meanwhile

[rm]

The dress arrived.

Good:
- shows off the tattoo
- fits me reasonably, and can be pinned discretely if I don't have time to alter it.

Bad:
- I should really get it shortened and taken in a bit (I probably could have ordered the smaller size, but it would have fit like a hobble skirt, and I need to be able to sit down in the thing).
- not sure it does all that for my figure, but I'm wearing the totally wrong bra for it today. I'm counting on some industrial magic to make that happen.

Weird:
- The only people I trust to alter it are the slightly inconvenient folks at the same place that altered my greatcoat. Man, I'm always going to them when there's ISSUES involved. Symbolic awesome? Or logistical nightmare? I CAN'T DECIDE. Because I need it done more than I need it to be funny.

ETA:
- Alterations less severe than I thought; totally bringing it whereever tomorrow. Definitely shortening it to just above the knee
- Fits everything but my bust line better than I thought.
- I need some fabulous shoes. FABULOUS. Thoughts?

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

No red shoes. Red shoes, among other things, evoke a national sorority's fundraising project, but I am considering contrasting shoes. Or just night sleek black patent leather and some chunky pearl earrings and matching bracelet to offset red lips and nails.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. No sorority shoes, then.

Someone could probably do either plum or turquoise, but I don't see that working for you, well maybe the right shade of plum. (I am prejudiced against turquoise.) Gold and bronze tones? Shiny black or metallic and chunky pearls, possibly with some rhinestone accents. (With all this other Eighties crap coming back, can we have shoe buckles back? Come to think of it, I didn't have real shoe buckles, I used clip-on earrings to add bling to shoe fronts.)