I tuned in too late.

I tuned in too late.

Eh. I have to say, the novelty has worn off a little. Still, we contributed books to the fund drive and I got to pimp James Booker and Bo Diddley so that's nice.

I had long sleeves, and they weren't made of tulle or illusion. They were reembroidered alencon lace on shantung silk, and they were fine, well fitted, and not restrictive.

My dress was sleeveless but not strapless. I also had an early September wedding.

I haven't looked at a bridal magazine since 1999, so I've been a little mystified by the universality of strapless dresses at all the weddings I've coordinated over the last year or so, even at winter weddings. I felt sorry for the bride at the last one, when she just had this tiny inadequate wrap over it as she exited the church into the freezing rain. But it sounds like that's just what's in the stores these days.

Yeah, in '99, it was pretty easy to find sleeves. Both my BF and I had sleeves, and while my dress was made for me, her dress was purchased at a swank dress place.

The lack of sleeves these days makes me sad. Women built like me shouldn't have to go without, damn it.

My dress has wide straps, but not sleeves. I avoided the whole bridal-shopping gig, but from what I keep hearing, it's nothing but strapless in the conspiracy industry anymore. Basically, it's a sign of lazy designers. (Also, a whole lot of purely-speculative-just-looking going on, no?)

My dress has wide straps, but not sleeves.

I actually just did an internal SQUEE! at the idea that AMYCH HAS A WEDDING DRESS!!!!!!

Not really sure why that pinged me in the way it did, but there you have it.

I've always loved Princess Margaret's wedding dress. It was so simple and elegant, with long sleeves, although it still had a full skirt and a long train. Royal, but without the froofy puffy sleeves or re-embroidered lace or sequins or pearl-beading. It's all the cut and the fabric.

ETA: Full length shot.

I've skipped a lot, skimmed a bit, and now I have Anne of Green Gables in my mind demanding puffed sleeves.

What if a woman's religion demands she wears sleeves, like, say, the strict orthodox Jewish rules for girls' clothes? It mustn't be impossible to get them, no matter what the fashion is, right?

Oh, and a completely unrelated question - what do people mean when they say "modern"? This question is too vast for me to try to Google the answer, and in fact, I'm interested in what y'all think, since you're way more educated with words than I am.

[Edit:

I actually just did an internal SQUEE!

Me too!]

I'm glad I wanted a strapless dress -- I had no idea sleeves were so difficult to come by. How odd.