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When in NYC

mooshinindy — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:08:13 -0500

You have a dressmaker? That makes you modest dresses?
WHY HAVE YOU NEVER TOLD ME THIS BEFORE?
I? Am seething with slight jealousy.

I vote the long skirt, they make me feel so grown up. And you don't have to shave.

And in silk.

Casey Mullins

http://mooshinindy.com

Thank you!

metalia — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:34:03 -0500

Thank you all so much for your kind words and advice. I'll keep you posted as I (well, my dressmaker) pulls the gown together. :)

HOW CUTE IS THAT FIRST DRESS?

miguelina — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:27:31 -0500

I love it!

As for your current dilemma, I'd go for the Anne Hathaway top and the skirt you have in your closet -- the sheer overlay would look awesome, I think.

Impressed!

krameymartin — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:16:27 -0500

I am very impressed. And what a great idea! Also, love the Anne Hathaway design.

huzzah!

alimartell — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:44:51 -0500

i TOTALLY need to make myself a little black dress. I have been looking for one FOR YEARS. i don't know why i just didn't go to my dressmaker for one.

also? i LOVE the top of that Anne Hathaway dress. love. and the silk charmeuse + swiss-dot fabric? sounds GORGEOUS.

First off I want to thank

JamiSings — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:29:21 -0500

First off I want to thank you and Kar for giving nice replies. Normally when I talk about something like this I'm viciously attacked. That's why the tone of my original blog is kind of nasty and defensive. Cause even when I say this stuff in a nice, calm tone people will tear me to pieces and call me stupid and all sorts of other names.

I have to agree that taking something in is better then letting it out.

It's not just the stuff made in China though - it's just the fashion designers period. Like it or not, they still make stuff for their stick-thin models. If you go over to Myitthings.com and check out the winner of their fashion design contest you'll see the women are so thin they could be used as toothpicks. The clothing made for them looks okay on them, but on a normal size woman it would make her look like she's overweight, and on someone fat like me it would look like a clown's costume. Frankly, I don't know how she won as her designs are really ugly.

http://www.smashingdarling.com/store/it-designer

There's one I saw that makes the flat chested model actually look like she has breasts hanging down at stomach level. I even said so.

Like it or not, clothing is still not being made for the average, everyday woman. It's being made for the fashionably aneroxic looking women. It's not fair. I also happen to think it's lousy business practices. Since the majority of women can't disapear if they turn sideways they can't really wear the clothing being designed.

~Jami JoAnne Russell~

www.jamisings.com

I have guns

blindedbyblonde — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:14:30 -0500

I am polish. I have big booty and muscles in my arm that show my roots of a past farming generation that halled water to the farm.

I mainly wear a size two but I buy mostly sleeveless because the size two button down with long sleeves, squeeze my upper arms in like sausages.

The problem with buying clothes made in china is the model form they use. They do not account for the array of different proportions to a body.

The best thing to do is buy sleeves that fit and have the bodice sinched because the way they manufacture clothes these days, there is little allowance to expand.

This is also a good rule to follow when large boobs are in play. By something and have it altared in. You can always have it let out. If you buy a dress for a special occassion thinking you will lose weight in time.....think again. buy smart!!

Didn't know about that....

JamiSings — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:36:06 -0500

I actually have a seamstress that has been doing my stuff since I was a little girl. So I suppose I could find something and have sleeves added. Though I wonder if it would look strange - especially if I couldn't find an exact match in the materials. It's just frustrating and depressing when you look for something good for you and don't find it. I tend to blank out on other options.

You would think though, with everyone saying that Americans are getting fatter that the fashion industry would be concentrating on better fashions for fat women rather then making larger versions of the skinny girls clothes - especially since a lot of the skinny girls stuff isn't that attractive either. I mean, horizontial stripes alone are not good for anyone unless they're so thin their chest is concave.

~Jami JoAnne Russell~

www.jamisings.com

I saw a doco about a dress shop in Sydney

kazari — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:24:36 -0500

that caters to the Lebanese muslim community. They do mostly formal wear and wedding dress, but do a lot of alterations ADDING sleeves to the dresses - for modesty reasons. And they deliberately sought out new-fashion stuff with sleeves. So maybe if there's a muslim community near you there would be similar shops?

But even if thats not an option, it's often easy for a dressmaker to ADD sleeves to a store-bought dress.

(The documentary was an owner, who wanted to start a chain of shops for muslim women - she rocked)

ps. i think that Igigi dress is awesome too.

yea the blue dress was

samanthafox — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:18:45 -0600

yea the blue dress was trendy and in fashion now....the coat looked good on u too

I LOVE IT!!

Denee King — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:01:59 -0600

If I had to do my own all over again it would be flip flops and Bar-b-que!! It's all about having FUN! But I wouldn't trade either of the two I just experienced for anything because we all had THE BEST TIME everywhere we went.

BTW - that is an AWESOME idea for wedding favors. I can't wait to see the pics. :-)

I'm the other way...

Denise — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:56:27 -0600

I am trying to convince my daughter that flip flops will work. It's an outdoor wedding. In SC. In March. Flip flops are the answer. They're so much the answer that I think she's giving all guests flip flops as a wedding favor.

:-)

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Thanks!

Jenny Lauck — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:02:08 -0500

It was a lot of fun to see how many options there were available for someone with my issues.

The Circus is in town!

At the risk of sounding like my mom when I've taken her shopping

Jory Des Jardins — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:49:00 -0500

You looked good in all of them. Seriously. I really liked the denim.

Jory Des Jardins
writes on business and career topics at BlogHer, and on her personal blog Pause

Must admit--you looked hot in the blue dress.

Jory Des Jardins — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:45:50 -0500

So maybe it's not practical. But I loved you in that.

Jory Des Jardins
writes on business and career topics at BlogHer, and on her personal blog Pause