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Dress dilemma
Nov. 27th, 2010 11:48 amSo, I have an appointment at David's Bridal on 12/27.
However, I've fallen head over heels in love with a vintage dress on Ebay. It's beautiful, it's the only dress out of the thousands (yes, literally, thousands) of gowns that I've looked at. I've gone back three design seasons and found nothing. I think it's because of my love for vintage fashion, and people always tell me that I was born into the wrong time period.
It has everything I'm looking for, in the silhouette I'm looking for. I'm so small that I can't wear big, poofy gowns without getting lost in the fabric, and I can't dance in the mermaid style or styles with huge trains. This one falls on a much more flattering, flexible sheath style. And I don't like *white* white, but more an off-white or ivory.
So, this dress on Ebay. Starting at $200, versus the $2k and up that typical gowns start at. Beading and lace. A gorgeous 20s gown. Right silhouette. Right color. Right size (may need to be taken in a bit). Right feel for the wedding/venue (the building was a casino built in the 1890s). I've had a visceral reaction to just the sight of this dress that I haven't felt to the thousands I've seen.
So, my question is this: Should I buy the dress without having tried it on? Based just on the "this is the one" feeling I've had? Seriously, I can't stop looking at it every fifteen minutes when I'm on the internet.
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elenuial-accessible.
I have ten days until the end of the auction.
However, I've fallen head over heels in love with a vintage dress on Ebay. It's beautiful, it's the only dress out of the thousands (yes, literally, thousands) of gowns that I've looked at. I've gone back three design seasons and found nothing. I think it's because of my love for vintage fashion, and people always tell me that I was born into the wrong time period.
It has everything I'm looking for, in the silhouette I'm looking for. I'm so small that I can't wear big, poofy gowns without getting lost in the fabric, and I can't dance in the mermaid style or styles with huge trains. This one falls on a much more flattering, flexible sheath style. And I don't like *white* white, but more an off-white or ivory.
So, this dress on Ebay. Starting at $200, versus the $2k and up that typical gowns start at. Beading and lace. A gorgeous 20s gown. Right silhouette. Right color. Right size (may need to be taken in a bit). Right feel for the wedding/venue (the building was a casino built in the 1890s). I've had a visceral reaction to just the sight of this dress that I haven't felt to the thousands I've seen.
So, my question is this: Should I buy the dress without having tried it on? Based just on the "this is the one" feeling I've had? Seriously, I can't stop looking at it every fifteen minutes when I'm on the internet.
Pictures available, just not posting them here because this is
elenuial-accessible. I have ten days until the end of the auction.
