For the tech of you among us, who don’t know the GIRLY acronym, LBD = Little Black Dress !
For a long time, I totally rejected the “how do I look?” game with other females (I still avoid going to the bathroom in groups). My guess is that I did this due to having 3 sisters AND going to an all girl’s school for six years. I was ALWAYS around it and would always get sidelined by one of my sisters (whom we called “the fashion police” … and now I ask her advice first). After having mostly male friends for the past six years and being away from it, I found when I have the chance to have that girl interaction, I actually don’t mind it. So, without a whole lot of local females on this day I am home sick, I decided to do fashion show 2.0 via the miracle known as the internet (cloud).
Not only is this fun for you to get some good feedback, but it lets the person you’re talking to be a bit more honest or at least not have to fake the awkward “OH!!!! SO CUTE!!! OMGz!” which is what I hate. Seriously, you get to let the other person just JUDGE you, and girls freakin’ love to judge other girls (in good ways and bad). In fact, in the case of one of my emails, my sister invited a friend to help her decide at work. My guess was her co-worker was bored of playing Sudoko, but I digress.
Ingredients:
1) Digital camera of some sort. I tried my SLR and a tripod first (see below), but wrangling the mirror/flash turned out to not be fun. So, photo booth + isight on my iMac was the winner. Minus the fact I had 3 seconds to run across the room and try to pose.
2) Good lighting, some good shoes, and a bit of sass when you pose! (Not all my pictures contained said sass.)
3) Instant communication tools with group of gals (+/- gay or metro boys) you send the photos to. YOU NEED INSTANT FEEDBACK RIGHT AWAY… or it’s not fun! Two of my sisters email me LIKE instant messenger (they don’t actually have AIM) so that worked for them, but otherwise I’d say AIM / video chat / or even the phone.
4) Deep sigh before you engage in what is still really a girly girl activity (in my book). So maybe also an estrogen ejection (if you’re like me and need to force it out sometime).
The “arty” mistakes and no-no’s
blurry
flash
light issues on manual mode… 
February 20th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
While they are all very cute, my vote goes to the fourth one. I think it is the best on you overall!
February 20th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
You know my votes, what did B say?
February 28th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
SMILE ! The ones where you are not smiling just seem awkward.
I like the third or the fourth one : )
The fifth one is a cute pose, but not for that kind of dress.
Wow, that is the most honest I’ve been in a while : )
-b
March 1st, 2008 at 4:48 am
haha, thanks everyone. and billimarie, you can always be honest =p