Gown Update

I walked uptown today with my pal Andi and took the dress to my tailor. It's kind of fun to say "my tailor." Anyway, this woman named Zuzana does wonderful work for a reasonable rate. She told me the dress would need to be taken in at least four inches, and that it would be no problem to put a lace-up back on it instead of the current zipper closure. She's also going to put some bra cups in so I'll have one less bit of underpinning to worry about, and we'll worry about the hem later, once the major reconstruction is done and the thing actually fits. I'm so happy to have found a nice, elegant gown to wear amid all the big white abominable snow-bunny dresses there are out there. I'm going to bead it a little, but I won't harlot it up too much. I'm going to design a shrug or little jacket to wear over the dress for the church service, and the lines and material for this take up some of my idle-thought time each day. I think my mom would really have loved this gown, and that makes me happy.

Captured: 1 bridal gown

I ran my bridal gown to ground last week at a gown outlet near our house. It's a discontinued model (which is why I have no photo to show you), strapless, two sizes too big for me, with absolutely no beading or other embellishment. It's perfect for my nefarious beading plans. I'll take it to the tailor on Wednesday. I plan to ask her to take it in, hem it, and put a corset closure in back rather than the zipper that's there now. That way, if I lose weight or (God forgid) gain, I can just pull the laces tighter or (please, God, no) let them out and the gown will still fit just fine. When she's done I will bring the hapless garment home, get out my beading supplies, swarovski cristals and real pearls and have my way with it. After all that, I wonder if I'll want to donate it to charity as I've planned, heartless tax saver that I am. Maybe a single girlfriend will want it for her own wedding. I'll ask them. If not, I really will need to donate it. We don't have the closet space for a dress I'll never wear again.
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In other news, we hired our photographer. I need to fill out the contract and send her a deposit, and then I can check that off the list also.