Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
...then the invitation should have said "semi-formal" which runs the range of nice suit, sportcoat/slacks, dress, skirt, etc.

I will check my miss manners book, but when it comes to dress requirements aren't there only 4? White tie, black tie, semi-formal and casual?

When I stop hyper-ventilating, I may muster a response.

BR(and I'm just going to blithely ignore that you appear to have suggested that anyone, ever, at any time, wear black tie before 6 pm in the evening)C

[Seven of Nine]

Originally posted by tmdiva
Don't get your hopes up, sweetie. If you think the affirmation of a gay Episcopal bishop could lead to a schism, it's nothing compared to what would happen in Mormondom if polygyny were reinstated. Even for pretty orthodox and conservative Mormons, that would be the fulfillment of their worst nightmare.

tm

Eh?

I know of no male Mormons who are actually opposed to Polygamy. Indeed, I don't know of any female Mormons who oppose consensual Polygamy.

Indeed, most of them actually believe that there're seven levels to heaven, and that the only way a woman can get into heaven is if her husband gets there first and ushers her in. Otherwise, presumably, she has to chill out in some sort of ethereal bullshit waiting room. Thereafter, the wife can only get to the level of heaven one below that of her husband. So, by allowing polygamy, vast new numbers of women would be virtually guaranteed salvation (albeit at an N-1 plateau) through their beneficent husbands...

In my opinion, this is as bad as the "72 Virgins in Heaven" bullshit proclaimed for Jihad crusaders.

Seven

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
And now we're talking clambake? Who the hell would go to a chuch wedding in capris and flip flops.

Oh. My. God. Who the hell goes to a clambake in capris and flip flops?

Originally posted by c2ed
Just to clarify, it wasn't on the invite (which was really lovely), but just on their weddingchannel.com site. I'm sure that offends a whole host of your other ideas of how a wedding "should" be conducted, but the site is very convenient to transmit a lot of information to guests.

Um no, I would not be the one with ideas about how a wedding "should be conducted". It's their day, whatever makes their world turn, so long as it isnt pretentious and junior year girl party at Choate sounding.

Or maybe they were just trying to convey the notion that though they are lesibans, the guests should nevertheless leave the flannel and workboots at home?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
When I stop hyper-ventilating, I may muster a response.

BR(and I'm just going to blithely ignore that you appear to have suggested that anyone, ever, at any time, wear black tie before 6 pm in the evening)C

Even if the black tie is printed on the T-shirt?

[str8outavannuys]

I once received the following e-mail from a college buddy:

"We're coming into LA for a LA-lawyer-type wedding on
November 8th and were wondering if you're going to be around. It'd be cool to see you and meet this woman you've been telling us all so much about.

Hope all is well. Oh, yeah - what the hell does 'formal
chic' mean??"

I was unable to advise him in an intelligent manner (insert smart-ass comment here).

str8

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
My sensibilities are far from delicate. It was a joke, and wedding posts are fair game.

That is a relief. But it still means that everyone else is being serious. Do people really send invites that tell the guests what to wear? What the fuck is up with that? I am a guest, right? I will wear whatever I want to wear. If you don't think that you can trust me to dress appropriately based on the type of event (like of course I would wear the more formal and sparkly flip flops and authentic team jersey to a wedding and keep the beer cooler under the pew during the ceremony -- sheesh) then why should I gift on you? And even if I didn't dress totally appropriately, who the hell cares? You should invite me because you like me not my fashion sense. Besides, everyone at the wedding needs someone to talk about until the next event and it might as well be me.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I've heard the "no seersucker north of the mason/dixon line" argument before, and you're right... that is an accepted purist's view. That said, I like the way seersucker feels, its cheap, its the most comfortable fabric ever made and I can get away with it, so I'll continue to wear it as much as I like.

S(of course you only wear it when its damn hot)D

Plus, it's the only fabric New England men will ever wear outside of wool, cotton knit, or Polartec. Since you will never, as I read in the NY Times Style section, catch one of these guys dead in a "white linen tunic and pink Pucci shorts," I say have mercy on their uptight souls and let 'em wear it.

And on the right man, it really is dashing.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Even if the black tie is printed on the T-shirt?

Now you're just fucking with me.

It's working.

[W.W.L.D.]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
I'm getting all confused. I thought someone else (a sock?) was asking about appropriate attire to be worn at a church ceremony where the groomsmen would not be wearing tuxes. And now we're talking clambake? Who the hell would go to a chuch wedding in capris and flip flops. And if that was a real concern, then the invitation should have said "semi-formal" which runs the range of nice suit, sportcoat/slacks, dress, skirt, etc.

I will check my miss manners book, but when it comes to dress requirements aren't there only 4? White tie, black tie, semi-formal and casual?

You should know by now that the appropriate way to answer a question is not to answer it at all, but to post some insipid personal anecdote in hopes of a response that will validate the poster's existence.

Sooo . . . I recently took my cameltoe to a clambake . . .

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Oh. My. God. Who the hell goes to a clambake in capris and flip flops?

Nobody over the age of 12 should wear capris. And flip flops? Are we going to have a communal shower? Next thing you know the invites will specify three-quarter sleeves (ugh, bad for everyone) and fucking culottes (sp?).

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
That is a relief. But it still means that everyone else is being serious. Do people really send invites that tell the guests what to wear? What the fuck is up with that? I am a guest, right? I will wear whatever I want to wear. If you don't think that you can trust me to dress appropriately based on the type of event (like of course I would wear the more formal and sparkly flip flops and authentic team jersey to a wedding and keep the beer cooler under the pew during the ceremony -- sheesh) then why should I gift on you? And even if I didn't dress totally appropriately, who the hell cares? You should invite me because you like me not my fashion sense. Besides, everyone at the wedding needs someone to talk about until the next event and it might as well be me.

I picture you as the love child of Susan Hawk and Rosanne. But thin with huge tatas.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys

Hope all is well. Oh, yeah - what the hell does 'formal
chic' mean??"

Evening gown/tux & flip flops would be my guess.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Oh, yeah - what the hell does 'formal
chic' mean??"

I was unable to advise him in an intelligent manner (insert smart-ass comment here).

I'd ignore the "chic" entirely: to the extent it is not redundant with "formal" it is incompatible.

What time of day? After 6 pm, black tie. Before 6 pm, dark suit.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Paigs now has IM again and is getting tons of sexual IMs forom that perv Thurgreed so my posting may go down. I know everyone will be disappointed.

Translation: Thurgreed responded to my insane rantings over IM.

TM