That's the most expensive dress I've ever bought. It was from a shop in Victoria, Vancouver Island, called 'Carnaby Street' (It's not there now, alas. The shop - not Vancouver Island.) They specialised in individual hand made dresses based on ethnic designs and had a co-op in Guatamala weaving cloth for them.
In 1996 or 97 it was $450 Canadian. But I wore it for show agter show and at the end of each show I just turned it inside out, rolled it into a sausage and shoved it into a carrier bag ready for tomorrow.
It's still in the wardrobe and just as good as ever if I could only find the right place to wear it. It's _so_ comfortable! And forgiving. One year I tore a ligament in my knee and ended up with so much strapping on my leg it looked like I was swathed in that old fashioned water-tank lagging. The dress hid it perfectly ad even looked pretty good with a walking stick accessory.
I had other stuff from that same shop, too. It was brilliant! But nothing as good as 'the big black dress'.
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Date: Dec. 1st, 2008 03:58 am (UTC)In 1996 or 97 it was $450 Canadian. But I wore it for show agter show and at the end of each show I just turned it inside out, rolled it into a sausage and shoved it into a carrier bag ready for tomorrow.
It's still in the wardrobe and just as good as ever if I could only find the right place to wear it. It's _so_ comfortable! And forgiving. One year I tore a ligament in my knee and ended up with so much strapping on my leg it looked like I was swathed in that old fashioned water-tank lagging. The dress hid it perfectly ad even looked pretty good with a walking stick accessory.
I had other stuff from that same shop, too. It was brilliant! But nothing as good as 'the big black dress'.