wedding dress

so many Filipinas can crochet or knit (at least my mom and aunts could, i can - too but at an outstandingly crawly speed) and yet our wedding dresses are made mostly of pina and that sort of thing.

i remember one of my good friends - it was a classic East meets West wedding.  She was in a Maria Clara outfit (she's a Bicolana), and he wore tails.  i was down with the flu so i had to make do with pictures.

here's an alternative to our pina wedding gowns (but my, they are gorgeous..... but see here a wedding dress)
why cant our countrymen do etsy  ... or do ebay

click here to see wedding-elegant-long-crochet-women-dress?ref=usr_faveitems

thinking of Elizabeth Taylor

i was browsing the internet and saw this -
the etsy owner rightly declares "channeling Elizabeth Taylor"

i think she was - is - one of the most beautiful women who ever lived.  Gorgeous, gorgeous woman.
i can see her in this gown

click here to see this gorgeous gown


and if you were wearing this gown, you can assume a languid pose .... and be Liz Taylor
and have your photo taken.  call it ..........."my Christmas day"

*sigh*
i know. i have a great imagination.

The Hobbit is showing

i hope to watch when the theatre is no longer overcrowded.  it wont do to watch when it is still cramped, not with a cane and a bum leg so there.

HBO has been showing LOTR and i recently found this etsy shop who caters to Renaissance gowns or more popularly Elvish gowns.  So if you are into enacting LOTR, or want to be Arwen and have Aragorn of Arathorn as your husband of choice --- then this is the etsy shop to see.  Even just to fantasize.

i really like the celtic gown - link below.  LOTR fans will remember who Eowyn is.  She married the brother of Borromir - who was one of the 9 accompanying the Ring Bearer Frodo.  Points to anyone who remembers who he is?  answer is below

Click for a celtic gown- or what she calls Eowyn gown

but i'd rather think of Celtic queens or princesses, full of mysterious powers (Druids were part of the Celtic culture)


click here to view Galadriel's dress
this could also be Arwen's gown


click to view her version of Arwen Evenstar's wedding dress
the veil and the sash makes this gown Arwen Evenstar's wedding dress

click here to see the purple-goth-witch-medieval
this dress reminds me to medieval London, and witches














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Faramir.  Incidentally, the guy who played Faramir is more attractive than the guy who played Borromir.
but that is only my opion