Oh my - I need to get married so I can wear this!

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It’s so gorgeous:

https://cawleystudio.com/collections/bridal-2/products/heidi-dress-porcelain-silk-taffeta?variant=52954038468874

For the reception I haven’t decided, but possibly a dress from here:

https://www.magdabutrym.com/gb-en

Ho hum - I’ll have to hit the apps. 😄

(Very sorry, I don’t have a question.)

"At the moment" - plus-size models were riding high a few years ago too. And now many are out of work. The use of older models is still too infrequent IMO - so it's always good to see!

@bridgetreillydo you suppose anyone would willingly choose a wedding outfit in which they felt unhappy? I mean, I know MN-ers have recounted instances of not loving their wedding dresses - but if someone starts a thread showing a dress that would make them particularly happy, why do you suppose they are wrong about how they feel?

I think it's about the drama rather than the fit, but would agree. And no I haven't - I gave up on sewing things for myself long ago as I was so bloody painstaking (& very slow on a machine) that I never finished things!!

I actually quite like that first dress. I think the feathers are a mistake and look abit cheap but I like the more sculptural aspect of it.
I think part of the problem is everybody thinks they know what 'flattering' is but it doesnt mean the same to everybody. Sometimes you want to wear something that flatters your personality or mood and not your body!

I agree with you, @henlake7 about flattering meaning different things to different people.
I know a lot of posters on this board believe it means dressing for your shape and if you find that works for you, that's fine. But it's not settled science; it doesn't work for everyone; it certainly didn't work for me, and I get a bit tired of the way people who don't go along with it are regularly are dismissed as vacuous airheads.

I was thinking that the drama would be lessened if your own proportions don’t match the pattern size. It offers a slim waist and a more relaxed waist fit, but still comes in sizes - so if your bust and waist (the size points given) don’t line up, the patchwork construction would mean you could be making a “relaxed fit” with a slim version of the pattern, which wouldn’t be the version you were attempting to make. Attempts to force the slim version would ruin the drama.

Anyway, I’ll bow out as I can see that being comfortable having my own considerable “structure” isn’t really the point of this thread!

Hideous. Truly.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I am curious about what you're seeing that I'm not.

I see a poorly fitted, cheap looking lab coat which completely erases all implication of a woman's body being inside it, worn by a thoroughly miserable model who looks like she's preparing for execution rather than a lifetime of marital bliss.

Do you like it because it's different? Or because the price tag makes it exclusive?

I’m deep in a sewing jag at the moment. I just finished two big puffy blouses and am looking for a challenge so I’ve a feeling I’m going to be making one of those patterns before I know it but will try to calm down and spend the evening looking at the website first!

I just followed the brand on instagram and saw that 14 of my favourite people on there already follow them, how did I not know about this!

It's a shirt dress with poofy sleeves and feathers.

It doesn't know whether it wants to be a schoolmarm or a stripper or a long poet shirt. So, not a statement piece, rather a dress in need of therapy to find its identity.

The Robert Woods dress I like. It's a statement piece. I'd call it Weird Ruffled Regency.

Boned sleeves, not poofy. They are basically wired into that shape.

He’d be a bit jolly for her!

Sorry but I find that ‘wedding’ dress fucking hideous! 🤦🏼‍♀️

The whole Cawley wedding collection looks like wedding attire for the circus. Which is not necessarily a bad thing if you love a circus vibe.

However, the Magda Butrym dresses are absolutely wonderful! I will enjoy mentally spending my savings on these :)

Oh, thank goodness! I was afraid you were serious. 😂

I hope not, but the styling of those dresses does not scream happiest day of my life.

Just because they CAN, doesn't mean they SHOULD! Flippin 'eck, I mean apart from Helena Bonham Carter and her mum, who else could pull that off???

Me, @Picklelily99.

Me.

It's a wedding dress and analogue TV antenna in one!

Hey, stand right there. A little to the right, yes, that's it!

They’re clearly not designed to be appeal to the masses- they’re meant to be high end/high fashion/niche etc so I’m not sure why you’re surprised a lot of people aren’t keen on them OP? I don’t imagine you’d like them if you could buy a similar item in Primark or Esos?

I’m not sure where you read any comment of mine saying I’m surprised other people aren’t keen, @Hallywally?

I’ve been on S&B a loooong time. 😄 Pretty much every brand / designer I’ve ever mentioned has prompted scorn, derision, or sheer horror. Across two decades posters have pretty much remortgaged their houses to buy pitchforks with which to chase me. I just run fast towards more lovely clothes.

I said yesterday that it would be weird to think onlookers hated my outfit if I ever found myself wearing the dress I linked to my own wedding - given that I would be delighted with it. But I’m absolutely not surprised that most (not all!) posters here wouldn’t choose it for themselves. And that’s absolutely not a problem.

I can't remember where I first saw her clothes? Maybe Blumenhaus Magazine or similar? I'm presuming you'd prefer to make a patchwork quilt ...??!!!

Have you looked at some of the other patterns though? There are lots of YouTube/Instagram posts/videos of people making & wearing clothing from her patterns. I love the skirts in particular.

It’s so not gorgeous! 😮 🤣

This dress actually gives me the creeps.
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Oh good! Have you seen the made-to-order pieces? These dresses ...

That's beautiful. I love the skirt in that gorgeous mauve-pink silk.