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

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Tocsin · 19/05/2026 06:10

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.)

Magda Butrym: Official Website & On-line Boutique

Official luxury clothing designer ready-to-wear brand store Magda Butrym. Online Fashion Store. Luxury Designer Clothes. Luxury Fashion. Official Fashion Store.

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

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OtterandaRock · 21/05/2026 00:00

Is this the lucky bridegroom?

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Floisme · 21/05/2026 10:04

PhaedraTwo · 19/05/2026 23:20

Here's my entries for Flo's 70th

https://www.renlisu.com/products/hattie-short-jacket

https://www.renlisu.com/products/evelyn-jacket

https://www.renlisu.com/products/jennie-jacket

https://www.renlisu.com/products/selina-blouse-copy-1

And how pretty are these?

https://www.renlisu.com/products/rosa-skirt-copy

https://www.renlisu.com/products/rosa-skirt

https://www.renlisu.com/products/rosa-top

I'm so sorry, @PhaedraTwo I've only just spotted your post, thank you!

Instant verdict would be for the Hattie jacket, but I'm wondering if that's a little too much in my comfort zone and that maybe I should branch out more while I still can....

EleanorMc67 · 21/05/2026 11:19

PhaedraTwo · 19/05/2026 22:36

I can't believe EleanorMc67 said anything which needs MNHQ to have a look at it!

Maybe it was the kitten-smuggling comment? Anyway, they have now deemed it fit to release ...

PhaedraTwo · 21/05/2026 13:34

EleanorMc67 · 19/05/2026 22:28

Funnily enough, that's what I thought of it too back then!

I moved to Edinburgh in 1987 to study landscape architecture at art college - so my friends were all fashion/jewellery/drawing & painting students. Droopy & Browns (& Laura Ashley etc) was thought of as rather prim & dull - worn by middle-class English girls studying history of art or similar at Edinburgh Uni* ... Meanwhile at the weekend we would dress up & head across to Nico's & The Sub Club in Glasgow - it felt like a truly innovative & stylish city, whereas Edinburgh seemed very conventional by comparison.

I loved & still love both cities, 40 years later - & have grown to appreciate the romantic aesthetic of the D&B label - but it was definitely NOT viewed as cool in the late 80s!

I just came across this article, where she is wearing a gorgeous green D&B dress - but even better, she describes it as having "pockets large enough to smuggle kittens"!! And now I want ALL my clothes to have pockets that will allow me to do just that ... 😸

https://vintagevixon.blogspot.com/2019/11/this-week-in-secondhand-finds.html

*Apologies to anyone middle-class & English who studied history of art at Edinburgh Uni!

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You see I always loved Laura Ashley and Droopy Brown and embroidered Indian dresses. I moved to Edinburgh 1986/87 and I have a photo of me beside Greyfriars Bobby wearing a tiered cotton LA skirt, with a huge, vibrant blue floral print, a cute little cream cotton, almost crocheted LA short sleeved jumper and ballet flats.

I had the skirt in black with huge pink roses worn with a LA new romantic ruffled shirt. I'd wear all of them now if I still had them.

PhaedraTwo · 21/05/2026 14:55

This reminded me that in 1989 in Princes' Street I was stopped by someone to say the black, double breastfed LA riding oat, with voluminous skirt with 3 inverted pleats, huge cuffs, velvet collar and buttons was the most beautiful coat she had seen.

I managed to replace it from ebay in 2019 and on its first wear was stopped and told the same.

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 21/05/2026 15:01

PhaedraTwo · 21/05/2026 14:55

This reminded me that in 1989 in Princes' Street I was stopped by someone to say the black, double breastfed LA riding oat, with voluminous skirt with 3 inverted pleats, huge cuffs, velvet collar and buttons was the most beautiful coat she had seen.

I managed to replace it from ebay in 2019 and on its first wear was stopped and told the same.

If either of these, then yes. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334593992423
https://www.ebay.com/itm/317405671995

PhaedraTwo · 21/05/2026 18:11

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 21/05/2026 15:01

If either of these, then yes. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334593992423
https://www.ebay.com/itm/317405671995

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I think mine is nicer! There are 3 inverted back pleats on mine, each pleat topped with a velvet button.

I also had a navy coat which I called my Howard's End coat because it looked like something Helena Bonham Carter might have worn in that film. Loved that coat.

MorganaLeFey · 26/05/2026 11:01

Tocsin · 20/05/2026 06:41

If there’s going to be a thread on film / TV outfitting then this must be included (quote from a previous S&B thread):

Helen McCrory as Kathryn in 'MotherFatherSon'. Not sure I've seen such astonishing care taken over a contemporary woman's wardrobe in a TV series before. I think I gasped every time she appeared on screen - but there's a golden dress she wears to a wedding ... The character has become a weird style icon for me - if ever I'm unsure about a purchase I think “Would Kathryn wear this?”

Plus:

My TV style icons - Kathryn, Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein in 'The Honourable Woman', Rebecca Hall as Sylvia Tietjens in 'Parade's End'

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I think you should start one @Tocsin!

Could we also add Charlotte Ritchie's character in 'YOU' ...

Katherine 'Kate' Lockwood/Galvin/Goldberg was just simply fabulous in everything.

The Costume Designer is Katie Riley .

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Tocsin · 26/05/2026 11:39

I’m afraid ‘You’ has completely passed me by.

Will chase it up - purely for the clothes!

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MorganaLeFey · 26/05/2026 13:55

And I was also very into Love Quinn played by Victoria Pedretti in Season 2.

Loved the LA Boho chic and elegance and the jewellery too so I highly recommend @Tocsin.

YOU — Season 2 - Kiersten Hargroder / Costume Design

YOU — Kiersten Hargroder / costume design

https://www.kierstenhargroder.com/portfolio/project-two-ky966-47346

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