Bridesmaid Gown

[dreamaastrid]

Went shopping with my best friend last night. She bought herself a wedding gown and picked out a bridesmaid dress for me. The first dress she put on fit perfect and looked amazing on her. And the only thing I begged "Please don't make me wear pink". And being the sweetie she is, it came down to celedon (think green celery), and periwinkle. And she thought I looked better in the celedon (btw - who names these colors?) and it's a really pretty little dress.

So her dress and mine are ordered. Woo Hoo! She just needs to get dresses for her daughter and her future step-daughters (3 of them). She's thinking of getting theirs in periwinkle or celedon. And she also asked about Baby M. So my little one may be in it too. Most of the wee one dresses are white or ivory and you just get a sash in a matching color.

Anyway that was a lot of fun! But I'm surprised at how many of the dresses are too much like sausage casing - he he. There were some very definite "NOs" that we laughed about.

Comments

[queenmaggie.livejournal.com]

Celadon is the name of that delicate green color on Japanese pottery... that's the origin. he periwinkle is either after the flower, or the color of the shell of those little sea snails... both very similar.

[cozit.livejournal.com]

Chinese actually :-)

(The things that one remembers after reading a children's book... "A Single Shard" is set in Korea and also mentions the color... not sure if it was reproduced in Korea as well (think that's what it said), but it definitely originated in China)

Periwinkle's *got* to be the flower. Never saw much pretty bluish color about those brackish-water swamp snails... although they do feel "interesting" when you convince them to crawl around on your hand...

[dawntreader]

i think you will look lovely in celery! :)

and yes, sausage casing is a very apt description for most of those sorts of dresses. they are made for women with no lumps of any kind. ANYWHERE.