I suspect countless tablecloths were killed in the making of this dress January 17, 2008
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To better understand my current aversion to lace, let’s take a walk down humiliation avenue memory lane. This is an example of a typical outfit I would change into in order to play with the dog. I was in grade 1 when this was taken, but I should have been bumped up a few classes. Because anyone who can pull off a trifecta of lace (tights, dress and the oh so nonchalant ribbon in the hair) with the demure sophistication shown in this photo, clearly deserves a doctorate in FASHION AWESOMENESS.
Can I borrow that for a hot date sometime?
So cute! I loved dresses as a little girl. Now? I hate them.
“a trifecta of lace” – my new favourite phrase!!
I am going to see how many times I can incorporate that baby into conversation this evening …
For me, it’s pink. I had such an aversion to that color for SO many years because my mother made me wear pink EVERYthings.
BLah.
Have you been watching too much Project Runway?
Aw so cute,
That’s a lot of lace indeed,
But c’mon lace is lovely…as long as you don’t choke your surroundings with it. Give it a try,
The awesomeness of that picture can not possibly be understated! I actually think you should wear that on your next big date:-)
That is some serious lace. But it was also the 80s – lace was totally awesome in the 80s.
I was never really a dress girl. But frizzy, big hair? Now THAT was a fashion trend that I totally embraced….yikes!
Wait… that was your play outfit? I always read those books from the fifties where girls came home from school and changed into their play clothes, which consisted of pants. You were apparently just the opposite.
CUTE! My mother used to dress me in granimals! Match the frog to frog, etc.
hi, we could have been twins when we were younger. no joke. i, however, threw a temper tantrum to such extremes my mom claims to this day she thought my head was going to start spinning around and i’d start spitting pea soup.
why?
because i refused to change out of my dress into pants.
to wear under my snowsuit.
personally, i think it’s adorable
“Clarice, tell me, what did you hear? Was it the silence of the lambs?” No! It was the clicking of mommies needles, tatting me another dress, that made me this way!”
My mother never stops telling the stories about when I was little and would force my nana and aunts to change into dresses and skirts before going out in public with me. Fabulousness starts young, no?
ah, youth. I still cant wear saddle shoes. not that i think ive ever had occaison to since the first grade. le sigh. and i had a grear skirt that was reversible. talk about cool.
I heart you!! This picture is too awesome for any other words.
The dog looks as if he’s been a member of one too many “dress up” parties. Tell me you didn’t make your pet wear lace as well…
I want to play with 1st grade Brandy!!
You were/are ridiculously adorable!
Prettttty sure I owned that same dress.
You look like a younger virginal version of Stevie Nicks.
i so totally had a dress like that once. i bet my mom even made it out of old tablecloths. she was crafty like that.
You look like you’re off to your first communion. I WANT that dress!
How adorable are you! I love it! I was never a girly girl and we have almost no pictures of me in a dress at all. I think I would have killed someone if they tried to make me wear lace. I now wish I had cute pictures like this though for myself.
If my twins see this they will begin pestering me for the same dress until I begin walking into walls. Dolly Parton, Naomi Judd and Loretta Lynn never looked so good in lace. And yes, I seriously do mean that as a compliment.
awww so cute!
Dude, I actually had a dress made out of CURTAINS!
Yup, like Scarlett O’Hara.
It was my mom’s attempt at creating her own “Belle” (from beauty and the beast) dress, trying to layer all these curtain peices together to make a full skirt.
It was awful and I refused to wear it.
You’re adorable! I love that picture!
Beeootiful:) So cute! Love it.
And you never went into modeling? You clearly have the posing down!
haha. I was totally like this when I was younger. According to my mother, I refused to wear anything but a dress for the longest time. Maybe that explains my liking for dressing up even now!?!?
awesome pic!
You look so angelic.
Paige is my hero for that comment there.
Great photo! Thank you for sharing!
Admit it, the dog wore lace as well.
That is hysterical, I used to always get dressed up but somehow I missed lace. I think I hated it, even at 3.
Wow, that is some serious lace-age! You pulled it off, though
When I was little my mom made sure to match the GIGANTIC bow in my hair with whatever loud-ass outfit I was wearing. And when I was a baby, she pulled what little hair I had to the very top of my head and tied it in a ponytail. “You’re giving her a headache!” my aunt would say.
Giddy up!
Haha, too cute! I went through that prissy age where I wore NOTHING but frilly dresses. Now it’s rare to see me in anything more than jeans and a t-shirt.
i love you. why is that the only thing i ever want to tell you after i read your posts?
your categories slay me, by the way.
I love you too even if you blog about Tom Cruise and post memes at least once a week. Still BFFs? If that sounds like pandering, I’m sorry. It’s not my intention. I just dig you.
love this! triple love the bow in your hair and stockings to match. Oh the 80’s – how I miss those days!
I already commented but I wanted to say, thanks so much for the nomination! It means a lot!
Did you know you were the first blog I read besides like Dooce and all the those big blogs? Anyway, I nominated you for something too, it wasn’t funniest blog, I can’t remember off the top off my head. You’re one of my favorites ever though! Thank you again!
