Month: October 2010

Bromeliad pink bridesmaid dresses

Bromeliad pink is one of my favourite colours. It is also a colour that looks beautiful amidst the lush greenery of Hawaii. Not surprisingly, when Mr Dreamy and I picked a wedding location set in tropical gardens on the slopes of a mountain in Hawaii, bromeliad pink was one of the first colours I thought of for the bridesmaids. Unfortunately, I said “Pink” and two of my four bridesmaids said “Ewwww….no….”  The other two bridesmaids were very obliging and said “Oooh, pink!” and “It’s your wedding, I’ll wear whatever you want me to” respectively. Being the sweet, accommodating person that I am (only slight sarcasm intended), I offered the two recalcitrant bridesmaids green, which they agreed would be much preferable. And then of course I went out and bought lots of bromeliad pink chiffon (which I loved) and muted jade green chiffon (which was OK), and showed both fabrics to the bridesmaids, and the recalcitrant ones said “Oh….that colour pink!  We would wear that.” Well.  Thanks.  Too late. I first designed both skirts and tops …

Bromeliad pink

I love the colours of the natural world.  They are so amazing, so vivid, and come in such unexpected, unusual combinations. Bromeliad pink may be one of my favourite colours ever.  My bridesmaids wore bromeliad pink.  I’ll write about them tomorrow. There are bromeliads all over my parent’s farm in Hawaii, most planted by me.  I love checking in on them when I am home. This bromeliad came out in my last two days, growing and opening almost before my eyes: These are a different kind of bromeliad:

Rate the Dress: Charles Worth does Charles James

I can divide last week’s raters of Charles James’s feathered frock into three groups: those who liked the cut, but thought the print was a bit off, those who loved everything about the frock, and those who hated everything.  I guess that leaves me as the lone voice in the “what fabulous fabric, but what a weird cut” group.  With all these conflicting viewpoints, the dress scored a perfect 8 out of 10 I have to admit that I was feeling a little uninspired about this weeks Rate the Dress.  I have all sorts of fantastic things I want to show you, but none of them seemed right for the flow of garments I have been presenting. Yes.  I think about these sort of things. So, when in doubt, I do what I always do, and reverted to mid-Victorian as done by Charles Frederick Worth. Only this time, I managed to find a Worth frock that really looks like he collaborated with Charles James to design it.  It’s so fashion forward.  Or peculiar.  I find …