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we are eloping-ish after our past two attempts got tangled in covid and then further in family. I leaned into the I'm 35 and can do what I want and bought a high necked, short feathered dress by taller marmo that hints (not quietly) at my inner life goals to live like grey gardens, but make it fun and less depressing. I bought the shoes styled with the dress on the model because styling is not my strength. and because of this said, styling is not my thing problem, i'm stuck. I love a great ring but can you do that on your wedding day when you know, that left hand is supposed to shine? do you lean into a weird and wonderful earring? are headbands in? and jacket? - I see it being campy, disco, vibes because of where we are eating but that's as far as we got - are tinsel jackets acceptable (see rachel burke)? I want this outfit to be a celebration of style | me and I need this communities help.

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Let’s start there!!! With this needing to be a celebration of YOU. What does celebrating you mean? Throw out some adjectives! If you’d rather do over email, that’s fine! Leandramcohen@substack.com

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Out of the myriad of things I am mixed with my love of playing dress up, great question - who am I as a bride? I see it pulling from my love of fabric, structure, art, and texture in clothing. Theres a underlying base of feminity, with a nod to the unexpected | over the top, and a dash of as you noted in an earlier post "enchanting continuity". I have the dress (https://tinyurl.com/mrypyheh) which makes my soul sing. From there my current "feels" inspiration has just crept into existence: I pulled solange wedding (https://tinyurl.com/5n6u2aya) + this (https://tinyurl.com/yeykxayr) + this (https://tinyurl.com/2p97tfyw). I definitely love the idea of an outfit v1 and v2 as the night transitions. thoughts? wisdom?

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fixing "the dress" link - https://tinyurl.com/mwsbraf7

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hi karine!!!! where are you at on this? for what its worth, i love the damn dress -- are you married to the shoes? is it too late to return them? might be able to find you a pair that better suits the vibe you're going for. how do you feel about red lipstick? hair pieces? i'm kind of thinking that you might want to pull back hair, keep ears vacant and perhaps add some resin jewelry on fingers to contrast wrist. we could even play around with ankle bracelets or socks

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Not married to the idea of anything but the man and the dress. I love red lipstick & hair pieces & all the jewelry fun. And question for you not related to this but jewelry - in your post and in subsequent ones there are arms, legs, and fingers decorated but not ears. Is that a preference?Or visually does the ear fun get lost in hair, neck and not look as continuous in the overall story and outfit style?

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Oh my god I love this! The green pants are sold out. If I flew w/ the black Sleepers- would the tulle white or black top you tagged from Etsy be too boring? You wrote you wore the Sleepers w/ sweaters and booties- what type of sweaters - i.e. more form fitting? Struggling to figure out how to get a few outfits out of this. Any tips would be amazing bc I loooove these - so fun.

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thanks for the advice, you definitely scored an invite 🚀

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Sorry for raising my voice but THIS! IS! DUCKING! AWSOME!

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Oh thank you for that!! We would say in Spain "como caído del cielo" what would mean something like "as if it fall from heaven" GRACIAS!!

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