Some people here need this shirt:

But it doesn't specify if they have to be outside pants

I was a bridesmaid in my sister's wedding (1981) and best woman in my male friend's wedding (1993). The dress I wore as a bridesmaid required almost no changes to double as a generic SF princess dress at mid-80s conventions. As best woman I wore a tux shirt and jacket over a black skirt. I liked the latter better.

Oh, thanks, smonster....

I have been a bridesmaid 4 times. Last October was the most recent and it was a lesbian wedding where all the attendants were "best friends" rather than bridesmaids or groomsmen.

I have one bridesmaid's dress that I wear a lot. It's a simple floor length black gown, with a scoop neck and short sleeves. Another one was a floor length navy blue with velvet top and satin skirt. I had that one cut to knee length and wore it a few times. I have another one make of a really pretty blue irridescent satin with spaghetti straps. One of the straps broke, though and I need to get it fixed. I haven't had occasion to wear it again, but I would.

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That shirt would be even funnier in England.

I was in Oldest Brother's wedding (when I was three), and Middle Brother's first and second weddings, but not the third. (He eloped to Vegas for that one, because by then I think we were all kind of over it.) I've also been in two friends' weddings.

The only really hideous dress I had to wear was as the ring bearer for Middle Brother's first wedding. It was a yellow chiffon number that was a lot of look. Also I had to stand for the entire full (bilingual) Mass, and I was ten. Two-plus hours. ETERNAL.

I have just the hoop skirt, hat and parasol combo to fit you.

OMG msbelle, I am planning the same dream wedding!!! I used to tell all that could hear that I was having a Gone With the Wind Themed wedding with hoops and parasols and hats in the hopes that noone would ever ask me to stand in their wedding, thinking I'd reciprocate.

I am re-committing to just reading off my tbr shelves and using the library for a while.

This is me. But add forgetting to return library books on time and having to pay late fees. Buffista conversation #???.

I use the library a lot because I rarely know if I'll like a book enough to want to own it. (The criterion is: will I read it again?)

If need be, I can loan ita a hoop skirt, a hat, and a parasol. They'd all be black, is that okay?

ION, I just spent a bunch of time poking around Lookbook.nu, and I now feel confused and old. I know that I have Very Definite Views on fashion, but seriously? That is what passes for fashion? Why? Because most of the outfits look like the by-the-pound section of Goodwill attacked someone, but the person managed to escape from ONLY the pants.