Katie's Dress

Barb and I had a slow day in the shop. We worked on the new rental forms and the business cards. Hopefully both will be printed and ready for use by next week.

The highlight of the day was when a customer came in with her dad and two younger brothers. She needed a Renaissance dress.

OUR FAVORITE!


We do blur the lines of Medieval and Renaissance around here - sometimes even Elizabethan styling gets mixed in. It's the 21st century - who cares!?!

All of our staff laugh at the girls who come in and think that our fifties skirts are supposed to be down on their hips.

"Why is this waistband so tiny?" they ask.

"Because it's supposed to go around your waist. Not down around your hips," we carefully explain.

"You mean up by my belly button? But that's so uncomfortable!" they complain.

Welcome to the real world. I wore hiphuggers in junior high. By the time I was in high school we were on to goucho pants and double zippered pants. Remember those? With platform shoes? Ah, the seventies.

So, not caring about the specific dates of the Renaissance, and admiring this girl's willowy figure, we directed her to Kim's lacy dress and Katie's plush velvet. They are two Dress Me Up constructed favorites of the staff; two dresses we all long to wear but haven't a prayer of squeezing into.

So out went Katie's Magenta dress with a Juliet cap today.

Yay for people who play Dress Up!