Post by Banana Boat on Jan 26, 2021 20:43:16 GMT -7
Your dress is beautiful! So elegant and I love the flowing lines. Do you still have it? My wedding dress was non-traditional, too. The traditional white dresses are beautiful, but not for me. Some of the dresses that I posted are, let's face it, ugly! 😀
Your dress is beautiful! So elegant and I love the flowing lines. Do you still have it? My wedding dress was non-traditional, too. The traditional white dresses are beautiful, but not for me. Some of the dresses that I posted are, let's face it, ugly! 😀
Thank you. I do still have it, it is in storage now.
My sister in law had the traditional wedding dress, veil included which she is saving for her daughters (whoever wishes to use it). She also gave my parents that traditional church wedding and reception afterwards, had it been up to my older brother he would have lived in sin for the rest of his life, lol! SIL dress was also quite pretty a strapless A line white lace, mermaid ruffled skirt.
LOL, I don't want to use that word because brides feel beautiful in their gowns (or what they chose) so even if they aren't appealing to our eyes they were killing it. LOL!
Also the coke thing for cleaning, ouch that thing is something we ingest.
Last Edit: Jan 26, 2021 21:04:38 GMT -7 by linviolet
Banana Boat my husband after seeing some of these dresses said you have it right, and that I was being way too nice, lol. His words 'They are ugly. Real ugly.'
Post by Banana Boat on Jan 28, 2021 14:09:16 GMT -7
My thoughts exactly. I once worked with another nurse, really a very pretty tall slim gal, who in her early 30s (we were the same age) decided to get her eyes "done". I swear there was nothing wrong with her eyes, no bags or lines. I was amazed that someone so attractive would be so insecure at such a young age. She did end up marrying a GYN MD so maybe the eyes did it...
ETA - After she had her eyes "done" she always had that startled deer in the headlights look.
Last Edit: Jan 28, 2021 14:56:11 GMT -7 by Banana Boat: eta
My thoughts exactly. I once worked with another nurse, really a very pretty tall slim gal, who in her early 30s (we were the same age) decided to get her eyes "done". I swear there was nothing wrong with her eyes, no bags or lines. I was amazed that someone so attractive would be so insecure at such a young age. She did end up marrying a GYN MD so maybe the eyes did it...
ETA - After she had her eyes "done" she always had that startled deer in the headlights look.
I try so very hard not to judge people by their outward appearance or what they choose to do to their own bodies. Once in a while, though, I'll see someone and all I can think is "Oh, my! You did that on purpose?"
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Fillers are the new "it" with the cosmetics. I hate how they make people look, they don't even look like themselves. I am not judging you if you have them done, but subtle, in my opinion, is better than what most people do to themselves with the fillers, they no longer look like themselves at all.
Mickey Rourke was a decent looking man, and he distorted his face completely. He didn't even look bad for a man who had been living a harder than hard movie star life. Pete Burns was also a really pretty looking man. I know the fear of aging in the Hollywood and music industry is a sin and they feel an amount of pressure to look and put out a certain type of image both physically and fantastical for their fans. Specially the women feel they need to meet this unattainable standard of beauty.
I have an aunt who does these procedures to her face to maintain her youthful look, and another one who has had multiple surgeries to maintain her body like a twenty year old. Let me just say that the one who has the youthful look is the oldest sister who has had 0 work done and her body after 3 children looks great.
Have you watched the movie "It's Complicated" w Meryl Streep? At one point she goes to a plastic surgeon because she's having trouble with a drooping eyelid; that she has to hold it up sometimes watching tv. He starts talking about pulling the skin back up into her hairline; probably have headaches for about 6 months, etc. She can't get out of there fast enough, & I agreed with her! I figured it would be just a bit of cut & tuck under the eyebrow! I have one of those as well--ah well, maybe I'll pull it up & secure with tape some nights?
I used to love "Say Yes to the Dress"; wedding dress shopping at Kleinfelds in NYC. But the dresses seemed to get rather skanky as the gals or their fiance's insisted they had to look sexy; the folks that came along were nasty or the bride was spoiled (I'll get what I want & the person paying for it just has to deal with what I want...) etc. It got to the point, I couldn't enjoy looking at the dresses; I was too busy being angry at the people! I'm sorry, but most of those dresses on that website...what were they thinking? And what will they be thinking a few years down the pike??? Shoot, always wondered what Princess Di thought a few years after her wedding. I'm sorry, but it was just too big, all around. Sure didn't seem to match her marvelous style afterwards! I dearly loved Kate Middletown's dress; both the fabric & the style.
Have you watched the movie "It's Complicated" w Meryl Streep? At one point she goes to a plastic surgeon because she's having trouble with a drooping eyelid; that she has to hold it up sometimes watching tv. He starts talking about pulling the skin back up into her hairline; probably have headaches for about 6 months, etc. She can't get out of there fast enough, & I agreed with her! I figured it would be just a bit of cut & tuck under the eyebrow! I have one of those as well--ah well, maybe I'll pull it up & secure with tape some nights?
I used to love "Say Yes to the Dress"; wedding dress shopping at Kleinfelds in NYC. But the dresses seemed to get rather skanky as the gals or their fiance's insisted they had to look sexy; the folks that came along were nasty or the bride was spoiled (I'll get what I want & the person paying for it just has to deal with what I want...) etc. It got to the point, I couldn't enjoy looking at the dresses; I was too busy being angry at the people! I'm sorry, but most of those dresses on that website...what were they thinking? And what will they be thinking a few years down the pike??? Shoot, always wondered what Princess Di thought a few years after her wedding. I'm sorry, but it was just too big, all around. Sure didn't seem to match her marvelous style afterwards! I dearly loved Kate Middletown's dress; both the fabric & the style.
never did like the NYC edition of Say Yes to the Dress but loved the Atlanta show.
Be careful what you wish for, it might just come true.