Topic: Can we have another fashion/clothing thread? Pretty please? (Read 81827 times)

Lines · « **Reply #350 on:** 02 Jul 2014, 19:03 »

Red. Red lingerie is a Yes.

nekowafer · « **Reply #351 on:** 02 Jul 2014, 19:12 »

I've never worn red on purpose. But he does like red, so maybe I should.

Lines · « **Reply #352 on:** 03 Jul 2014, 15:30 »

Personally I wear a lot of blue because my husband's favorite color is blue and I happen to really like blue as well. I think purple would be awesome for you as well as red.

Papersatan · « **Reply #353 on:** 09 Jul 2014, 21:15 »

I am in a wedding in 3 weeks and I haven't gotten the dress to be dark enough yet, or found shoes I like.

The bride picked a color for the bridesmaids from David's bridal, but said we could get our dresses wherever. The largest size at David's was going to be an inch too small in the bust and all their dresses are expensive and polyester, so I decided to get a white dress I loved and dye it the color. Two of the bridesmaids are getting their dress from davids, so the color will be exact, and the third got her's elsewhere, so I don't know how exact the color is. I have dyed the dress 3 times, and it's just not dark enough yet. Has anyone here dyed clothing? I could use some advice. I am buying more dye and the "dye fixative" which I haven't been using, and hoping that will do the trick. It was almost the right shade, but when I dyed it again today with the same ratio of dye it came out a bit too red and not much darker :/

Before this dye:

After this dye:

Also, shoes, I need silver shoes which are not a million dollars, which don't have a high heel and which will look nice for an outdoor summer wedding. Right now I have these:

I don't love them though. Where do you guys shoe shop? I've looked at DWS, Famous Footware, Amazon, Zappos and Modcloth. :/

Barmymoo · « **Reply #354 on:** 10 Jul 2014, 00:20 »

Is there somewhere you could go for advice about the dyeing? Like a dressmakers or something?

nekowafer · « **Reply #355 on:** 10 Jul 2014, 04:06 »

What about Payless for shoes? I usually do Ebay.

Lines · « **Reply #356 on:** 10 Jul 2014, 06:11 »

Me and my MoH had shoes from zappos, the other bridesmaids got theirs at Payless. As for dying, I'd mix the people you had with a navy blue? But I'd look up a reputable source first.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #357 on:** 10 Jul 2014, 06:25 »

I usually have the best luck with shoes at DSW and 6pm.com. Amazon can be worth it if you know what you're looking for and punch in the style number. I think I found my wedding shoes by doing a Google search, actually. If you type in the style and color you want, you can click on one of the images and there is an option to click "visually similar items". I find that really helpful when I'm looking for shoes

I did a quick search for "womens low heel silver sandal" and got a bunch of cute ones here. You should be able to click any of them and it'll take you to visually similar items as well. A word of warning- it can suck you in.

(edited to add- the Anne Klein ones in the top row? WANT.)

Papersatan · « **Reply #358 on:** 10 Jul 2014, 07:05 »

I don't know why ebay hadn't occurred to me, I am looking there now. Those Ann Klein ones aren't bad, but I can't find them in my size. I think one of the problems I am having is I just don't like silver shoes; they either look really cheap, or they cost more than I want to spend, and I can't imagine myself wearing any of them again. But I guess I just need to get over that. I will wear the dress again, which is better than most bridesmaids get.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #359 on:** 10 Jul 2014, 11:07 »

What do you think about these? They're a mite bit pricey but the style is so cute that you might actually decide to wear them after the wedding, despite them being silver!

Papersatan · « **Reply #360 on:** 19 Jul 2014, 19:09 »

I liked those, but the bride has announced that the flip flops are fine, so I am sticking with them.

Heres how the dress turned out, in need of a de-wrinkling obvs...

with the swatch for comparison:

It is still redder than I would like, but there's nothing to be done about it at this point. I think it will be close enough.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #361 on:** 20 Jul 2014, 01:32 »

It looks close enough to me! The same fabric looks different against different skin tones anyway, so there shouldn't be a problem. I'm glad she oked the flip flops, they look good - I like the shine.

Lines · « **Reply #362 on:** 20 Jul 2014, 04:51 »

Shiny and non-shiny fabrics will look differently anyways, even if dyed with the same color. I think it looks great!

Akima · « **Reply #363 on:** 21 Jul 2014, 05:35 »

Grognard · « **Reply #364 on:** 22 Jul 2014, 15:22 »

I think your sunny personality is throwing the shading all out of kilter.

-or-

looks good to me.

Thrillho · « **Reply #365 on:** 23 Jul 2014, 01:38 »

Lookin' rockin' Papersatan.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #366 on:** 23 Jul 2014, 09:52 »

Cute! And great work on the dye job! I dive headfirst into any DIY stuff but I'm still a bit afraid to tackle fabric dye. (Which is odd....because I have no qualms about hair dye!)

Aimless · « **Reply #367 on:** 25 Jul 2014, 08:23 »

Holy crap! Hemming Web is the best thing ever

Barmymoo · « **Reply #368 on:** 25 Jul 2014, 11:39 »

I should get some, I need to turn up my trousers for work.

Aimless · « **Reply #369 on:** 25 Jul 2014, 14:02 »

I was so sad about my favourite pair of jeans being more groin-holes than cloth and also about not having good shorts to get me through this abominable summer that is surely the work of the Dark One

so I took a pair of scissors to the jeans, cut the legs short, trimmed the frayed edges of the holes, patched them from the inside with the bits I'd cut off and then hemmed the legs. Presto, perfect jean shorts

nekowafer · « **Reply #370 on:** 28 Jul 2014, 08:09 »

JORTS!

