Back in April, K bought a convertible wrap dress off Ebay. The item description said that the dress could be worn 4,7312.8 different ways, or something like that. Being the thrifty person she is, she made the purchase and then set off an adventure to figure the damn thing out. And an idea was born. This dress would be raffled off to a fellow blogger who would receive it and it's companion instructional DVD, find a look that works for her (or him. No one's judging). The new recipient would wear the dress out and post a review before raffling it off again. Think of it as the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Dress," or some shmick frack like that.
k wearing the traveling dress
PLT was the first winner of the traveling dress and did a mighty fine job sporting it at a BBQ. She then raffled the dress off, and lucky old me won the next round. So here I am on Gift Day Friday, recapping for you the night that I tried to learn how to wrap this dress.
plt doing a twirl to show her style
It all started with the dress, an instructional DVD, and a bottle of wine. Buntz and I arrived at SuziQ's apartment- the venue for our dress wrap tutorial. Because SuziQ bought a similar dress in NYC a year ago, I figured she was the perfect person to assist me in my dress wrapping adventure. And because I needed someone to document the challenge, Buntz joined in the fun.
First we popped in the DVD, and took about 10 minutes just to calm down from all the laughter that resulted from the porno-inspired music playing in the background. Don't believe me? Watch:
M'kay, so. Once the models were done prancing around and showing off the 4,7312.8 ways to wear the dress (and once SuziQ and I had a few glasses of wine under our belts) we began wrapping. Buntz operated the DVD, pausing and dishing out instruction on how to recreate each style. Let's just say I underestimated the level of difficulty for execution.
der, my facial expression could not be more slow
We started simple, trying different strapless style options. These proved to be the easiest, but as SuziQ noted several times- we looked preggo! Like "forshizz up the spout," undeniably preggo. In fact, by the end of our session, SuziQ threw the dress down in defeat, calling it her preggo dress that she will keep on hand for when she starts procreating.
baby bumps
Unhappy with our bulging bellies, we moved onto other styles. Buntz quickly figured out the steps to make various skirt options. She took the reigns and wrapped SuziQ in a long skirt option that seems practicable for beachwear.
buntz- dress wrapping enthusiast circa 2k9
Determined to find a dress option I could reasonable fashion around this city, I eighty-sixed the DVD and attempted my own creations. The most realistic result was actually quite figure flattering, and I will probably default to it for when I debut the dress this weekend.
wtf do i think i am? a model, that's what.
I just gotta be careful of accidental uncontrolled move of my limbs. Otherwise my ninnies might start popping out.
boomshakalaka
The best part about the traveling dress is the quest of learning and mastering a wearable style. The girls and I had a fun time guessing how the women executed each dress option. The bottle of wine and the porno music provided the added entertainment.
So now it's on, bbs. Gift Day Friday- in which you enter a comment below and enter yourself in a chance to win this dress. I will be debuting my fashion this Sunday at Policy's Drag Queen Brunch, after which I will post the reactions to my ensemble and reveal the next winner of the traveling dress (on Monday morning). All you have to do is comment to this post by midnight on Sunday and you too could have the opportunity to jam out to some porn music, wrap yourself up in this colorful piece of fabric, and have a funny story to tell of your own. Contest is not restricted to female candidates-- ahem, I'm talking to you, JFo. You're totally welcome to enter yourself in this raffle and pass the dress on to M so long as she provides an adequate recap. Same goes for other gents. Give the dress to your girl. Or try drag for a night. Totally acceptable.
Good luck to all contestants, and Happy Friday bbs!!
19 comments:
Girl, you had me with porn music!
Miss- HAHA! You know, if you were to suggest that the Thinker would try some styles, I might just enter your name a few extra times in the raffle ;)
After a glass of scotch or two, I don't doubt he would for the sake of our happiness.
You have an amazing man right there.
*bow chicka bow wow*
Girl! You look awesome, Miss Model. I knew you'd find a way to rock it in your own style.
Work it. Own it. Work it.
PLT- Thanks hun. The pressure was on. I definitely had to do work.
If I had that dress right now I would make it into a pillow and lay under my desk and nap. F creativity.
If JFo wins, I'm making him wear it. And I will take lots of pictures. And we all can laugh at him.
On a sidenote, I have a different style, but same idea, dress from American Apparel. There is also an instructional slideshow on the website providing different ways to wear said dress. I don't think there's porno music though.
M- That would Ahhhmazing.
I know which dress you're talking about from American Apparel! They had the instructional video playing in the store in Miami when I was there. No porn music in the video, but def porn music in the store. But it was Miami afterall. It's amazing how the soundtrack can make an instructional DVD all the more entertaining.
Katerina- F your life.
i bought one of these from a street vendor in vegas last year. she tried selling it to me for 110, but i thankfully talked her down to 50 bucks.
first, yes, the porn music is horrible. secondly, i have not worn the dress once. i canNOT figure it out to save my life and all it does is tire me out, piss me off and give me a piss poor attitude. this dress gave me ANGER ISSUES to the max!
but the DVD is to die for. cheesy as all hell, and totally worth the 50 bucks.
SassyLittleGinger- The nerve of that woman. 110!! Ludicrous. I agree, the dress is definitely stressful and causes wrinkles. But for a one time thrill it's quite entertaining. Again, thank Buddha for the porno music.
If anyone can rock this look with grace, style, and rock star flair, it's def you Mb!
KtMac- Thanks girl. I may need to adopt some of your accessorizing habits tho.
Eh, I try to limit the wearing of lady clothes to Halloween ... or when I portray Janet Reno in HS Odyssey of the Mind skits.
This is awesome! You totally rocked it! I can't wait to see where this thing goes next.
What video is that in your post? Your readership should know that the actual video I sent you is even WORSE in terms of camp-tastic modeling and porno music.
And Kat is not allowed to win! Crumpling the fabric up under your desk doesn't count as fashion!
JFo- The key word in your statement is "try."
K- That is a clip of the instructional video. It's the "fashion part" where you see the styles before they give you instructions. Pornorific.
so fun! miss you, MB!
paulbeck- miss you pony man!! def will keep you posted on my next trip to ATL. i hear you're a fan of the vintage/thrift shopping. whoot!
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