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Shiny_Rock
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- Oct 25, 2009
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So, I posted the dress I had bought at ROTB a couple of months ago. We are having a masquerade ball wedding on Halloween, and I found a pretty great dress for very, very cheap. I bought it, because it was a one day sale and I knew I could never beat that price.
But then I found myself trying so hard to "make the dress work" aka. make the dress *not* white. I was trying to add color accessory after color accessory and make them all match, because in my heart I knew I wanted nothing to do with a white dress. I knew that when I went to ROTB too, but there is a lot of pressure since it's sort of a do or die situation.
There were several mitigating factors in my decision to ditch my dress. Namely that I was going to have to spend about $100 to have it cleaned (it got stepped on at ROTB) and then potentially another $100+ to have it altered and bustled. I decided that money could be spent towards a custom made corset that I have always wanted, and that isn't white.
I finally received it in the mail and I LOVE it!! This was absolutely the right decision and I am so thrilled. FH is pumped too because he loves curvy women in corsets...and boy, does it make me curvy! I am currently working on an 1890's silhouette skirt with a lace overlay inset train with my mother. Please ignore the safety pins in the straps of the corset, I had put it on to alter how the straps lie on me so they won't fall down. My wedding is becoming very DIY, which I guess makes sense since I am a crafty person with a serious lack of funds
OK, ok, on to the pics!
(Please ignore my stupid faces, I feel dumb not smiling for pics. I also just took a piece of the fabric we bought to make the skirt and wrapped it around my hips for a little more of the visual.)
But then I found myself trying so hard to "make the dress work" aka. make the dress *not* white. I was trying to add color accessory after color accessory and make them all match, because in my heart I knew I wanted nothing to do with a white dress. I knew that when I went to ROTB too, but there is a lot of pressure since it's sort of a do or die situation.
There were several mitigating factors in my decision to ditch my dress. Namely that I was going to have to spend about $100 to have it cleaned (it got stepped on at ROTB) and then potentially another $100+ to have it altered and bustled. I decided that money could be spent towards a custom made corset that I have always wanted, and that isn't white.
I finally received it in the mail and I LOVE it!! This was absolutely the right decision and I am so thrilled. FH is pumped too because he loves curvy women in corsets...and boy, does it make me curvy! I am currently working on an 1890's silhouette skirt with a lace overlay inset train with my mother. Please ignore the safety pins in the straps of the corset, I had put it on to alter how the straps lie on me so they won't fall down. My wedding is becoming very DIY, which I guess makes sense since I am a crafty person with a serious lack of funds
OK, ok, on to the pics!
(Please ignore my stupid faces, I feel dumb not smiling for pics. I also just took a piece of the fabric we bought to make the skirt and wrapped it around my hips for a little more of the visual.)
Lulu is right- your FI is going to die!!
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