My mom had one of those writeups when she married dad.
I spent about four years writing those write-ups. I was a lifestyle editor. I had no particular interest in things social or bridal, but after about a year, I could look at a picture and type "overlaid with medallions of alencon lace." Much of that knowledge has now left my brain.
My favorite write-up from a bride: "The groom's cake was in the shape of a truck, the symbol of the groom's profession." A fellow lifestyle editor once had a bride write that the gown was "ebony white."
amych, that's absolutely fabulous.
I still don't have my wedding dress. I've been postponing the shopping for body-demon issues, though I can't screw around for much longer. It's less than 8 months away now.
And I want sleeves to cover my flabby arms, but if I can't find a dress I like, I will have a bolero jacket made to cover the flaws.
Oh yes! But when you're eight, somehow the brideyness overshadows the groom.
I dunno, not for me. Of course I wanted a tackling dummy for Christmas right around then (when I was around 8, not when my parents got married).
A Blake Edwards movie, but one that was far exceeded in quality by "Victor/Victoria," one of my all-time faves.
Bullshit! S.O.B. has a truly genius performance by Richard Mulligan. Dark and funny. Late William Holden. I can see a preference for V/V, but "far exceeds"? NFW.
Oh, amych, that dress is utterly GORGEOUS.
BevDog! did you get your book?
A Blake Edwards movie, but one that was far exceeded in quality by "Victor/Victoria," one of my all-time faves.
Bullshit! S.O.B. has a truly genius performance by Richard Mulligan. Dark and funny. Late William Holden. I can see a preference for V/V, but "far exceeds"? NFW.
Hee. This could dissolve into one of the funniest Buffista wars yet.
Bullshit! S.O.B. has a truly genius performance by Richard Mulligan. Dark and funny. Late William Holden. I can see a preference for V/V, but "far exceeds"? NFW.
Yeah, well, you prefer Old Skool Batman, too. :P
Sometimes, I want another wedding so that I have an excuse to wear Rum Pink.
but after about a year, I could look at a picture and type "overlaid with medallions of alencon lace."
Huh. I always figured that description was handed on by the bridal shop. You mean you actually had to retro-write it?
I'm really surprised that there aren't Orthodox dressmakers in Israel. You'd think there'd be enough observant brides!
Well, there are and there aren't.
I'll try to explain: even among Orthodox, there are lots of different (grr, what's the right word to use here?) streams, paths. There are what we call "haredi" (in the USA I think it's mostly called "hasidic"), which are the most strict. One very important difference between a haredi girl and, say, me, is the connection to the western culture and the, in the lack of a better phrase, "outside world". Part of this lack of connection shows itself in clothes. The men make a point in dressing as similarly to the way people were dressed in Europe in the 18-19th centuries as possible. Women's clothes are of course quite different from the clothes of that time period, but still they are quite different from, say, my clothes (which still pretty much obey the same rules of modesty, but sometimes go way beyond that). So for girls who are that strict and belong to that "stream", there are definitely dressmakers who cater to their needs. But most (not all) girls who don't belong to this way of life, who want something more fashionable or a little less strict, the most common option is to have a 'regular' dress altered.
amych, it's gorgeous! Yay you.
Kat, early congrats, then, in case I won't post with either you or lori closer to that event (and "paper" fits you, too, in a way, what with your books and lori's origami).
