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fillefatale wrote: »10 Things I Hate About You is on, haven't seen it in years, I love this film!
I love that film, it's awesome! I think I'll just have to watch the dvd while I'm doing the ironing after I finish watching Phantom of the Opera.
It's depressing that I have two films worth of ironing to do.
my debs dress stopped fitting me a long time ago! even when i was actually the same size as the dress, my body shape has changed and the dress just didnt fit (yes i tried it one time when i was clearing out my wardrobe
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Buy a new one!
My debs was only 3 years ago so thank god I haven't outgrown it.
I have a 6 more gowns now too. My mother and I have an awful habit of going to sample sales and buying up the formal gowns and then never having anywhere to wear them. Such a waste.0 -
Lol just read all the debs stories, ah the memories. Mine was a disaster in every possible way. My outfit was so horrible and unflattering, I had a thing about not asking my parents for money as a teenager so I just borrowed some clothes of my older sister who's still living in an early ninties bubble. I only lasted about ten minutes in my high heels (first time wearing them) before I threw them in the bin and lost my skirt and stuck a pair of jeans and runners on (I know). Hung around just long enough for the dinner, then spent the whole night sitting on the grass in a group drinking buckfast outside the hotel while everyone else made knobs of themselves dancing on tables, crying, snogging, vomiting, saying how even though they'd never been friends before they loved each other really blah blah... By the end of the night I'd fallen out with my best mate for making moves on my boyfriend/date, another kinda slutty friend of mine was coming on to the principle really heavily (seriously gross) and loads of people got grassed up/busted by the cops for pills and coke (classy school or what) and were kicked out of the hotel. I know we went to someone's house in Limerick then for a few hours but I woke up in a house in the middle of nowhere in Tipperary of all places and couldn't get home. My grads was oh so much worse though and there's lots of photos of that, I behaved at my debs because I'd made such a phenomenal tit of myself at the grads 0
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Since we are on the topic of debs, I thought i would share my horrible experiences! My own was shockingly bad, I got a dress made in Dubai (back story; my aunt lived out there and invited me out after my LC for two weeks, didn't enjoy it , but she suggested I get my dress made, and for whatever unknown reason, we chose sky blue satin (which is the one colour I AVOID nowadays like the plague!) So top that with horrible spotty skin, braces and insanely massive glasses. I would post a pic but I still cry looking at them!!
The night itself was rubbish, I having brought a lovely guy my friend wanted to kiss.
I then went to his debs (we had a pact!), and my mum said she would like to buy me my debs dress, since she hadn't bought the first one (the satin blue disaster). Into Roches, found a purple dress which the shop lady kept saying "it's beeoootiful!' (It's wasn't- spotty skin, braces, glasses AND pinky undertones in my skin). Got it anyway.
Week before the debs it was a scorcher, so I got sunburnt at Slane. A bright neighbour of ours suggested I try a fake tan to cover it up (ten years ago this was, tans weren't 'in')... ANOTHER BAD IDEA, because with the tan on, i started to peel, and yes, resembled a giraffe. Worse, still, that particular debs was a real special one to go to, as the boys school was the good posh school, and all the girls looked bloody fantastic, while I did my best to conceal my shoulders neck and back
I shudder reminiscing, but thought I would share. For the record, braces, round glasses, bad skin, greasy hair and giraffe like skin do not go well at a debs, or anywhere in fact.0 -
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Wow... I really got away unscathed with my debs. The big disaster for our debs is that my group of friends started fighting and split into two smaller groups, with two groups of four or five sitting at separate tables and me being caught in the middle (two of the girls fell out over a fella of all things, but the whole thing escalated out of all proportions, as they do when you're 17/18)! Thankfully it happened before our debs, but I ended up going on a blind date with one of the girl's cousins because I wouldn't bring a friend into a situation like that. He was nice and looked after me well that evening, so I really think I was lucky!
However, I had to go home relatively early (1am) because I was competing the next day, so I think I missed some of the 'messy' stuff...
And my debs dress just about still fits me! Though I'd change the style slightly if I was to wear it again... My style has changed quite a lot since then. But it shouldn't be too difficult as my mum made the dress... She was fantastic to come up with something I'd wear, esp. as I hated any patterns she suggested at the time! And it also ensured that of the 220 girls in my year nobody would have the same dress as me! 
Now... to go and find somewhere to wear that dress again.... Roll on F&A cigars and brandy/cocktails... :pac:0 -
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I had 3 debs.. although I only attended two.
Jeepers the antics that went on were something else, and this was only 4/5 years ago! Girls who no one had seen all summer turning up 6 months pregnant. One girl bringing a guy she hardly knew and him becoming violent. The first time I went I was only 16, my dress was gorgeous though. It was lightly corsetted, satin, a sweet heart strapless neckline, completely fitted to my knees before it flared with a black net petty coat underneath in to a fishtail and it was the most beautiful crimson colour too. It fitted me like a glove and I still love it! I'm very pale and I had really dark hair (almost black) at the time and the combination of colours looked gorgeous.. if I do say so myself
To the second one I wore a green halterneck (the halter started between my boobs and wrapped around my neck and was beaded and embellished - gorgeous!) dress that looking back did absolutely nothing for me. It was beautiful but it was awful on me, but I didn't cop that at the time :rolleyes:
My date was my boyfriend at the time, he didn't go to my school though. He proceeded to get horrendously drunk, puke his ring up and I had to put him in to a taxi at half twelve after he made a massive fool of himself. It was a horrible night overall 0 -
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Yay. welcome back Twee. Pics of vintage stuff ASAP please.
