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Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Jan 31st, '22, 08:10
by Kitalpha Hart
668 for my end count
So a bit more than usual but still nowhere near enough to even think of getting the hair leaving next month
I usually get two or three, got 10 this time
Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Jan 31st, '22, 10:00
by Ms_Zuralli
I didn't post as much as I would have liked, so I'm gonna have to scramble and really push it for getting the hairs next month before the go.
Moon Star wrote:
Ms_Zuralli wrote:I have found myself wearing vintage dresses between the 1920's and 40's as I find them flattering despite my size, even the really form fitting ones. Though I need to stick to thicker heels as I don't walk straight even wearing sneakers, so walking in basically stilettos has been a leaning experience.
That sounds really cool actually, but where in the world did you find them? xD
Amazon can be amazing at times for a great price. Etsy has some options as well, but I am a bit more picky as it costs more and the items are sometimes custom pieces. I can also sometimes be moved into actually knitting what I want as long as I can follow a pattern and I don't have to sew anything. Sewing is not my greatest skill...
Also happy belated birthday! 
Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Jan 31st, '22, 17:53
by blackbriar
Oh dang. The caravan felt really short this time but I just haven't been able to get online much. Oh well, I bought two more hairs so it was something.
Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Jan 31st, '22, 18:14
by jacobgrey
I saw there was some talk about clothing, one of my specialist subjects hahaha. I wear dresses from the 30s and 40s too! although it's only one aspect of my wardrobe. I wear a lot of bright colours and I tend to pick out unusual pieces from designers as I get access to a lot of sample sales and discounts through my work. Apart from skin colour, I actually do dress quite as flamboyantly as my avatar sometimes XD I also dye my hair bright colours a lot of the time, though lately it's just been auburn in order to be less hassle since I don't have a hairdresser at the moment and I'm doing it myself.
Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Jan 31st, '22, 20:22
by Akili Li
How long does it normally take you to get ready in the morning, jacobgrey?
I always wonder that when I see people in styles that are clearly carefully constructed... it looks so good but it also looks so hard...
Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Feb 1st, '22, 00:14
by Moon Star
Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Feb 1st, '22, 09:14
by Ms_Zuralli
Honestly I've been pretty okay with the sizing so far. I typically go by what they say the chest size should be as there have been plenty of space for the arms, so I didn't need to compensate for that. I don't think I've had to return a single dress or skirt that was vintage style due to sizing. Shoes on the other hand are f-ing terrible and I have to plan buying them around my check, because even though I'm going to return what I can't wear, I still need to get several sizes of one shoe as my feet have decided that every shoe has to be a different ordeal even though I've worn an 8 1/2 since at the very least middle school...
And none of the women in my house wear the same size, so it's not like I can borrow to match my outfits instead of buying a new pair all the time. Me and my mom are the same size technically, but she wears sandals or open toe shoes and her toes are short, where as my toes are too long and get pinched something awful or hang over the sandals. My sister on the other hand tries to play it off that she has small feet. We found out one evening when they were helping me get ready and she wanted me to borrow a pair of her heels, that she wears almost 2 sizes bigger.
Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Feb 1st, '22, 10:16
by Kuuki
Now I think about it the problem I have the most is that the arms are too short because I have both a big chest and big shoulders so basing your purchases on the chest size can really be a good idea.
It's what I have been doing without thinking because if my chest fits, everything else does.
And I actually wear the same shoe size as my husband so I have been borrowing his sneakers/hiking shoes a lot ^^
Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Feb 1st, '22, 22:16
by Akili Li
I buy my everyday shoes in the men's section because everything in the women's is too narrow in the toe (or falls off my heel because it's too wide in the heel). Means everything for nicer/formal wear has to be cobbled special. So I feel you.
Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: Feb 2nd, '22, 04:44
by Kitalpha Hart
Plus anything oriented towards women has this weird tendency to be deliberately made with much lower quality materials
