Happiest of evenings to you, peeps.
Bambino pic right off the bat, because I listen to my readers. And apparently most of you prefer my frenchie to me. So, yay.
Before we get to the dresses, I have an Open Letter to a certain part of the industry that sends me things I didn’t ask them to send me:
Dear PR person who sent me an email with the title “DIY Pumpkin Cream Pie Facial.”
First let me say, thanks so much for adding me to your mass email list without permission. It is always a treat, when that happens. But moving beyond that; I would probably vote down an Equal Pay for Equal Work bill before I would want to receive an email about a Cream Pie Facial. I mean really. All the best to the creator of said treatment, but what in the world. I want to know if this is a joke. Is this a joke? I am asking sincerely. One thing you have to understand, is that if you’re going to add me to your PR list, and I’m going to have to suffer through emails I never asked to receive, and you’re going to add on top of that a skin treatment that sounds like the offspring of the two things I dislike most in this world – Pumpkin Spice Lattes and guys coming on faces - I mean, just please understand that you will ultimately live to regret your decision.
Ok, on a completely unrelated note, it’s time for the first round of my fave dress picks fresh from the runway! I narrowly avoided accidentally launching Bridge while in Photoshop this whole week so thanks to that I was able to wrap up my bridal market editing a day early (I budget in approx. 17 hours of accidental ‘Launch Bridge’ clicks per session). Good times. So without further adieu, here’s my *haul* from the JLM Couture runway show WHICH WAS F**KING PHENOMENAL BTW. It was the official runway presentation of their Spring 2013 Collections: Lazaro, Hayley Paige, Alvina Valenta and Jim Hjelm. I am totally in love with every bit of fabric and embellishment that walked its way down that slightly-problematic-with-regard-to-taking-photos-from-my-seat path. Enjoy.
^ And the Most Shocking Dress Award goes to:
So… what say you about those dresses? And where, may I ask, do you stand on the *pouf* debate? Love big poufs? Don’t love big poufs but more power to those who do? Kill all poufy dress lovers until their blood runs cold in the streets? And the mullet dress… thoughts? And finally, that Shocker of Shockers, the almost-completely-nude wedding dress which is both immensely beautiful and totally too scandalous SIMULTANE.
FYI: Much more to come, you guys. And by more, I mean ruffles and sparkles and gems and poufs, and Bambino McPuppypants, and hates, and loves, and personal issues I naturally discuss with reckless abandon on a worldwide blog in between pictures of attractive people, and also…
… the specific thing I want to murder about Bridal Market. Oh yes.
So, hide ya kids and ya wife. Husbands, too.
xoxo - Alison
P.S. – a shoot inspired by The Notebook, coming up on TKB. Because that kind of shoot is what dreams are made of, and I am in the business of showcasing other people’s dreams while talking about random s**t in between. So basically, I slightly tarnish dreams with talking. #Winning
Photos: m’self with Instagram. So, Instagram.