Like people are going to be whispering, "Sleeveless? In September? What WAS she thinking???"
There's a rule about sleeveless?
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It's a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
Anya ,'Sleeper'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Apr 02, 2007 8:24:05 am PDT #191 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Kathy A - Apr 02, 2007 8:29:32 am PDT #192 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
CV!! Hi!! My sister is getting married a week after you, but since she's in Vegas and not Maine, her sleeveless dress won't raise any eyebrows.
I'm waiting for the cross-stitch supplies I ordered to be delivered, so I can get started on her wedding present (one of those "United in Marriage [Man] and [Woman] on [Date]" things).
Daisy Jane - Apr 02, 2007 8:31:38 am PDT #193 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My one concern about September is that I already bought my dress, and it is very much a summer dress, not a fall dress.
Shrug. I mean if it bothers you that it's sleveless or if you think you'll be cold. I tend to think though that wedding and formal wear aren't terribly seasonal. They're not summer or winter; they're event.
Liese S. - Apr 02, 2007 8:31:40 am PDT #194 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
That is Liese taking up Nilly's refrain.
Ha! Well, Nilly's busy with Passover, probably, so I live to serve.
eta: Although, man, I have been a little bundle of life-sucking cloud lately. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some leaking out and taking over the weather system.
tommyrot - Apr 02, 2007 8:32:02 am PDT #195 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kat - Apr 02, 2007 8:33:40 am PDT #196 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Why so blue, liese?
JZ - Apr 02, 2007 8:39:23 am PDT #197 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
September is close enough to summer that I don't see how it could possibly matter, unless it's outdoors and you'll be freezing cold, in which case just add some kind of shrug or capelet or something, just as DJ said.
Though, to be absolutely certain of the best possible advice (and also give you sixty jillion links to eighty kerbrillion made-of-awesome shoulder-covering options), we should probably see pictures.
Baby pictures are here, courtesy of Rock Star Scola, who gave us a snazzy Flickr pro account. Because he is a Rock Star. Complete with ungodly charismatic smile and all.
Jesse - Apr 02, 2007 8:39:38 am PDT #198 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We have life-sucking cloud here, too! They promised warm and sunny and yet? NSM.
sarameg - Apr 02, 2007 8:43:03 am PDT #199 of 10001
I have your warm and sunny.
And am irritable and overworked.
Jesse - Apr 02, 2007 8:44:55 am PDT #200 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hmph.
Great article, Jilli! I don't suppose you watch Ace of Cakes on Food Network? On the episode yesterday, a mom got her daughter a Gothy Sweet Sixteen cake -- all black and red and skulls and awesome.