Comments on: Champagne on the brain http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/ Manolo Loves the Brides! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cally http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-94400 Cally Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:26:51 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-94400 I think anything looks great depending on your skin tones! I think anything looks great depending on your skin tones!

]]> By: jenny http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-8363 jenny Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:47:05 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-8363 Count me among the embalmed-pale, yellow-toned brides who went with straight white. For some reason, ivories/champagnes/etc. make me look bilious and exhausted. And does anyone besides me recognize that bride's bangs? If I were to take an educated guess, I'd say that they're straight out of 1988. And along the lines of "the smeller's the feller," YES, I did have bangs just like that in 1988. How do you think I was able to date them so accurately?! Around here we call those bangs the "Utah Claw." Count me among the embalmed-pale, yellow-toned brides who went with straight white. For some reason, ivories/champagnes/etc. make me look bilious and exhausted.

And does anyone besides me recognize that bride’s bangs? If I were to take an educated guess, I’d say that they’re straight out of 1988. And along the lines of “the smeller’s the feller,” YES, I did have bangs just like that in 1988. How do you think I was able to date them so accurately?!

Around here we call those bangs the “Utah Claw.”

]]> By: Stacy http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-8291 Stacy Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:21:56 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-8291 I'm deathly pale, like RZA, with pink undertones. I freckle. I burn. I peel. But I don't tan. Anything with yellow undertones makes me sallow and my freckles the focus, though. And most other shades of white? Well, I wash out. Honestly, I want an ice blue or rum pink dress. I tried the rum pink on and omg, it's gorgeous next to my skin. And the blue? Well, I have pale blue eyes, and blue is fabulous on me. A silver would work too. Now, why is it that none of the dresses I like come in anything other than white or ivory? I need color, darnit! I’m deathly pale, like RZA, with pink undertones. I freckle. I burn. I peel. But I don’t tan.

Anything with yellow undertones makes me sallow and my freckles the focus, though. And most other shades of white? Well, I wash out.

Honestly, I want an ice blue or rum pink dress. I tried the rum pink on and omg, it’s gorgeous next to my skin. And the blue? Well, I have pale blue eyes, and blue is fabulous on me. A silver would work too.

Now, why is it that none of the dresses I like come in anything other than white or ivory? I need color, darnit!

]]> By: Dataceptionist http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-8080 Dataceptionist Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:47:20 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-8080 I'm wearing silk white, which isn't quite white white, but only because when we went to pick the fabric, the white white polyester satins all looked rather cheap, pure white suits me though as I am also pink skin toned. I've also benefitted from having my colours done so I've known for a few years now that White suits me I’m wearing silk white, which isn’t quite white white, but only because when we went to pick the fabric, the white white polyester satins all looked rather cheap, pure white suits me though as I am also pink skin toned. I’ve also benefitted from having my colours done so I’ve known for a few years now that White suits me

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-8075 Never teh Bride Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:33:51 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-8075 I'm actually rather excited about it. When I spoke with her recently she said she still had her dress and would show it to me next time we had a visit. Squeee! I’m actually rather excited about it. When I spoke with her recently she said she still had her dress and would show it to me next time we had a visit. Squeee!

]]> By: Jezebella http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-8074 Jezebella Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:58:06 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-8074 White wedding dresses are a pretty recent innovation anyway. 19th century Americans just got married in their best sunday-go-to-meeting dress - brown, blue, pink, whatever. *And* they kept wearing it. Purple sounds just about right, if you ask me. White wedding dresses are a pretty recent innovation anyway. 19th century Americans just got married in their best sunday-go-to-meeting dress – brown, blue, pink, whatever. *And* they kept wearing it.

Purple sounds just about right, if you ask me.

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-8073 Never teh Bride Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:24:25 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-8073 Damn right, Kourtney. Heck, my gram was married in purple! Damn right, Kourtney. Heck, my gram was married in purple!

]]> By: Kourtney http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-8072 Kourtney Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:39:33 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-8072 I say color! It's your day, wear what you want. If white is something you never never wear, something you dislike, or something you hate, then chose something else. Don't feel that you need to stick to the relatively narrow spectrum of white, ivory, & champagne. Even my grandmother, a relative stickler, admited that she enjoys the flexibilty of weddings these days - "It's nice to see people using traditions in their own way... weddings aren't so cookie-cutter anymore." Besides, if you choose a great color & style you could always wear your dress again to the opera, the ambassador's ball, or an awards dinner! I say color! It’s your day, wear what you want. If white is something you never never wear, something you dislike, or something you hate, then chose something else. Don’t feel that you need to stick to the relatively narrow spectrum of white, ivory, & champagne. Even my grandmother, a relative stickler, admited that she enjoys the flexibilty of weddings these days – “It’s nice to see people using traditions in their own way… weddings aren’t so cookie-cutter anymore.”

Besides, if you choose a great color & style you could always wear your dress again to the opera, the ambassador’s ball, or an awards dinner!

]]> By: Martha http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-8068 Martha Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:00:53 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-8068 I've got wildly pale skin with yellow undertones and I, too, look wretched in white. I've got a few white t-shirts and button downs, but I never wear them if need to look my best. Makeup looks like it's floating on my skin and I look downright vampiric. Since I'm not exactly the traditional type, I'm actually looking a dresses a full shade darker than the champagne (a sort of fawn color). I’ve got wildly pale skin with yellow undertones and I, too, look wretched in white. I’ve got a few white t-shirts and button downs, but I never wear them if need to look my best. Makeup looks like it’s floating on my skin and I look downright vampiric.

Since I’m not exactly the traditional type, I’m actually looking a dresses a full shade darker than the champagne (a sort of fawn color).

]]> By: Ninjarina http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-8066 Ninjarina Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:12:33 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/08/30/champagne-on-the-brain/#comment-8066 Firstly, Her hair looks like a rooster w/o a head. Secondly, I agree with this notion. My cousin is deathly pale and did not look that great in white IMO. Her sisters are quite browned by the Florida sun and looked stunning in their yellow satin gowns (different style but same colour - fab concept). A lot of Asian people would benefit from knowing this early on b/c most of us have olive and yellow undertones in our skin. It's also good to know this in general for us just b/c it would save us a LOT of effort in finding the right makeup, wedding or otherwise. Most makeup in the US market is targeted at women w/ pink undertones, not yellow so it ends up looking a bit strange on us. Champagne and different "tinted" gowns are quite the rage now. I'm also a fan of the "gradient" type gown, similar to what Gwen Stefani wore for her wedding. Firstly, Her hair looks like a rooster w/o a head.

Secondly, I agree with this notion. My cousin is deathly pale and did not look that great in white IMO. Her sisters are quite browned by the Florida sun and looked stunning in their yellow satin gowns (different style but same colour – fab concept). A lot of Asian people would benefit from knowing this early on b/c most of us have olive and yellow undertones in our skin. It’s also good to know this in general for us just b/c it would save us a LOT of effort in finding the right makeup, wedding or otherwise. Most makeup in the US market is targeted at women w/ pink undertones, not yellow so it ends up looking a bit strange on us.

Champagne and different “tinted” gowns are quite the rage now. I’m also a fan of the “gradient” type gown, similar to what Gwen Stefani wore for her wedding.

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