I've started buying patterns and fabric and having dresses made for me -
not because I can't find dresses that fit me off-the-rack, but because I'm
really sick of the cookie-cutter styles.
I've been having great fun with vintage and Folkways patterns, and as a
result I end up with some really lovely, unusual, and flattering recital
clothes.
I have also been very lucky at thrift shops. I found my main winter
recital gown for $50 at a Salvation Army store - a red silk Victor Costa
gown that had never been worn - clearly an overstock item donated by some
department store; it still had the original price tag on it - reduced
(several times) to $340 back in 1995!
KM
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Ich singe, wie der Vogel singt,
Der in den Zweigen wohnet;
Das Lied, das aus der Kehle dringt,
Ist Lohn, der reichlich lohnet.
-- J.W. von Goethe, WILHELM MEISTER
My NEIL SHICOFF Website:
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/shicoff/shicoff.html
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http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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