident in what they actually meant!

It's definitely a flattering cut, emphasises my bust and waist and hides all the bad bits (with the exception of my upper arms, but they aren't awful when compared with my tummy anyway). It actually makes me feel quite sexy, which is a miracle in itself...

It says organza in the description, very pretty stuff. Shimmery and pretty. :)

So the curls win - just hope I can remember how to do it, it's been a long time since I've curled my hair, probably 12 years. It's normally wavy bordering on curly and I leave it at that. Actually styling my hair is something I very rarely do.

childofearth June 1 2006, 00:22:02 UTC

"It actually makes me feel quite sexy"
I think that is the most important part. If you feel sexy, you will look sexy. :)

silverleaf79 June 1 2006, 00:25:40 UTC

Yeah, that's definitely true. There's nothing sexier than someone who is confident about the way they look, without thinking they're the most attractive thing in the world.

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spudfairy June 1 2006, 13:05:57 UTC

Good work sis. I'm glad you found a dress, it's a nice one too! Have a great time at the formal, I'm sure you will.

There's a tapas place opened up in Derby. I'm quite tempted to go but I'm njot sure how much of it will have some sort of meat in it :(

spudfairy June 1 2006, 13:18:30 UTC

You will look lovely anna, im sure....please dont forget to take some photos, before you got out!!! nicola

silverleaf79 June 1 2006, 14:16:12 UTC

Sounds like I'll get moaned at quite a lot if I don't get pics, so looks like I'll have to! ;P

silverleaf79 June 1 2006, 14:14:46 UTC

Well they have lots of different dishes, we had some aubergine with tomato sauce which was nice, and they had other vegetable stuff and mushrooms as well. Of course they don't tend to have any meat-substitute dishes as that's not traditionally Spanish. They've probably got a menu you could take away.