I want to get my sewing machine back from my ex and fix some pants and two cardigans. And then I want to sew myself something. I haven't decided what, yet. But maybe a tank top or a small purse. I wish I was thinner for many reasons, but one of the bigger ones is that it would mean making clothing for myself would be easier.

nekowafer · « **Reply #371 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 07:18 »

So I have a clothing problem. Most of my work pants look awful on me. And I hate them. And they don't fit well. I have one pair that fits great and looks great, and they're even still made. But I can't really afford to buy more clothing. But I want to feel good. So I don't know what to do. Maybe sell my old pants so I can buy new ones? But I don't know anyone my size. WHINE.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #372 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 10:39 »

Having worked on both coasts now, this is truth.*

*with a few exceptions

Lines · « **Reply #373 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 14:37 »

Quote from: nekowafer on 06 Aug 2014, 07:18

So I have a clothing problem. Most of my work pants look awful on me. And I hate them. And they don't fit well. I have one pair that fits great and looks great, and they're even still made. But I can't really afford to buy more clothing. But I want to feel good. So I don't know what to do. Maybe sell my old pants so I can buy new ones? But I don't know anyone my size. WHINE.

Try to sell them on ebay. My mom had good luck selling some of my old clothes on there. Even the ones that I thought no one would wear/buy.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #374 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 08:16 »

There's also online consignment- you might not make as much on each piece, but you can likely get rid of a higher volume at once. I recently started looking at thredup.com- might be worth a shot?

nekowafer · « **Reply #375 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 08:35 »

I'll look into it. Thanks, ladies!

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #376 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 18:21 »

also possible options for finding another pair of the ones you like at a discount?

nekowafer · « **Reply #377 on:** 08 Aug 2014, 04:58 »

It looks like eBay has basically nothing in my size that I like. At least not that I can find. But I will keep looking, it's worth a shot.

Metope · « **Reply #378 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 07:50 »

Wedding dress! $200, should I buy and get married in it y/n

Masterpiece · « **Reply #379 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 08:19 »

i like it.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #380 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 08:43 »

nekowafer · « **Reply #381 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 10:18 »

It's gorgeous, and a great price for a wedding dress!

Metope · « **Reply #382 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 10:51 »

Yay! Yeah I really like it, and although it would be the most expensive dress I've ever bought it seems like most wedding dresses for some reason easily gain another 0 behind the figure. I just really like the simplicity of it, and I'm not worried about buying it online since it's wide everywhere besides the waist, which is elastic.

HiFranc · « **Reply #383 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 13:04 »

I love these. I have several pairs in blue. They lots of pockets, are water resistant, are too short to get tangled in my chain (bought a bike earlier this year) and they look good to. They ork well on and off the bike. They're a little thin for early morning rides or heavy rain but that's why I've got these.

Akima · « **Reply #384 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 13:57 »

Quote from: Metope on 12 Oct 2014, 07:50

Wedding dress! $200, should I buy and get married in it y/n

Yes, especially if you're going for a garden-party wedding.

Metope · « **Reply #385 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 14:00 »

We are! We're thinking a low-key affair in his parents' backyard, it's huge and really pretty since they're both into gardening. Woo finding a dress was actually easy!

Lines · « **Reply #386 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 19:19 »

I think finding a dress is the easiest part, haha! I think you'll look lovely in that dress.

Metope · « **Reply #387 on:** 13 Oct 2014, 00:42 »

Thanks! And that's so funny, every time I hear about wedding dress searching it seems like it's supposed to be this huge, never ending task where you won't be able to rest until you find THE ONE dress, probably after trying on lots and lots of other dresses first. I found this one pretty quickly, and kept looking for a bit (my mom doesn't think I should stop looking yet) and like... 95% of wedding dresses are massively over priced, hideous or both. If I'd only gone to specialty wedding dress shops that would have probably been the case for 100%, thank goodness for Etsy.

HiFranc · « **Reply #388 on:** 13 Oct 2014, 13:03 »

Metope, if you're happy with it then that's all that really matters. Afer all, it's your wedding.

Papersatan · « **Reply #389 on:** 13 Oct 2014, 16:57 »

Kris, I think that dress will look lovely on you!

nekowafer · « **Reply #390 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 16:00 »

Wearing a pretty nightgown with pretty matching undies cause I need to feel pretty right now. Everything is covered but I'd say NSFW cause it can be awkward looking at pics of girls in nightgowns when you're at work

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Papersatan · « **Reply #391 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 19:04 »

Did I not know about your stay calm tattoos? if so I'd forgotten. They, and you, are lovely.

nekowafer · « **Reply #392 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 19:12 »

I've posted about them before, but it's been a while. And thank you, I needed to hear that <3

Akima · « **Reply #393 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 01:47 »

It's a very nice nightie.

nekowafer · « **Reply #394 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 10:02 »

Thank you! It's my cutest one. I have a nightgown obsession, it seems.

TRVA123 · « **Reply #395 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 19:36 »

I totally read your tattoo as STAY GLAM. and I got really excited.

But STAY CALM makes a bit more sense.

Papersatan · « **Reply #396 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 19:53 »

"Stay Calm" is also likely to have extra meaning as a reference to Shannon Larratt (correct me if I am wrong Neko.)

nekowafer · « **Reply #397 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 20:22 »

You are 100% correct, Kat.

Dalillama · « **Reply #398 on:** 24 Oct 2014, 13:50 »

Here's a lovely red dress my husband made me.

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Edited to Add: Nekowafer, that is indeed a nice nightie, and a cool tattoo. I refrained from making such statements earlier from concern for being new and not certain of local boundaries regarding same as to whether it might come off as creepy. It's the sort of thing that I worry about.

Welu · « **Reply #399 on:** 25 Oct 2014, 14:50 »

Your dress is gorgeous!

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