[Fey]

well, unless you paid a LOOOOOOOT for the dress it's probably poly, so if you're wanting to clean the whole thing take it to a dry cleaners. if it's a spot clean use a bit of cold water with some gentle laundry detergent in it.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Ploy most likely, since it's cheaper than my other bride's maid dress that as also poly, but not taffetta.

[Fey]

yeah, they make silk taffeta, but it's like 27/yd...so that dress would be priiiiiiiiicy if it was silk. and I won't say Ive coveted it...but...I might have fondled it in the stores....

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Ah. I don't have much of a clue what it is, save that it's somewhat stiff, iridescent, and my mom is calling it taffeta so that's what I call it. It's flat though. Not bunched up or anything though it has some gathers here and there. Not sure what use I'm going to have for a shiny teal dress in the future but it's not bad as far as bride's maid dresses go. And the style managed to accomodate both myself and my sister-in-law who are of vastley different shapes.

[Fey]

ah, yeah, most of my brides maid dresses get sacrificed into the fabric scrap pile in my house. all of them...save the top from one wedding, are now in other costumes. Well, the pink one was donated, it was nooooooot good. at least yours sounds like it was vaguely flattering.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Oh both dresses looked great (two weddings in the last two years) but shiny teal is a little different from a more matte plum. Not sure where else I would wear that that. It kinda shouts "bride's maid" with the fabric but the cut is fairly simple.

[Fey]

yeah, most brides maid dresses aren't as versatile as the bride would like us to believe. I'd say if you like it keep it and wear it for silly things. if not, donate it, someone else may end up loving it.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I'm being silly. This looks like it here:

http://www.dessy.com/dresses/bridesmaid/d435/

[Fey]

aaaaaaaand link says no

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Works for me. Is disagreable link!

[Fey]

::beats it with a stick::
no idea why it won't work for me...but now that I think about it when my BF was linking me stuff from there it didn't work either...so maybe it's me, not the link

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Coule be your antivirus, or maybe it's just disagreable. It's 50/50 whether or not I can open a deviant art link.

So what are your costumes for?

[Fey]

my costumes are for...well...me, and occasionally friend, for conventions. I do anime, sci-fi, fantasy and comic costumes

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Ah. cool. Just wondering if you did like theater or anything similar, though I see a lot of work going into cosplay costumes. Get ideas from the show at all or is it just for fun?

[Fey]

oh I draft my own stuff just for fun too, I actually got into this via the SCA/historic re-enactment groups. and I love watchign how technically they are approaching things, I was self taught so I often have a cooooooompletely bass ackwards way of doing it

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Meh. Whatever works.

Thinking on the costume end, one of my favourite Runway episodes was the Drag Queen one. I loved the stuff, my favourite being the outfit and hairdo for "Acid Betty." I was a pink sailor suit that won. Hee hee.