dress me up in your love
a somewhat unremarkable three-day weekend overall, though nice and relaxing. as tommy noted, movies were watched - "million dollar baby" and "mean girls," which i had never seen. if you know me at all, you can guess which film i thought was the vastly superior one. i mean, i liked "million dollar baby" alright, and i thought hilary swank was pretty superb, but the cliches, grizzled voiceovers, emotional maniuplation and the stupid-sport-as-metaphor-for-life genre just didn't do it for me (which is weird, because i'm usually a sucker for that kind of stuff, minus the sports metaphors). plus, i had heard so much about the "twist" partway through the movie that i halfway expected an alien lifespawn to bust through swank's stomach during the climatic boxing match and swallow her opponent whole. but the scene where a partially blind morgan freeman punches out a young whippersnapper with only one glove and no effort was pretty kickass.
a good part of the rest of my weekend was spent shopping for a formal evening gown. you see, a good friend of ours is getting married in a month to a very lovely young woman that i like a lot. i think they'll be very happy, etc etc. thing is: they decided to make their wedding black tie, and (HORROR) i'm also fairly sure that the reception will be dry. at first, i thought dressing up would be fun and glamourous and exciting; now i realize i just have to spend $100+ on a dress that'll hide a thigh-flask.
anyway, after hours at the racks at such glamorous institutions of couture as hecht's department store, i think i found a proper dress (though it's a little too clingy to really wear a thigh-flask; don't worry, i'll bring along a proper-sized clutch instead), but i need my readers' fashion-forward advice. what i've got in hand is a flesh-colored gown with spaghetti straps, some beading, and some gauzey-ish material. it's not totally unlike this dress naomi watts wore to the oscars last year, except, well, a LOT less beading and more of the gauze. maybe this evening i can upload a picture of the actual thing (or beg tommy to take a picture of it today and upload it? eh?).
my questions: does this scream 2004? is it too fancy? is this color-appropriate for a wedding? will i look like one big washed-out blob of flesh? and, for the love of god, WHAT SHOES SHOULD I WEAR?
this is a dire matter. i hope you will pay it the attention it deserves.
UPDATE: here is a picture of the dress hanging from our bedroom door, with animal gaping at it in the background. it's returnable, so make fun of it all you like.
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Hey, where's the spoiler alert?? I got halfway to the verb before I realized where you were going. You're lucky I'm slightly hungover and reading like a fourth-grader or I'd be upset.
well, i didn't actually give anything away, except the incidental tidbit about the freeman scene...believe it or not, the twist is not at all alien-spawn-related.
So is the Freeman scene I didn't read about not the twist? Damnit, I need to see this movie just so I can stop avoiding things written about it.
no, it's not the twist, just a cool scene. morgan freeman punching out a younger guy would be a pretty crappy twist.
nor is the fact that he's partially blind a big deal - it's made clear from the beginning of the film.
Oh, okay. I saw Morgan Freeman and stopped there, because I thought you were going to write "—turns out to be the alien queen!" So. Anyway. Good dress.
thanks, but i dunno...i think it looks better on me than on the hanger, but looking at it right now, and all i can think is "giant pair of pantyhose."
girls! where you at and stuff? i need input.
Unless you are going to a wedding in NYC or LA with Paris Hilton and the 15-minute off the runway crowd attending, dress is still stylish. You will definitely be styling way more than great-aunt mildred.
I'd wear some form of metallic colored shoe (strappy) or maybe if you can snag something nice and bejeweled (yep, bejeweled shoes are in) with larger-sized colored rhinestones (think more folksy, less dainty priss). And then I would say drop earrings and a cuff bracelet.
I'm no expert but I don't think you should wear that dress to the wedding unless you're black. That color compliments a honey brown or darker complexion. But aren't you a white girl? And isn't it the dead of winter?
What's wrong with a nice slinky form fitting black dress? Drawing attention to your curves the time tested traditional way at a traditional event makes more sense to me.
But then again I'm aGuy.
i totally love it! and i agree with becca on strappy sparkly sandles. but i would minimize attention on the shoes to keep focus on dress. of course, if, referencing guy above, it completely matches your skin color, then all bets are all.
i like it. julie and i figured that was the dress you bought. if the color looks good on you, stay with it.
tis true that i'm white. but i have a fairly tan skin color year round, so hopefully i won't look too washed out. the wedding isn't till towards the end of march.
my concerns are more towards the wedding dress etiquette side of things. is the beige-y color too close to white-ish, because i've always read you shouldn't wear white-ish colors in deference of the bride? is black appropriate, because i've always read it's poor taste to wear black to a wedding, but not necessarily in cases of evening weddings, and probably not formal weddings, but for the love of all that's good and holy, can't we make this dress code shit simpler?
No, it isn't too close to white. Black for a black tie wedding is acceptable.
However, you want less of a tan for this dress. A white girl with a tan in this dress would be a bad bad monochrome thing. The paleness of March will be a good thing. Wear lipstick...this is important. Actually, nail painting might work well too (yeah, I know...getting complicated).
thanks for all the tips! one last question: the hair. what do i do with the hair?
(Tommy, are you seeing this? We've somehow gained access to the inner sanctum of our local chapter of the Council of Girls!)
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