thoughts of wedding planning sometimes flutter into my head and then i chase them out as quickly as possible because i start hyperventilating. the idea just seems so FOREIGN to me. like hello, i don't even feel comfortable when a group of my friends take me out for my bday dinner! recently, one of the last folks i talked to about my engagement advised me to "have fun" while i'm planning it...but really, fun for me consists of walking around silverlake with my fiance and our dog and then catching lunch at an outdoor cafe. fun rarely involves spending $k of dollars on something i can't even wear :( the last time i checked, i don't believe i can "wear" a wedding.
so how does one keep a wedding on the more "affordable" side? how about making your own dress out of recycled materials? not only will you save money, you will also be kind to mother earth while you're at it. look at this dress made out of plastic shopping bags. i love how the plastic bags were twisted into rosettes.
this dress is made from pieces of newsprint and torn up magazine pages. a schlack of clear binding liquid hardens the dress so the pieces of paper can keep its form. if it was in pure white, would this make an acceptable wedding dress as well?
and if you know about chinese weddings at all, there are multiple outfit changes during the reception. first comes the wedding dress, then the red chinese cheungsam, and finally a gown of your choice. how about this one for the gown portion? funky but chic, don't you think?
so basically, all i really need to do now is to gather all the white plastic shopping bags that i can find and to save all the newspapers that my dad goes through. and the brown bags for the gown? i guess i better increase my shopping sprees to bloomingdales!
but whatever the case may be, a wedding will probably involve an outfit or two right? in my case probably three. i still have a lot of time to decide...and that well wisher is right. i should have a lot of fun while figuring all this out...like how to wear plastic bags in the most gorgeous way possible.
**the first two dresses came from an art exhibit at the l.a. county fair. the last dress can be found at scp's bloomingdales customer service department.**
2 comments:
i love this post! i'd probably pick the little brown bag, and like you said, more shopping time at bloomies :)
aww thanks! the brown bag dress is pretty cute...people sure are talented.
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