Wedding Lust

[shadesong]

(Disclaimer: I am *not* engaged! I'm just addicted to wedding planning!)

So I'm looking at my Bride magazine (718 pages of wedding porn!), and I mention to yendi that finding good bridesmaid dresses for the eventual wedding is going to be difficult. He asks why. I point out that it seems that all the dresses they're offering are sleeveless, even for the fall collections... and I'm likely to have several plus-size bridesmaids who wouldn't feel comfortable baring their upper arms, so I'd need something with a short sleeve, if not a three-quarter or long sleeve (hypothetical wedding is hypothetically set for October, my favorite month).

He said, "So you're not like most brides, who don't give a shit if the bridesmaids like the dress?"

Me: "No, I want everyone to look good and be comfortable and happy."

Him: "Do bridesmaids pay for their own dresses?"

Me: "Well, yeah. But they have to buy what I tell them to."

Pause.

Me, musing: "Maybe that's why I like wedding planning so much. Ultimate power trip. Everyone has to do what I tell them to."

Adam: "But everyone does what you tell them to *anyway*."

Pause.

Me: "Oh yeah, huh?"

Comments

Very true.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Most of the wedding dresses right now are sleeveless too. Blah. (I'm glad someone else has a wedding mag fetish besides me)

A lot of the bridesmaid dresses have optional little jackets, though, which are really cute...and re-useable, too.

I'm wearing sleeveless shirts here in Taipei even though my arms are a mile wide (they're the last place I gained weight, but not the first place it's coming off). It's just too hot not to. And I don't care what anyone here thinks, unlike at Stanford.

Despite your urges for control, I think you'd be one of the least Bridezilla brides out there. ^_- As evidenced by your theoretical concern here. *G*

Re: Very true.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I'm designing my own wedding dress, which will have sheer, slightly belled long sleeves. Empire waist, ankle-length skirt, no train, just a teensy bit of beading at the bodice. And I shall wear a small tiara.

And yeah, there's no point in pissing off the bridesmaids, I think. I'm thinking autumny colors, with *sleeves* and maybe a wrap (I wore a wrap as edie22's maid of honor and liked it muchly). And Elayna would be my maiden of honor and wear a similar dress.


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Hey!

[dovetail66.livejournal.com]

i understand that. My sister is getting married on the 19th of oct and she is making me her maid of honour. So naturally on top of me being pretty damned butch, i have to wear a dress. A PURPLE dress at that, and I am plus sized. So i am having massive issues with not being able to find anything that i want to wear cause it all shows my arms. Now what i dont get, is why even in the autumn, someone would attempt to market clothes for big girls that even show a little arm! We for the most part dont want to wear things in the first place that expose any unnecessary skin, and they seem to be PUSHING to get us closer to naked at a WEDDING. lol.. well anyhow, its ridiculous. BTW whose wedding are you planning for in october?

Candy

Re: Hey!

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not actually planning, I just like to pretend-plan my own future possible wedding. Weird hobbies. :) But yeah, the whole sleeveless-dress thing is very annoying...


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[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Why October?

This October?

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Dude. Look at the post. Disclaimer up top. :) I'm not engaged... I just like hypothetical wedding planning. If I ever do get married again, it'll be in October. Don't know which year, but definitely not 2002 or 2003. :)

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Why October?

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Because I like October. Fall is my favorite season, and October is my favorite month.

[ariadnesthread.livejournal.com]

I like wedding-porn magazines, too.

I know I'll have a cool wedding if I ever have one at all. My mom will make sure no expense is spared, and she'll probably run it like a drill sergeant (she's organized, she's good with things crafty, she should be an interior designer). I've already got so many cool ideas in my head. Sigh....now all I need is a guy.

I just finished knitting a tank sweater and am nearly done a sleeveless non-tank one. Once I get them assembled, I intend to wear them, enormous arms and all. I'm coming to realize that it's pointless to worry what other people think--worrying about it hasn't gotten me anywhere, so NOT worrying about it certainly can't hurt me.

I like sleeveless wedding gowns, particularly the corset-y styles. Yeah, they'd probably look dumb on me, but I have visions of getting to where I'd actually look good in one. Like I said, with the current guy situation, it matters not anyhow.