What a bride SHOULD wear
Today, I had a really lovely woman come in. She was a plus size widow who was getting remarried at about age 50, and was a complete ball of nerves about what she SHOULD be wearing given all that. She came in asking if it was okay that she wear certain silhouettes or details or colors, like "But am I allowed to wear sequins at my age/size/2nd wedding?" There was so much "am I allowed?", and it broke my heart.
I used to be a wedding and event planner as well, and I think it's important that everyone hear what I told that bride. I'm a professional at this, so if you want to take one thing as law, make it this one.
I want you to take every idea you have about what a bride should be allowed to wear at your age/size/situation... And then I want you to set all those ideas on fire and dropkick 'em a mile away.
There are only two rules to what you're "allowed" to wear as a bride: one, that you feel comfortable, and two, that you feel beautiful. That's it. If you're an 86 year old bride who wants a purple see-through mini dress with a V down to your bellybutton with 15 layers of poof under the skirt and crystal pasties where your nipples are, girl... Go for it. I will bust my ass to make it happen.
Anyone who says anything different can take a long walk off a short pier. It's about you, and only you. All that matters is that YOU'RE happy.
(And by the way. that bride found a dress she loved so much she happy-cried.)
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Wedding dress, 1871, Grand Magasins de la Paix in Paris, AKA hellooooo Christine’s wedding dress bodice!
This one was sold through Kerry Taylor Auctions in 2013
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obsessed with this photo that shows just how gigantic my wedding ceremony dress was
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Zelda's 1925 Wedding Dress
Happy New Year everyone!
I woke up today and thought that a beginning of a new year is a good moment to finally release this dress, which has been sitting in my WIPs forever. Something new for a change: a wedding gown inspired by a rl one from 1925. It was originally made extra for Zelda Darlington from @aheathen-conceivably's Darlington Legacy, hence the name - and Heathen was so kind to let me release it to public. So here you go!
As always: Base Game compatible, HQ compatible, properly tagged, custom thumbnails, chronological CAS positioning, specular, bump maps etc. Comes in 2 versions: with and without train; you can use both.
Only one swatch this time, sorry! Feel free to recolour.
Warning: compared to my usual pieces this one is extremely high poly. Slightly over 30K (!!!). Or slightly below for the no-train version. The main culprit is this little beauty:
You know your own PCs and their capacities best. Use with caution.
(A little behind the scenes comment: this dress was also me experimenting with so-called 'blender sewing', which is a very different cc-making method than my usual one. Therefore, as you might see, the result also looks different from my usual style. Much more alpha. I absolutely don't hate it, but I guess some people might, whoops).
For more in-game photos, check the post with Zelda's wedding on Heathen's tumblr!
I hope you'll like it. Enjoy!
DOWNLOAD (free on Patreon, no ads or EA)
PS. That model I used is not the real Zelda. I just tried recreating her and then stole her for my own legacy 😎
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Wedding Dress
c. 1872-1874
“Silk gauze with satin weave stripes, trimmed with satin weave silk and silk machine-made lace, lined with silk, bow supported with a stiff cotton gauze interlining”
V&A Museum
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