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[telophase]

Via maiahaha: Disney goes bridal with princess-themes formalwear and wedding gowns. Am I the only person who likes sleeves on wedding gowns anymore?

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[riofriotex.livejournal.com]

No - and there are a lot of people who SHOULD like sleeves (they shouldn't be wearing those sleeveless/strapless things).

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Me being one of them! XD I looked at all the wedding dresses on the site, because my internal costumer demanded it, and there's several I thought would have been quite nice had the designer remembered the sleeves.

[animarelic.livejournal.com]

...but those dresses don't look anything like the dresses that the princesses wore. ... ...

How does this make any sense?

[nightambre.livejournal.com]

I was about to say the same thing!

I was expecting to see a Disney!Cinderella ball gown :(

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I think they decided on a few vague elements for each princess and designed gowns within those parameters. I noticed that Belle had big, round skirts, while Ariel and Jasmine were columns or sheaths.

But the real reason is that Disney's cashing in on the princess craze. XD

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

I was totally expecting mermaid-cut for Ariel.

It's just as well - I've never seen anyone that looked good in a mermaid dress.

[nightambre.livejournal.com]

Sleeves would be good.

A happy expression would also be good ;(

[telophase.livejournal.com]

*snerk* This just goes to show how much I've been downloading ref from foto_decadent's high-fashion photo spread posts: I thought the women on the Disney site looked remarkably happy. XD

[seajules]

You are definitely not the only one who likes sleeves, and wow, those are some unflattering designs.

I'm disappointed the entire Ariel line isn't mermaid dresses.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

The third Belle in Spring 2008 should have been an Ariel, IMHO.

[seajules]

The third or the fourth? The third actually looks very Belle to me, but the fourth (modelled by the redhead) looks more Ariel, since it doesn't have quite as much skirt going on.

And since everyone seems to be mentioning their own wedding dresses, I made mine. It had long fitted sleeves, a drape of sheer fabric across the top of the neckline at the front that cascaded down either side of the back, and princess seams. Also, a dried floral wreath. I looked like a Lladro statue. What I'd wanted was, in fact, a pirate jacket over a full skirt and a jaunty hat.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

In the row of three pictures, the one on the right.

ETA: Apparnetly I meant Fall 2008, not Spring.

[seajules]

Aha! Yes. If it's a mermaid dress, it's Ariel, people. If it's Antebellum, it's Belle. And if it looks like Christian Dior could have designed it and Audrey Hepburn worn it, it should be Cinderella.

I also feel the third Princess Jasmine in Fall 2008 should be Sleeping Beauty, and the fifth one Belle.

[chomiji]

One or two had some sort of sleeve - the Fall "Sleeping Beauty," maybe it was ... .

Actually, I was pleased and amazed that they went up to size 24 ... although most of us larger ladies adbsolutely should not be in strapless, you're correct.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Those aren't sleeves. Those are arm decorations. :)

[chomiji]

I had real sleeves! I made my own dress - we were pretty broke. It was a Vogue pattern, very Victorian. The sleeves were lace, leg-o-mutton type. I ended up making my junior bridesmaid's too - once her mom got started with the pattern, she realized she was in over her head. But my parents paid for my hat - it was a little chapeau thing with the veil attached. It cost more than the entire dress!

[helen-keeble.livejournal.com]

I had sleeves on my wedding gown! Sort of - they were gauzy fluttering things that I don't know the proper name for, that kinda fell over the upper arm and trailed away to waist-length. :-)

But I had to go to a dress designer in order to get any sort of sleeve at all, or anything more than a spaghetti strap. Hate those strapless corset things, particularly the ones cut straight across the bust, but they seemed to be the height of style at the time (three years ago). Ugh.

