The Frivolous Dress

Blogger was temporarily unavailable all of yesterday morning. It came back up in the afternoon only by then I was in the middle of cleaning and chores so today's post is Monday's promised one about the frivolous dress.




I finished it on Friday except for lining the hem. I couldn't decide whether to go longer or shorter so I asked a few friends for feedback and they all liked the see through bottom. Since I can be too conservative, I went with that and hemmed the lining at knee level using the scalloped edge of the lace from the godets.




The last time that I was in Nanaimo, I bought a purse at my favourite second hand store. It matched the dress perfectly which was wonderful since I hadn't used it yet and I had nothing else that went with the dress. The shoes are a dark grey edged in black. They were $9.00 on sale at the mall last weekend and have a wonderfully firm but flirty heel. In the picture, they look a bit heavier than I would have liked but I also didn't want to wobble around on stilettos. It's funny the things you see in a picture that you don't see in the mirror like two pictures down where Howard's pants look too long and yet he had them professionally hemmed. I guess I (we) need to take more pictures while getting dressed - LOL.



Our current couple picture is quite a bit different than the wedding one you saw on Friday. We're both older and fluffier but still very happy together. Marrying Howard was one of the best decisions I've ever made. We've grown up wonderfully well together.




This is one of my favourite dress styles. I doubt that will ever change and yet I found myself wondering if I looked old or frumpy or fat. It's those style ruts that we get into that make us feel that way. Even new things are not completely new. We've worn this before. I'm wondering how a person deals with that rut as they age. How do we make the same old same old fresh again? I imagine it's in the details and the process because I really enjoyed fitting and sewing something so completely frivolous. There won't be many opportunities to wear this dress again, perhaps a Christmas party. For thirty dollars and a week of fun, that's okay.

Talk soon - Myrna

Grateful - a clean house