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<p>Maybe they use some kind of stickum skin adhesive like the NFL receivers used to put on their hands to help keep them from dropping passes.</p>
<p>If I were a woman attempting a strapless gown, I’d try it on and then do jumping jacks for a couple of minutes as a sort of road test to make sure things weren’t going come adrift later.</p>
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Actually, white tie means TAILS, not a tux with a white tie. In fact, tuxes with white tie look kinda silly.</p>
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<p>Two sided tape is a godsend with some fashions. They actually make something, I think it’s called “longerie tape” designed to hold fashions in place, but in our experience Scotch double-sided tape works just as well. D used it a lot with dance costumes that had a tendency to shift.</p>
<p>I am not flat chested and I have worn strapless gowns to a few recent black tie events, I bought well made dresses, with built in support (boning,etc…). The dresses actually made look less noticably busty. One had an attached beaded necklace, but the basic dress was strapless, heck I thought I looked good!</p>
<p>^^and I am sure you did!</p>
<p>IMO, Double front cleavage (“quadra boob”), “back fat,” and “side cleavage” are the major problems with strapless dresses.</p>
<p>I hope my CC friends will excuse my graphic descriptions.</p>
<p>Oh, dear, mafool. Those mental images make me :eek:</p>
<p>I don’t know what the wedding gowns were like 10 years ago, but the last weddings I attended in the last 3 years have all been strapless. So have the dresses I have seen in other wedding photos. Strapless is truly the way to go these days. Thirty years ago, I can’t remember ANYONE in a strapless gown. </p>
<p>The only recent wedding of a young person that I can recall having sleeves on the gown was the Ivanka Trump wedding. </p>
<p>I’m sure you looked good, Anothercrazymom. Most people who wear the strapless gowns do look good, especially any special occasion dress, as the sales clerks and friends, family will let you know if you look truly terrible in such a dress. THat’s why I am surprised when the occasional woman shows up in a strapless gown who really should not be wearing one.</p>
<p>Ivanka Trump needed a more modest gown because of religious considerations, I thought both she and the dress were stunnning.</p>
<p>Coco Chanel once said something like, you shouldn’t notice the dress, you should notice the woman in the dress.</p>
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<p>Not often enough. Not just strapless dresses but with many fashion mistakes I regularly find myself thinking “Hmm, that woman must not own a full length mirror.”</p>
<p>Some women look stunning in strapless dresses.</p>
<p>Some women could knock off every sock in the county while wearing a boat-neck dress with tiny cap sleeves (a la Audry Hepburn)</p>
<p>Some women are exquisite in a dress with an off-the-shoulder lace bodice.</p>
<p>And so on.</p>
<p>Too bad that, at any time, only one or maybe two options are readily available to the bride.</p>
<p>(written by a woman who married the year after the Dianna/Charles wedding. I am NOT a lace and ruffles kinda gal and wasn’t then, either)</p>
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<p>Whether a gown is strapless or not is only one aspect of the dress, so there are many, many more than one or two options. Even though dresses with straps or sleeves of some sort are in the minority these days, there are still many to choose from, for today’s brides. The problem isn’t not enough options, the problem is too many options!</p>
<p>Alwaysamom- good to hear. You must be in a city/town that is larger than the one I inhabit. Here, there are many choices, as long as strapless is the first one!</p>
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<p>Reminds me of an infamous photo of a relative, who as a bridesmaid, was jumping to catch the bride’s bouquet and jumped completely out of her strapless dress.</p>
<p>I loved Ivanka’s dress… So classy!</p>
<p>OOOh mafool, I’ll bet your relative hopes they destroyed the photos of that part of the wedding celebration!</p>
<p>Apparently Chelsea had a second dress for the reception
Anyone find a picture yet?</p>
<p>If you like looking at wedding gowns - and the drama associated with shopping for them - I highly recommend the TLC reality series - “Say Yes to the Dress”. It is on Friday nights - 9pm on the east coast. It’s fun to see the beautiful gowns - and the craziness that ensues when bride-to-be brings along an assortment of family and friends to “help” her select her gown.</p>
<p>Nope, no picture. But there were bridesmaids–lavendar with plum sashes. Haven’t seen those yet either.</p>
<p>I heard the bridesmaids were in Vera Wang. I loved the picture of the bride and groom, looking at each other they looked so happy.</p>
<p>My wedding dress was strapless. I thought it looked great-- well, of course I did, that’s why I picked it. And I think Chelsea’s dress was stunning. (Strapless dresses are often boned, so that the dress is anchored around the waist, and then the boning keeps it up.)</p>
<p>I loved the picture of Bill walking Chelsea down the aisle. A lot of emotion in that picture.</p>