Sunday, September 26, 2010

Eating Fried Chicken in a Red Satin Dress

Hey, remember this little number? I made it over a year ago (blogged here), but I've never actually found an occasion to wear it. I considered it for a wedding, but it felt too fancy for the afternoon ceremony. There's just something wrong about wearing red satin in the daytime, if you ask me! But I got over it today and just wore the darn dress. To what fabulous event, you may ask? After all my worries about it being too formal for various things, I ended up wearing it to eat dinner in a cafeteria-style fried chicken joint. And I only got a little bit of grease on the skirt! Sometimes you have to just live a little and wear a red satin dress to eat friend chicken, right?

We did go out to a Broadway play afterward, so that was a more befitting setting for the dress. (We saw Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and it was awesome.) Thanks to all your fabulous tips on yesterday's post, I was very happy with my hair. I gave it a little hot-roller action and that did the job.

Other than that, I've been working away on my Lady Grey muslin, and am planning lots of sew-along posts for you. Hope you're having a fab weekend!

19 comments:

  1. definitely prefer the new hair to the old. You look SO GOOD.

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  2. I misread the post title and pictured a piece of chicken wrapped in red satin. The picture set me straight. You look great in that dress and I love your new hair, too.

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  3. Hi,
    I totally love your dresses and your blog.

    But, one question- I don't mean to be rude, just super-curious: do your tattoos ever bother you? I've got very low pain threshold, so I find it very difficult even to go to the nurse for a blood-test. Tattoos have got be painful, right?

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  4. Did you say ya'll at least once? Cause being in the south I see nothing wrong with getting dolled up for some fried chicken!

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  5. You've got guts, Gertie. I'm so messy when I eat food, I would have stained that poor dress beyond hope. Maybe a satin care follow up? Is there a way to save delicate fabric from good food?

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  6. Oh with your new hairstyle and your sheath dress your neck looks so long and lovely!

    I feel like wearing satin to eat fried chicken is a missing verse from "The Lady is a Tramp"..love it!

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  7. Nothing boosts a mood like getting all dressed up, even when you don't necessarily have anywhere to go! You look great and I'm sure you felt great too.

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  8. It's always great to dress up for something ordinary. I would love to see more of what you wear on a daily basis.

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  9. You look amazing (as always) and I love your new hair! And dressing up should be easier. Fried chicken, who says we cannot dress up for that? Brilliant!

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  10. Thanks, ladies! I am preferring the new hair too - Don't think I can go back to long now!

    Anon- well, my tattoos don't bother me now since they've been healed for a long time. But yes, it does hurt when you're getting it done and when it's healing. It's definitely not for the needle-shy!

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  11. Yes, I did cringe when you say you did get a 'little' bit of grease on the skirt.
    ABsolutely love your work.
    Hugs & ♥♥♥s,
    Gerry

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  12. love the hair, love the dress. Something very cool and sexy about eating fried chicken dressed like that, if you ask me.

    Need to keep going on my muslin too, now that I've actually started! Need to figure out my fabric one of these days as well....I'm all over the place with it - thinking something printed canvas-y fun, thinking raincoat, thinking luxe grey wool, thinking black vinyl....ack! too many options...

    Somebody, make a decision for me!!

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  13. I think the dress is perfect for fried chicken! haha. I'm new to the world of sewing and blogging. Stop by http://purl2tog.wordpress.com/ to see my creations as well.

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  14. Binkydoll, I vote luxe grey wool!

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  15. Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof would totally have eaten fried chicken in a red satin dress. She probably would have danced in the rain in it afterward, too.

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  16. You look glamorous! ;) Love the new hair do too--it suits you very well!

    ♥ Casey
    blog | elegantmusings.com

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  17. Glad you were able to wear your red dress out! You look fabulous!

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  18. i really love that you wore a red satin dress to eat fried chicken. i don't doubt for a second that the chicken felt honored you dressed up for the occasion :D haha

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  19. Good for you! Since you made the dress you are entitled to wear it anywhere you want. How about vacuuming and dishes?

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