[HPFGU-OTChatter] whimsical weddings

[Kathryn]

*raises hand tentattively* At the risk of pissing of everyone who has ever
had to wear a dress that made them look like the creation of some mad
confectioner. I was a bridesmaid for my cousin and the dress was quite nice.
A beautiful shade of green and reasonably attractive - I mean it wasn't
perfect but of the 2 adult bridesmaids I'm very short, fairly round and have
pale skin and the other was tall, skinny and dark finding a dress that
suited us both was difficult! The other bridesmaid was trying to talk the
bride into a dark shade of green that made me look like a walking corpse but
my wonderrful cousin refuesd. And we only hired the dresses so I wasn't
stuck with it anyway.

The only actual problem was she picked the hottest day of the year and
wanted us to wear it for the evening reception as well as the afternoon. She
tried insisting we wear them for the family gathering that was happening in
between but her mother stepped in and pointed out that if we were both
suffering from heat stroke we wouldn't make the evening reception at all. So
I spent all afternoon wanderin agound the barbecue in a kimono dressing gown
with my hair still up in flowers (couldn't get any regular clothing on
without destroying the hair)I kept being told I looked like a geisha!

They actually had fans on the tables at the reception because they thought
between the girls in the dresses (with masses of underskirts) and the guys
in mrning suits we might not make i theough the speeches.

K

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From: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
Date: 17 May 2002 17:00:47
To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] whimsical weddings


Wow, your outfit sounds fab.  On the cultural clothing thread, has any 
bridesmaid ever worn a bridesmaid dress (a western-style one) that *didn't* 
make you gag?  Thank heavens I've only been a bridesmaid 3 times, so I only 
harboured 3 disasters in my wardrobe (hint:  moving to another continent is 
a great excuse to get rid of the blasted things).  The first one had yards 
of material and made me look like a curtain.  The second was shiny light 
blue and clung in all the wrong places.  The third was a nice purple shade 
but the style of the dress made me look like a mutant grape.  When I got 
married I just had my maid of honour, and I told her to buy whatever dress 
she wanted.  She's always been grateful for that.

Mary Ann
(who has vowed to never, ever wear satin again!)

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