Ballroom costuming as done by blind monkeys

[icepixie]

As I suspected, I'm wearing what we fondly refer to as "The Pink Monster" for the trustees dinner. Hey, they asked for us to wear our big poofy Standard dresses.



Yes, it is in fact that exact shade of atomic pink. Most of our spiffy donated Standard dresses are better, or at least not quite so neon. Sadly, none of them fit me. Of course, "Matilda" also doesn't fit me, which is good, as it is..."hideous" doesn't do it justice, but it'll have to do. It is in fact both a Latin and a Standard dress, which means, yes, it has a rip-away skirt. Yes. The top/Latin dress portion is made entirely of large sequins. Entirely. They are teal blue, with a silver diamond in the middle. There is a little tail of dark blue satin and, because the "dress" only goes down to one's crotch, there's a little...front-tail? Frontispiece? Codpiece for girls? in the front made out of satin. Yes. HIDEOUS. It hardly gets better with the teal blue Standard skirt (with more silver sequins) attached.

So at least I'm not wearing that one. And this one's skirt spins out nicely; I must get at least a six-foot skirtspan when I'm going full tilt. That cross-body spinning step in Foxtrot is going to be entertaining, oh yes.

Comments

[vbrooksutk.livejournal.com]

*jokingly refers to your icon*

PIIIIIIINk! :D

[fiara.livejournal.com]

At least you won't get lost and/or run over by cars at night. :-p

[icepixie]

I suppose that's good, since this is taking place at night...

[icepixie]

*jokingly refers to your icon*

Why do you think I used it? ;)

PIIIIIIINk! :D

It's the Barbie dress.

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

Hee! That is an amazing piece of work.

[icepixie]

It's certainly something. *g*

[elflore.livejournal.com]

I actually kinda like the color, it's fun. *snerk*

And you look really cute.

Any chance someone'll get a picture of the full-tilt mid twirl six-foot skirtspan? I kinda wanna see that. *g*

[icepixie]

I actually kinda like the color, it's fun. *snerk*

In a totally not-fun and utterly hideous way, sure... ;)

And you look really cute.

Thanks. I wonder about your perception of color, but thanks anyway. ;)

Any chance someone'll get a picture of the full-tilt mid twirl six-foot skirtspan? I kinda wanna see that. *g*

I think someone did get a picture of that last night at practice. She's going to distribute her pictures at some point this week.

[nickless.livejournal.com]

1. Love the haircut!! (Although I totally empathize with the tucking-behind-the-ear frustrations.)

2. Is someone hiding in your closet, or is that just a strategically placed tennis shoe?

[icepixie]

1. Love the haircut!! (Although I totally empathize with the tucking-behind-the-ear frustrations.)

Thanks! And it's grown to the point where that's not really a problem anymore, so I'm happy. :)

2. Is someone hiding in your closet, or is that just a strategically placed tennis shoe?

Just a shoe. It's actually not my closet or my room; it's Chandra and Whitney's double. I can barely fit into my single while wearing that dress. *g*

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

*tries desperately not to giggle*

*fails horribly*

Cute haircut though! Have a wonderful time at the dinner. :)

[icepixie]

*tries desperately not to giggle*

*fails horribly*

Don't worry, I'm right there with you. As for the trustees...well, they asked for it. On their own heads. ;)

Cute haircut though! Have a wonderful time at the dinner. :)

Thanks!

[sesaworuban.livejournal.com]

Me thinks you need a serious fake-tan. :)

But other than that, I quite like it. :)

[icepixie]

Me thinks you need a serious fake-tan. :)

Heh. The girl who usually wore this dress during team match at competitions before she graduated had black hair and very dark olive skin; she made this dress look, if not good, then at least much better than me.

But other than that, I quite like it. :)

Hee!

[asinpterodactyl.livejournal.com]

You know, if that photo were black and white, you'd actually look quite good. It's a good shot of you. The pinkness, though, brings it all crashing down.

Could you post a black and white version of the same photo?

[icepixie]

I desaturated the photo in Photoshop to see if you might be right, and believe me, it doesn't get any better. *shudder*

[nuclearangel.livejournal.com]

wow - that is the most interesting Pink I have ever seen! :)

[icepixie]

Blinding, isn't it? ;)