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up-dos and wedding panic
Mar. 2nd, 2010 12:19 amI'm downloading 8GB of a Japanese drama I can't find the entirety of on the tinterweb. It's gonna take a little while longer, so whilst I wait, I may as well inform you of recent proceedings.
As some of you may know, unles s I'm cinched into a corset, there's very little chance of me being in any way elegant, presentable or well-dressed. So you may understand why I'm having all kinds of difficulty trying to conjure up something to wear to my friend's wedding in a few weeks. I had this weird idea that I'd go Victorian Steampunk via Tokyo ikemen - so think, grandad collared off-white/cream blouse, tight-fitting waistcoat, a tonne of silver accesories, and maybe a pair of googles (joking about that last one, I don't think anyone would get it). For those of you who have no idea what I mean by any of the above, just think of me dressed as Russel Brand:
But not.
Except that, of course, when one looks for such things they are not forthcoming. I've found various alternatives, but none of them quite did it for me. What with the horrific amount of money attending a wedding costs in Japan, upon the advice of my friend, I've decided just to go with what I already have. None of which is suitable for a wedding - at least, not a nice Japanese family wedding in the depths of the Nagano mountains.
To console myself, I decided to mess about with my hair, which was beautifully saved by a nice hairdresser yesterday. He smoothed out all the nasty layers that had been cut in last time, and even managed to tame my fringe, which was driving me nuts from the moment I left the hair salon in December. In hindsight, I probably could have done a nice Visual Kei number on my hair, had I had the desire, but now I don't have to.
So here's what I did:
Pink satin shirt under my sexy black Birthday dress, over long black dress
trousers with big old clompy stack heel boots.
Option 2 for the outfit, I'll have to try on tomorrow and show you.
As some of you may know, unles s I'm cinched into a corset, there's very little chance of me being in any way elegant, presentable or well-dressed. So you may understand why I'm having all kinds of difficulty trying to conjure up something to wear to my friend's wedding in a few weeks. I had this weird idea that I'd go Victorian Steampunk via Tokyo ikemen - so think, grandad collared off-white/cream blouse, tight-fitting waistcoat, a tonne of silver accesories, and maybe a pair of googles (joking about that last one, I don't think anyone would get it). For those of you who have no idea what I mean by any of the above, just think of me dressed as Russel Brand:
Except that, of course, when one looks for such things they are not forthcoming. I've found various alternatives, but none of them quite did it for me. What with the horrific amount of money attending a wedding costs in Japan, upon the advice of my friend, I've decided just to go with what I already have. None of which is suitable for a wedding - at least, not a nice Japanese family wedding in the depths of the Nagano mountains.
To console myself, I decided to mess about with my hair, which was beautifully saved by a nice hairdresser yesterday. He smoothed out all the nasty layers that had been cut in last time, and even managed to tame my fringe, which was driving me nuts from the moment I left the hair salon in December. In hindsight, I probably could have done a nice Visual Kei number on my hair, had I had the desire, but now I don't have to.
So here's what I did:
Hair (note grumpy face - also, do you like my new earrings?)
Pink satin shirt under my sexy black Birthday dress, over long black dress
trousers with big old clompy stack heel boots.
Option 2 for the outfit, I'll have to try on tomorrow and show you.