Comments on: 1940s wedding dress (because I’m bitter about Liz Patterson)

By: Soriah

Soriah — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:26:53 +0000

Omg! My Mum has that exact pattern from the 1970’s.

Re: the dress, the neckline and dart placement/ gathers into the bust on the front bodice is quite 40s. Sorry if this is all off track, first time I’ve seen the blog.

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:04:40 +0000

I saved the initial sketch to my computer - it’s a beautiful drawing, and it’s so flowing and I just like it.

I’m insane.

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:01:02 +0000

I love it, hate the FOOBs, love the old dresses, love the blog, and I like the foobiverse.

I also love, love, love your initial sketch - http://joechip.net/liana/uploads/liz-1940sdress-sketch.png

By: Liana

Liana — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:32:58 +0000

Hahaha… the green dress… yeah, now I remember that… Maybe I should paperdoll those sometime!

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:19:52 +0000

The dress that kills me was Aunt Jane’s bridesmaid dress in imitation Swiss dot double knit lime green full length dress with little lace daisies at the bodice seam. That dress could withstand a nuclear blast. My sister, who put it all together, can’t imagine what possessed her but hey it was the 70’s and your dad wore a leisure suit to the wedding.

Now as for my wedding dress, it was an off white (of course) variation of a “peasant dress” that had a diamond fabric inset in the center and ties on each side that go under the bust and bow in the back. Just the right look for a ceremony in which we promised to stay married as long as we thought we wanted to be together (absolutely no “obey” and no rings).

By: Liana

Liana — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:50:46 +0000

O.C. - Thanks! I read it sometimes, actually — with the upcoming pain that former FBOFW fans are about to experience, I don’t know if I should read it more or less often.

Leslie - Thanks! And I’m glad that I wasn’t the only one with that immediate “What is she trying to pull here?” reaction…

Min - That’s funny ;) My mom has three sisters, and all those 70s patterns makes me think of all the wedding albums I’ve seen… I seem to remember Aunt Jane or Aunt Patty having particularly … interesting? specimens. Mom’s wedding dress was cute, though, made of eyelet and I think with an empire waist?

By: Min

Min — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:20:23 +0000

Looking at those wedding dress patterns takes me back. Back to all those bridesmaids dresses that I wore. ;-)

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:18:41 +0000

First off, I can’t tell you how much I love your blog. I’ve been reading it ever since it was posted on Dress a Day. And then this entry came up and I just had to respond. Because I feel the same way about that comic strip and that dress. The moment I saw it I knew that was no 1940s dress darnit!

But I like the idea of wearing a vintage wedding dress. I did!

By: O.C.

O.C. — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:15:53 +0000

If you’d like to join a community annoyed with “For Better or For Worse” check out the Comics Curmudgeon at http://joshreads.com. The columns are great and the comments on the columns can be a riot! (They really don’t like Anthony there. :-)

By: Liana

Liana — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:22:49 +0000

Yeah, I am pretending that Sylvia’s grandma got exceedingly lucky with the parachute silk ;) And it sounds like that was quite a hat, too…