The restaurants in Berlin are doing some brilliant things at the moment. A foodies paradice. Mix that in with the underground clubs and the sheer joie de vivre of Berliners and it's one of the best destinations in the World.I'm older than Minecraft goats.
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This sounds really cool!If anyone is really interested I can find out if there are any places/tickets left for the Growed Up Debs. As I said earlier it's a charity event put together by a few of us burlesquers that seems to have grown legs and is getting bigger by the day.
Great idea! It's over ten years since I last went to a debs so I no longer fit into any of my debs dresses (:(, I wish I was still as skinny as I was then!) but I am all in favour of dressing-up opportunitiesWe should have a formal FAP beers so we can all wear our deb dresses/tux again.
I'd take any excuse to wear that beauty again.
Dearest, you must have misunderstood the purpose of this forum. If you don't have a fancy-schmancy frock, that's just another reason to go shopping!I never got to go to my debs. Hence, I have no fancy shmancy dress to wear to a FAP beers.
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Welcome back, Twee! Looking forward to seeing all your vintage finds!We should have a formal FAP beers so we can all wear our deb dresses/tux again.
I'd take any excuse to wear that beauty again.If anyone is really interested I can find out if there are any places/tickets left for the Growed Up Debs. As I said earlier it's a charity event put together by a few of us burlesquers that seems to have grown legs and is getting bigger by the day.0 -
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fillefatale wrote: »Wow! Do you have a job sorted over there? I hope to save up enough money to live over there for a summer, you really can't describe the place, everywhere and everyone is so different and refreshing!
Nope not yet, focusing on saving for now because if we go it's pretty much for good with the animals, furniture and all and it's going to cost a lot of money one way or another. Bringing the pets back to Ireland probably won't be an option with the whole rabies thing so it's a big decision to leave for so long. Hoping to go in the next year, 2 years max although I'm starting to look for work there now, if I get offered something I'll head over on my own first for a bit but not sure how strong the industries I'm qualified to work in are in Berlin. I'm also considering teaching English if my degree doesn't get me anywhere there. I only went once (for 2 weeks) but I totally fell in love with it (and the rest of the country), I've been determined to settle there ever since. You can come visit me for a cheap holiday (*ahem* shopping spree) anytime when I finally make it
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LadyMayBelle wrote: »Gotta force myself to stop looking at lovely websites with lovely clothes.
Nah you just gotta start looking at the cheaper ones like etsy and ebay, been seeing some amazing vintage dresses, hats, shoes etc on etsy for less than a tenner! I'm thinking my next obsession might be a revival of my short lived vintage hat obsession with a focus on cloches... Otherwise I head to the charity shops all the time when I'm broke to get my fix and then you get the thrill of the hunt too, I sustained my wardrobe through years of teenage poverty in the Galway ones! I'd make ten or twenty quid busking or face painting and be able to squeeze a packet of rollies and a shopping spree out of it back then it was great! Although they have definately gotten a bit more expensive since, I find even if I don't find much I still get the satisfaction. 0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »Charity shops don't work as well for guys as girls unfortunately.
Thats because men hang onto their clothes til they are threadbare whilst women buy a new outfit at the drop of a hat ^^
Saying that I found a wonderful cloche hat in TK Maxx yesterday for €9, I've been searching high and low for one, except it was hot pink so I put it back on the shelf Would clash with 90% of my wardrobe. 0 -
fillefatale wrote: »Thats because men hang onto their clothes til they are threadbare whilst women buy a new outfit at the drop of a hat ^^
Saying that I found a wonderful cloche hat in TK Maxx yesterday for €9, I've been searching high and low for one, except it was hot pink so I put it back on the shelf Would clash with 90% of my wardrobe.
True. I had clothes from when I was 14 still in my wardrobe there. Did a big clean out and gave it to charity. Some of the clothes were cringeworthy. My personal favourite was this one. I thought I was really deadly when I was 14.:o
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Went to the most gorgeous vintage shop today! It's in Tullamore, called Gladys'. Apparently it was featured on Xpose and Off the Rails (or Head to Toe, as my mam still calls it). Anyway went in for a gander, and she has some beautiful clothing. It is a bit on the expensive side, dresses starting at around €150, but the stock is very high quality. Everything in great condition, no musty smells, and generally gorgeous stuff! Left with a wee hat, and told her we'd be back when the coats are in If you were looking for something special, I'd definitely recommend her. 0
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Went to the most gorgeous vintage shop today! It's in Tullamore, called Gladys'. Apparently it was featured on Xpose and Off the Rails (or Head to Toe, as my mam still calls it). Anyway went in for a gander, and she has some beautiful clothing. It is a bit on the expensive side, dresses starting at around €150, but the stock is very high quality. Everything in great condition, no musty smells, and generally gorgeous stuff! Left with a wee hat, and told her we'd be back when the coats are in If you were looking for something special, I'd definitely recommend her.
Did you just happen upon the shop down there or had you heard about it before?0 -
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Not directly fashion related, but I'm getting some new film for this, which means I'll be able to take more photos of bargains I find (1, 2) and more importantly some stylish (and not so much...) people (1, 2, 3, 4)... which I can't wait for. Give me a shout if you see me wandering around town with it 0
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