You’ll be able to find super lovely embroidered lace (if that’s what you want) for like, $8-12/yard. Just negotiate like hell!! Never pay the asking price!!

I’ve been sewing for 18 years, and I’m pretty familiar with sewing cocktail dresses and ball gowns. I highly recommend getting your fabric from the LA or NY fabric districts, if you live near them!!

Stop Staring and Pinup Girl Clothing (and I THINK Tatyana) are made in the USA with imported cloth. If you are interested in sewing your own clothing using American made cotton fabric, here is a website that can help you find it.

One of the problems is that it’s really difficult to organize unions in poorer countries. Companies like Walmart etc will pull out of the country if the workers unionize, so the government has an interest in breaking up would-be unions. Granted, the US government engaged in union busting activities for the longest…

That is so freaking awesome.

Shift dresses are VERY easy to do. You’ll need to practice how to make a dart, and you’ll need to know how to put a zipper in (unless you make it pretty loose). There are tutorials out there for learning how to do all that. This pattern is easy and similar to the Lilly P dresses.

You can buy it from the regular line for $178, which is really not bad. Although, I know how to sew, and I would never spend this much on a dress I could so easily make.

Also feeling like 22. NO ONE CAN EVER FEEL 22 BUT HER.

OMG - i would totally do that if I were a celebrity.

Yup! They carried corsets up to a 42 or 44, so I knew I could always find something sexy at the last minute.

These are all just so sad, but the cross-dressing one did make me laugh.

I didn’t know that either!!

Wow, good job!!!

RIGHT??? IDK why people are willing to risk that!

Where do you go for your nails?? I want some really pretty nail art for my birthday in June!!!

The only time they remember us is when they get money from Hollywood. Then I’m like, “DAMN YOU OBAMA FOR SCREWING UP THE 405 TRAFFIC.”

The endgame of a relationship after marriage is when one of you dies or decides they want a divorce. The wedding is just the beginning of the journey.

I have a lot of Korean friends that have met their spouses this way. I think like 5 of them had arranged marriages from South Korea (the spouse moved here), and two of them had arranged marriages from here in the States.

I have friends that had success with Match & Eharmony. I, however, did not have luck on Eharmony, even though I was on it for over a year. I’m fat. Even the fat dudes didn’t want to date me. :(

That is COMPLETELY adorable.