And another thing....

[ysobelle]

surlywench and I zipped out to Borders to get our copies of Renaissance Magazine's bridal issue, and I have one thing to say:

(Cue Geico Caveman voice) "Uh...what?"

Some of the dresses are pretty, yes. Some of them quite artfully done. But on the whole? I don't get it. They don't look GOOD on these women. They don't seem to make them look like the Princess of the Day, which is the whole point of the exercise, or so I've been led to believe. I mean, there are a couple that do, and which I really like, but some leave me completely flat.

I've been designing for twenty-plus years now. I've designed I-don't-know-how-many wedding dresses. And don't even ask me how many other gowns and outfits and pieces and what-have-you. And I've always taken it as my first rule in custom work: design for the client, not your own vanity. It broke my poor little dessicated heart to rip the train off Phee's wedding dress, but you know what? It's not my bloody dress. She wants no-train, she gets no-train.

Okay, you say, but these are models, not actual brides. The dresses aren't made for them! To which I say: there are LOTS of models in the world! And I'm taking a guess you have more than one gown to display. Use some forethought! Show me, Jane Customer, that you have the sense not to put the right dress on the wrong woman!

It all seems perfectly simple to me, at least. So just wait til next year's issue.

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[fondor.livejournal.com]

Hey there,
Did they include any of my pix? I sent the Ardra one and the Vic.