Yeah, I liked that dress. I do want to try and avoid "bridesmaid satin," because I don't especially like it and I think it codes too young for something like the gala (though not for weddings.) The odd thing is trying to go for a formal gown appropriate to a woman in her 30s - not the mother-of-the-bride sequined jacket model but not the prom/bridesmaid model exactly either.
Other random question - I noticed last year that most of the other women were also not wearing jewelry. Is jewelry just out with formal dresses?
Good lord, I have no idea. I don't exactly have points in girl skills! :) And I've never been to anything like this gala. Just weddings. Where I wear jewelry to go with my dress, because I like jewelry. I've taken to wearing it to work more often, because I now work with a bunch of women who do have points in girl skills.
Well, if there is a lot of beading or sequins, it can be overwhelming and/or clash with the dress. My wedding gown, for instance, simply would not take a small/average sized necklace, and I tried several. On the website it is shown with a hideous diamond encrusted rose; I assume A's co-workers and their wives have the good sense not to go this route whilst otherwise bespangled.
OMG that rose is atrocious. You did indeed look so much better and more tasteful. I suppose it's that I tend to wear fairly solid-color, simple dresses, so am used to accessorizing. Also, I have inherited jewelry I don't get enough chances to wear, given my unfortunate lack of living female ancestors.
I also have to figure out my feelings about wearing the necklace traditionally given to my family's eldest daughter on her 40th birthday, which I have because, well, there's no one else to wear it, but which I've only worn once, for my wedding.
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Other random question - I noticed last year that most of the other women were also not wearing jewelry. Is jewelry just out with formal dresses?
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I also have to figure out my feelings about wearing the necklace traditionally given to my family's eldest daughter on her 40th birthday, which I have because, well, there's no one else to wear it, but which I've only worn once, for my wedding.
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Heirlooms can be hard that way. I think there'll be a time when it feels right to wear it.
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