Omigod, I think I had this same EXACT outfit. I’m not kidding.
Hazel- Oh yes. And if you are lucky, I will let you borrow the ribbon for your hair.
littlespoon- I feel the same way about Kraft cheese slices. I INHALED them as a child, and now if I even smell one- my stomach does hoola-hoops around my ankles.
Kathryn- Awesome! I hope you get to drop it at least a few times.
Deutlich- Pink you say? I have a friend that’s the same way. Actually, it’s anything pink, or anything with fur. Her mom made her wear a lot of fur as a youth too. (And we don’t even have the time to discuss the whys of that).
Anne- Ha! I wish. I actually don’t watch Project Runway very often. I did see Sarah Jessica Parker on it the other day and watched it. I love Tim Gunn, I just never know when it’s on… and apparently I’m too lazy to look it up.
Ana- Perhaps I will try it again. But there’s going to be no lace tights. Those babies are gone forever.
AM- Ha! And then I will take a picture and post it on here for you all to see.
Maggie- Oh man, I was ALL ABOUT the hair. But for me, it was just the bangs. Everything else was slicked down and then I coated my bangs with oceans of Splash hairspray. (And to make it even worse, I wouldn’t even curl my bangs. I just … spiked them. Oh man. I’m getting the cold sweats just thinking about those bangs).
Jess- Dude. You should have seen what I wore to school. There was A LOT of taffeta. I’m shocked that I had friends.
Vanessa- I do not know granimals. I think I’m going to have to some research…
bloggingbarbie-Oh Jesus! We could have been friends! The biggest fight I had with my mom as a child involved her wanting me to put my snowsuit on, and me refusing because I thought it made me look ugly. And then, I told her I thought she was only wanting me to put it on so she would look prettier than me. I was like, 8 years old. And apparently, a total hag.
Michelle and the City- And that is what I like about you.
Evans- Extra points because you used the word ‘tatting’.
Bre- Oh man, I loved your comment. And I agree, fabulousness does start young.
violet- Reversible skirt? That sounds cool! (And am I a dork if I’m actually being serious here?)
Armie- Ahh thanks!
dustin- Just hats mostly. And the day he ‘got it’ and lapped up his water from the tea cup? I shrieked with delight.
Nicole- She was a blast. And never talked in third person, unlike 26 year old brandy
Jamie- Aww thanks. See, it’s comments like this that confirm why I voted for you!
Chelsea Talks Smack- Post a picture! Lets compare our lacy getups. Whoa. That sounded… filthy.
Paige Jennifer- Favourite comment! Any reference to Stevie Nicks automatically puts you in my good books.
Sizzle- Oh man, I love moms like that. My mom couldn’t sew but got a lady who could to make my dresses. Sadly, my mom’s lack of sewing skills were passed on to me. I passed home ec class by buying things and ripping off the tags and saying I made them. And that is just another reason I’m going to hell.
Mez- It definitely gives off the ‘pure virginal’ look- perfect for dates.
Tori- I’ve just started going through old photos. You can tell when my parents got a new camera because there will be a ZILLION photos one day and then like, nothing for two years.
MC- That was the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.
Ablogofherown- Curtains?! That’s so genius. I want to see pictures of this.
Airam- Thanks! I’m thinking of making it my Christmas card next year.
Bee- Thank you!
geekhiker- I know! I look shy yet eager for the picture. Ahhh, what a life I could have had…
AP- See, I went the other way. AFter years of dressing up like that, now I run at the sight of lace dresses, or anything that’s going to require 3 people to help me button/zip it all up.
brookem- I know. She’s a hoot!
Diane Mandy- Oh you are welcome. I wanted to post this baby so you would all feel a lot better about the attire you wore growing up. Hopefully it worked.
Ashley- Ha! Actually, no lace. But he did have a sombrero at one point.
Valerie- What was so appealing about the bow?? Why do we all have mothers who fought us tooth and nail to adorn us with them? These are the big questions of my life.
egan- Don’t do this to Anna.
Rye- Yes, I definitely appreciate jeans a lot more now that I have first hand knowledge of what lace tights feel like after being on for 8 hours.
egan- No worries.
Semicharmed- I don’t miss the leggings or the dress, but the bow in the hair? I wish I could pull that off.
Jamie- I didn’t know that! Thanks for sharing this with me. You are definitely welcome for nomination- you deserve it!
Larissa- Post a picture! I want to see other people’s humiliating outfits!!
humiliating? pfff. I’m wearing that exact dress right now.
hahaha i love how you’d CHANGE INTO this outfit for the dog.
i would have saved mine for fancy parties. haha
love the dress. love the dog. love everything!
You are too cute! My mom would always dress me up as a little doll with Shirley Temple curls…I hated it!
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Jasika- Then I bow to your fashion awesomeness.
libby- Yeah, that makes me shake my head even now. My mom was very confident in her ability to get out stains from all my white dresses.
Julie Q- Thanks!!
appletini- Ahh so did my mom. But strangely enough, I loved it.
Brandy, that is the most adorable picture EVER! That one better be framed.