The 50’s come to the rescue.

So I found something to wear to the wedding: A 50’s prom dress. It cost $30, is the colour of cheez wiz, fits like a glove and is very celebratory. What was I stressing about? I should have just gone to Temple of the Modern Girl (2695 Main Street, Vancouver) in the first place.

Below, a selection of prom dresses from eBay and the silver shoes I will be wearing with the cheeze wiz dress. I just wanted to note that I shortened my dress to give it a more modern silhouette and I think it’s also important to balance out the kitsch factor with some contemporary shoes and no jewelry.

Boring Sex

Have you noticed that there’s nothing really new in the world of lingerie? No progression? I think lingerie may be stagnant.

I was watching an Agent Provocateur fashion show (don’t ask) and nothing was really happening. How many variations on the garter belt can there be? Isn’t there anything new that is sexy? Is it really just corsets and merry widows? I was in an Agent Provocateur store not long ago and it seemed very, how do I say it… mall sexy.

I know I have been a bit of a one woman Kostas Murkudis fan club recently but I have always liked the work he did for Schiesser underwear in Germany. What I like is that he uses the same fabrics for the men’s and women’s line and yet the men’s stuff doesn’t seem fey. It still retains it’s masculinity. Sensual. Something that seems to be missing from the lingerie business these days.

Mayle.

So I have been doing a lot of research lately trying to find the perfect dress for a wedding (see previous post) and though I am having no luck finding anything in my size or price range (Am I fat and cheap?  That’s depressing.) I have picked out some nice things for fall.

Most of it is from Mayle, which is perfection. And I’m happy they have a website now.

Also a pick from Tucker by Gaby Basora which I swiped off style.com’s blog. Great fabrics, oddly frumpy website. I think this stuff is all about context. If I saw a whole rack of it in a department store I might cringe, but a few select pieces hanging on their own would win me over.

Funny enough the Tucker stuff is sold at Project No. 8 in New York which also sells my Kostas Murkudis dress from last post. Good job NYC.

Kostas Murkudis

I have to go to a wedding this summer (who doesn’t) and it’s a daytime/outdoors/winery kind of thing.

Impossible to find a dress for. I went to one of the luxury department stores here in town and though it has really great service (so, not Holt Renfrew) the sales woman kept trying to guide me to Armani (I’m not the Mother of the Bride!) or Cavalli (uh, no).

Impossible to find something sweet and formal but in a champagne and bocce way. I quite like the following dress but no one sells it online. Desperate. Please help.