Be careful what you wish for.

Lisa sent me this dress ... her only comment was "Holy cow." And I see that "holy cow" and I raise her a "holy moley"!

I love this dress, but I'm not going to buy it. Even though it's only $35 at Vintage Sedona at Babylon Mall (click on the image to visit the shop page). First of all, it's not my size (it's B40/W25, which is one *hell* of an hourglass). But mostly I'm not going to buy it because a dress like this ... well, anything this outrageous I want the pleasure of making myself. I want to know that I was personally responsible, from the get-go, for the retinal assaults I'll be committing. I want it to be a full-fault thing, not some wimpy "mistakes were made" cop-out. Not "Oh, I found this online," but "I bought the fabric and found the pattern and orchestrated the entire tragedy."

It's probably a ridiculous quibble on my part, and heaven only knows when I'd get around to finding wide-stripe rainbow silk anyway (although I'd probably make it in cotton, so that I could wear it more often) -- so you're probably all safe. For now.