wedding clothes advice

[flea]

Last week Casper emerged from my closet dressed in my cream-colored polyester half-slip with my black Patagonia long underpants wrapped around it at the chest and announced that she was wearing this outfit to the wedding (my brother's, in New Hampshire, in late May).

After disabusing her of this notion I did own that we could look for a "silky dress" for her to wear to the wedding. So I'm looking, and not finding what I want. There are silk dresses (J. Crew's kids line) but these tend to be highly structured and rather more formal than what I think she wants. She wants the silky feel, not necessarily actual silk. I've looked at Gap Kids, Olive Juice, Mini Boden, Gymboree, and Etsy, and am well familiar with the options at Hanna Andersson, Lands End, and LL Bean, but nothing seems to suit. What I want is either something simply styled in washed silk (like those Waldorf School silk playscarves), or something simply styled in a silky jersey knit. I'd prefer actual silk or a silk-cotton knit blend, but am willing to settle for woven polyester or a cotton-poly jersey. But I can't find anything right. Ideas? Am I going to have to resort to asking my mother to sew something?

Also, a late May NH wedding is a bit of a dilemma, style-wise. It is in the afternoon and the principals will be in full rig - and all their 10,000 attendants. I can't remember what the weather is like in normal parts of the country in late May - for Casper will it be white tights and black patent shoes, or sandals? For me, oh dear, my dress shoes consist of purple suede Danskos (in May? It's before Memorial Day...), black Mary Janes that are 15 years old, or my wedding shoes. And I have nothing to wear on my body. I suppose I need to go dress shopping, too. I would actually like to own a dress, but do not have high hopes for finding anything off the rack due to longwaistedness. I'll probably settle for separates.

Comments

[minim_calibre]

Try Isabel Garreton. (Which I appear to be able to easily find in my local thrift shops, as I've managed a silk dress and a linen one from there in the last 4 months.)

[minim_calibre]

possibly too big

not too structured

Possibly too fussy

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Hee, I had just looked at 2 of those 3. For 99 cents, how could #2 be wrong?

[veejane.livejournal.com]

Have you any experience with wrap dresses? I should think they'd be impervious to the longwaistedness phenomenon. I work the faux-wrap dress, so as not to spill out excessively. (The faux-wraps are very forgiving of shortwaistedness, and also the one I bought last fall is jersey.)

It's gonna be cold in NH in May. Sweaters will be a good idea.

[serrana.livejournal.com]

There are some cute "Easter dresses" at Costco right now, in the $20 range -- much too fussy for me to get Herself for sundresses, but just right for schmantzy spring wedding.

[amy37.livejournal.com]

What serrana said. Plus, Sears. Plenty of Easter dresses there with that silky, floaty feel, and cheap(ish), too.