[droiche.livejournal.com]

I am terribly disappointed. *coff* Those dresses are so ordinary. *coff* I was hoping for something that actually looked like what the characters would wear. -_-

My wedding dress has fluted sleeves. You know the kind with the layers of lace ruffles that get wider the closer they are to the wrist a la the 18th Century? Alas, my photo album is in storage so I can't show you a picture of it. :-/

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that sounds beautiful! :D

[droiche.livejournal.com]

It is pretty. And it cost me less to have it made by a professional dressmaker than one of those retail dresses. I think I spent around $400-$600 for the materials and the tailor's services. Plus, I got to design it myself. ^_^

The body of the dress is based on the 18th Century sack dress because I was 7 months preggers on my wedding day. :P My colors were mint green and pearl because it was a Celtic themed wedding.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

That's just sounding nicer and nicer. XD

[droiche.livejournal.com]

I'll dig my photo album out and scan some pictures. I'll let you know when I get them posted.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks! :D

[the-z.livejournal.com]

Fantasy gowns would be a kick at a wedding! These are rather pedestrian :/

And yes, sleeves please. Some of us don't have bronzed chicken feet for arms. (my arms are rather like drumsticks in cream gravy XD

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I don't know anyone who had sleeves on their wedding gown; I think mostly because the kinds of sleeves you see these days are the lace ones out of the 80s.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I have to say that if I were getting married now, I'd search high and low for one with sleeves, or just design one myself, because man I'd want to know I looked my best on my wedding day. And that involves sleeves. XD

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

Hee. I wore spaghetti straps, and although I was at my skinniest in years, I wasn't skinny. I just like the way sleeveless/strapless goes with a fitted bodice, I think. (My dress was, however, pale pink, so I did buck one tradition.)

[0nolicious.livejournal.com]

Hrmph. Amateurs! Sanrio's been offering Hello Kitty gowns (http://mssimplicity.wordpress.com/2004/08/25/hello-kitty-wedding-gowns/) for years, and theme weddings at Puroland... ;)

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

...I kind of want that red dress. What's wrong with me?

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Disappointed as when I think of Belle I think YELLOW. However, I think some of the dresses are actually kind of pretty. But then I have pretty much never looked at wedding dresses before, so I don't have much to go on.

[chisotahn]

Hell no, you're not. When I get married (which will be a while, as I have no current prospects for dates, let alone marriage XD), I'm going to have a wedding gown with full-on bell sleeves. Heck yeah.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I got married in August. I had no sleeves.

Nice to know that people of color are still almost-nonexistent there. Go Disney!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

No, no, there are black people in Disney Clothing World! Most of them are in the little-girl dresses, because you know, no black woman would be interested in wearing the gowns.

Asian women are stuck with Hello KItty for their branded wedding gown needs, it seems.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

To be fair, I'd totally go with Hello Kitty over their generic crap, so.

[mvmarcz.livejournal.com]

I made a way more....disney princessy wedding dress :o

While I will be a Disney Princess on my Wedding Day, I doubt I'll buy from this Clothing Line...

[myrabidpetspoon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, as a Disney shareholder, I was aware of this line a while ago. I think it's a great idea- a) the name Disney could sell ANYTHING and b) who doesn't want to feel like a princess on their wedding day?

BUT: If you're going to make a "princess wedding line", FOR GODS SAKE just duplicate the princess's dresses PLEASE. That's what we I want at least.
Or, if you insist on creating dresses that reflect "each princess's unique personality and style", at the VERY LEAST, make 'em more glamourous; Hell, my prom dress was more princess like than half of those dresses. Sure, a few modern-looking dresses are okay, I suppose, but the majority of the line should be princess-like-- extravagant, frilly, and undeniably beautiful, in a classic fairy-tale way.

PS: If I recall properly, a majority of the princesses had sleeves on their wedding dresses/ball gowns. So if Disney did things the way I described above, at least half of the gowns should have sleeves.

[thawrecka]

Some of those look like they'd be prettier if they weren't modelled by someone who looks like a wide-eyed 15 year old. Though I do like sleeves on wedding gowns still. It always makes me sadface when I indulge my secret fondness for wedding magazines that none of the pretty dresses have sleeves.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

You've seen the fabulously expensive Disney furisode, right? I think they did a better job incorporating the film imagery into those.

And yeah, I had a bitch of a time finding sleeves when I got married, which is why I wound up with exactly what I was hoping to avoid (a Ren Faire dress). I wish I'd started looking earlier so I could have had something made for me.