Tuesday, July 03, 2007

leaf The Getaway Dress for My Getaway

My 'getaway' dress was once supposed to be my wedding dress. On a trip to Thailand two years ago, one year before my engagement, I had the top secretly made at a tailor's shop while attending a Machine Translation conference alone. I had been with my (now) fiance for about five years. At the time, I'd imagined a much more casual wedding, possibly with a bowling alley reception. So, I went to the shop, gave them a sketch and it was in my hands three days later.

My wedding has changed to a much more formal affair and my simple bowling-ready dress has been replaced by a beaded number with a train. However, it would be a shame to let such a pretty silk top go to waste. Now, it will be what I change into when my wedding dress gets to be too cumbersome at the reception.

I purchased matching silk after my aborted New York Father's Day trip and made a knee length circle skirt to complete the outfit. Just to add some character, I drew a picture of a vine a few days later and silk screened it around the hem.

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posted by Alison 7/03/2007 12:01:00 AM : (0) comments : splink

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The author is currently a registered alien living in Nagoya, Japan. The author is teaching and studying computer science in Washington, DC. Alison is working on her Ph.D. at the Language Technologies Institiute at Carnegie Mellon University. She is working on a Machine Translation System for minority languages (those spoken by fewer than 2 Million People).



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