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Lisa J
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Date Posted: 08:21:03 02/01/10 Mon
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Sabre
's message, "In need of a little help" on 22:39:46 01/29/10 Fri
JMOA: But the "Glitz" factor really depends on what type of pageant the girls are competing in. If it's more of a natural pageant where they allow "Pageant Dresses" (not just off the rack dresses) you may not want to go OVER the top, but still have plenty of bling. If it's a true Glitz pageant then you will want more bling. Oftent times the "Showier" the better. No matter what, you want to make sure the dress compliments the the girls and does not over power them. We have competed and been to a lot of pageants, what I notice what seems to be the most key factor in a dress besides a complimentary color to the child is "FIT". I don't care how much is spent on a dress, how "blingy/sparkly" it is...if it does not fit well, it just looks like crap. It won't matter that you have the most beautiful baby or little girl in the world,a poorly fit dress will take away from her beauty. And if the pageant judges on the attire, most have FIT as one of the criteria in that judging catergory.
Baby doll dress are adorable, and they are still a hot ticket right now. Once nice thing about Baby Doll dresses, is most of the work is in the skirt and under skirt with all the layers and ruffles. But the actual deco part of the bodice is a smaller area, so for a designer/seamstress and the pageant mommy it's less cost in stones and lace trim generally. And from a showing point of view for the little ones....you see the work put into the dress. For example if a pageant stage is tall/high, and the baby is usually carried out, for most of the time the skirt is pushed up a bit over the bottom of the bodice (if its a tradional cupcake style dress) and you don't see the work on the bottom of the bodice. However in a baby doll dress you get around the that problem, because the bottice is shorter, and usually mommy's hand is under the waist of the baby doll skirt up by the childs waist or on top, but still on the skirt...were her hand isn't covering the beautiful bodice.
But, which ever way you go....pick a style that best suits the contestant. Another easy way to decide. Our little ones, aren't little ones forever, and a baby doll style can only be worn for so long, you can always go with a standard cupcake later on.
But I have seen big winners in both styles of dresses on babies. Hope not to long winded, and it helped some.
Oh yes...one more thing...be patient and take your time if you have it. Lay your lace trim out on the bodice in different ways, to give yourself differnet ideas, if you don't already have a design in mind. Sometimes the lace pattern will help you finish the design itself.
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