fashion help

[coraa]

vom_marlowe pointed me to HolyClothing, which has a lot of lovely hippie/gothic/gypsy/faux-medieval styles. They're also reasonably priced! So I think I'm going to get a dress for Sirens from there.

The dress would be worn under my skirted corset. In that picture, both the blue tunic and the burgundy-and-black skirt are separate pieces; the skirted corset is only the deep blue (with silver and gold overlay) corset and split skirt. So whatever I get would be taking the place of the blue tunic and the burgundy skirt.

I'd love some help picking out the dress.

A few caveats: the theme of Sirens this year is faeries, so I'm looking for something more faerie, not so much, say, goth or steampunk. Also, don't worry about temperature: if the dress is too summery, I'll wear it with a wrap. Also-also, I'm splitting 'cut' and 'color,' so the example images of the cuts will all be in silver for consistency, and then you can suggest better colors separately.

The dresses that appeal to me (all are in silver so you're comparing cuts rather than colors) are the Divina (an empire-waist dress with no sleeves and a not-very-full skirt), the Bella (a dress with a lacing detail, full sleeves, and full skirt, which I could either wear flat or make more full with a crinoline), the Paulina (a dress with a lacing detail, sleeveless, and a not-very-full skirt), the Alexis (a dress with an empire waist, short sleeves, and an A-line skirt), and the Riona (a dress with a lacing detail, small/spaghetti straps, and an A-line skirt).

The colors that I think would work well both on me and with the skirted corset are silver/pewter, white/ivory, black/midnight, burgundy/wine, lavender/blue, sapphire/blue, divine/blue, purple/passion, or jade/green.

For the first three questions of the poll, assume I'm asking just about a dress to go with my corset for the Sirens ball. The fourth and fifth question are more open. The picture of me in the corset is a pretty good gauge of my coloring, although I'm a bit more, uh, full-figured now than I was then (in other words, I've gained 15-20 pounds).

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Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/greensleeves_/]

I think you should buy yourself a new dress for Sirens. See above.

[samhenderson.livejournal.com]

I voted Bella, because whoa sleeves, but possibly it might be too hot at the ball.

But whoa sleeves.

[revena.livejournal.com]

I have a top from Holy Clothing that I wore for a party at WisCon this year. It was hella comfy. Hella hella. It's one of the ones that is cut with bell sleeves, and I felt neither too warm nor chilly. One more data point as you make decisions!

[owlfish]

I like most of those dresses, but not *under* a corset which is already laced up in the front. I am not convinced that the look of lacing on a dress underneath will look particularly good as a visual continuation of the existing lacing.

[cwendy41.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought too, that the lace would be too overwhelming. Personally I liked the Riona a lot by itself, but with the corset skirt, I think it's too much ties.

[vom-marlowe.livejournal.com]

Oh, by the way I meant to tell you that Holy Clothing has an ebay store, too, where they sometimes sell sale items. I like that, too, if there is a color or combo you can't find in the right size, it's worth double checking over there. :D I'm so excited that you like the look of their things!!

[clairebaxter.livejournal.com]

I really like the look of sleeves with your corset skirt, but I'm not sure that lacing on the dress under it won't look odd. By the same token, I think if you get a dress of close to the same color, if it doesn't match, might not work quite right.

Gorgeous corset skirt, by the way. (And while I think you should absolutely buy a new dress, I also really like what you're wearing under it already. You could wear the Bella by itself, and the corset skirt with current stuff, at different times at the conference, maybe.)