flashback: in another life...

In another life, many many years ago, back in the mid 80's... I was a wedding dress designer!  I worked in a bridal boutique called Adele Chapeaux in South Yarra, VIC (the shop is no longer there), where I designed and fitted wedding dresses for clients. It was such a fun job, though sometimes a little bit stressful because the brides and their mothers stressing!!! I have some pretty funny stories of those times! My boss Adele, who was a very funny/odd lady, just loved me so much that she always wanted me to do the bridal modelling ads for the Mode for Brides magazine! In those days I had a bee hive hair do, which was perfect for bridal dresses! It was so much fun pretending being a model every now and then! Here are a few pictures of my very brief modelling career! :)

note: the leg of mutton sleeves that were so popular in the 80's! Yikes they were so big! And big bows were pretty popular too! ps. I didn't design these dresses!

:: such a huge dress on a little me

:: that's me on the right, trying to look sultery :)

When I showed my little man these pictures he said I look like a princess.... awwwww... major heart melt!!! :)

I do laugh when I see these pictures... Gosh, I was so young, wanting so much to get out and experience the world! My mum went a bit crazy and would buy every copy of the magazines from the about 3 different newsagents (probably more)! I'm glad she did because I wouldn't have these copies otherwise! It's so interesting to revisit those days... I have such great memories of those funny times!!!  Do you have different lives lingering in your past? I have many :)


Day 12 of blogtoberfest 2011... phew it's hard work but I'm still going good :)