#The black dress challenge

[violetlunette]

Slight NSFW below. Honestly, it's more suggestive than anything, but for the sensitive souls, I decided to play nice. You know that post that's been going around about putting Malenore into a cetain black dress? I put Female Silver in it instead. Why? Because I wanted to.

You can look at this as an older Silver about to attend a party with Malleus and the others and the last thing Lilia sees before his heart attack.

I know people will be focused on--other parts, but I really like Silver's eyes here. I always end up making them too big when I do these.

Anyway, I hope you all like her!

[fairyygore]

zendaya in custom jacquemus for the ‘challengers’ press 🎀

[muffinvikingart]

🌟 Dress. 🌟

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

February: Coeli's Monochrome Picks

I'm No Angel / Mae West as Tira

Coeli's comment: "Wowza!"

The pre-code era strikes again, with Travis Banton as the designer. The slinky, low-cut gown with spiderweb wrap in the bottom photo looks positively demure next to the costume she's almost wearing in the other photos. In Tira's defense, she is a circus sideshow performer. However, it's not too hard to see why this movie was cited as one of the factors leading to the implementation of the Hays Code.

Classic lines:

"Oh, Beulah, peel me a grape!"

"Well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men."

"When I'm good I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better."

[mahou-furbies]

Dark Ichigo! It ended up not really looking like her though...

[rosehagikure]

That one black dress on my Tav Elerra I love her, oh my gawd.

[stares1200]

its finished! Yes i put rook twice cuz i didn't have anything else for purple :,)

[fizzytoo]

rosa wanted to share the news about her bakery with eric over a darling candlelit dinner, except he was supposed to be home from work hours ago. he's not picking up his phone... is he okay?

[moonfromearth]

🎃 !!Happy Halloween!! 👻

Last year I got together sims from my blog and library (as well as some from @dandelionwishies) to play dress up and do a photo shoot with, so I thought I'd do it again this year! 😁 There's some familiar and unfamiliar faces in this one but I'll list them all below... Starring... - Corey Altman and Sans the Dog (Pirate and Shark) - Darrell Webb (Spellcaster) - Veronica Mason (Uh... Herself...) - Willow Root (Bloody Cheerleader) - Lou Carrington (Cowgirl) - Mya Morrell (Soccer Player) - Margaret Lovelace (Devil)

Hope everyone has an awesome Halloween!!

[juliavargas2]

Who’s going to be the queen of the party?

[sweet-christabel]

One Dress a Day - bonus challenges

Black and White October Memoirs of a Geisha - Hatsumomo (Gong Li)

I had this one queued for a while, but I’m now wondering if it’s actually dark purple and white instead of black. I’m not sure, but it’s pretty, so I’m going to keep it on the list anyway! I love the contrasting leaf motifs. It’s a pretty simple design, but it’s really effective.

[darkeclipticheart]

This dress is making the rounds on Twitter and now it’s Nyu’s turn

[helene-tolden]

Café Gaudi Février 2024.

Jour 7. La Petite Robe Noire.

👗

La robe noire que j'ai le plus appréciée était celle que j'avais trouvée pour le réveillon du Nouvel An 2008.

Elle avait de fines bretelles, un grand décolleté, ceintrée sous la poitrine, tombante jusqu'aux pieds. C'était le meilleur compromis entre une élégance simple et le comfort pour mon ventre de femme enceinte de 4 mois.

👠

C'est également la seule fois où j'ai acheté des escarpins de ma vie. Leur talon n'était pas très haut, à peine 5 centimètres, mais ils ont suffit à me faire gonfler les pieds en quelques heures, même si j'ai passé une grande partie de la soirée assise à notre table de restaurant dans le charmant petit Hôtel de France à Thann (68 Haut-Rhin).

🏨

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

February: Coeli's Monochrome Picks

The Bride Wore Red / Joan Crawford as Anni Pavlovitch

A lovely example of a mid-30s silhouette, very sleek and sophisticated. The beads give it a heft and sparkle that shows up nicely in black and white. But I must admit that when I saw the photo of the actual dress, it made me kind of wish the film had been in color!

[detransdamnation]

tumblr ➡/sociopolo/706709430153183232/ do you disagree or agree with this?? What do you particularky envision when you think of the term "gender abolition"?

LINK

So, I have only just recently realized that this is still in my inbox and it has been in my inbox since March lol. I remember reading this post when I originally received it and tucked it away for me to tackle later. I’ve reviewed it multiple times since realizing I never got to it and I’ll be totally honest, I’m still not sure exactly which part of this post I’m supposed to be agreeing or disagreeing with. Not sure it’s even worth responding to at all now at this point—but I will always choose to finish something embarrassingly late than to leave it hanging, so here are just some general comments on the bulk of this post:

knightingael:

I don’t think most gender enthusiasts find [gender abolition] all that attractive. [...] Speaking in general, they view aesthetic preferences (i.e. gender) to be THE central aspect of a person’s identity, and it’s very important to them that they be able to immediately communicate that to everyone they meet.

[...]

The idea of abolishing gender is terrifying to them, because without it, how would they communicate who they are? [...] Gender is a tool they use to define and communicate their identity, and without it, they would be at a loss both to connect with other people and feel in control in social contexts. What sounds like a utopia to us is an unnavigable social nightmare to them.

sociopolo:

if gender was abolished actually absolutely nothing would happen to these people because this is just a fashion style. it’s not like clothing is gonna disappear, they’re still gonna be able to dress how they want and project whatever image they want, it’s just not gonna be called their gender, but their style, which is what it is anyway

HOW can they not understand and genuinely believe in this gender thing

#also style is not inherently tied to gender

#ALSO style doesn't help you connect with people actually wtf

Style is not inherently tied to gender, that much is true. However, most people—both trans and not—do, indeed, believe this is so, even if only subconsciously. We, as a society, correlate style to gender, which reinforces the idea—to transgender people, to gender traditionalists, and even to the average layperson who doesn’t care about this topic—that gender is a viable concept that can be (and is) observed through means of appearance.

This isn’t about what is, objectively, but what is believed, collectively, the implications of those beliefs and what were to happen if those beliefs were to be challenged. The belief is, “Gender can be expressed through”—(in this case)—“one’s clothing and physical appearance.” The threat to this belief is gender abolition. It is a threat because, in a world without gender, clothing and appearance say nothing about your role in society. I don’t agree that either of these things are the “central aspect” to a person’s identity with or without gender—but they are the central aspect in emulating the gender or sex we wish to appear as. Consider that one of the first steps in most transgender people’s social transition is “crossdressing,” or dressing in the clothing stereotypical of the opposite sex. If we do not have those gendered expectations, roles, and stereotypes to conform to, how do we “pass,” prior to (or without) medical transition? We don’t. Because we can’t.

You may still reiterate that “Nothing would happen to these people because this is just a fashion style.” And it would be considered “just a fashion style” by the general public in a gender-abolished society—but as I reiterated in the first paragraph, this is not the society we live in now. Moreover, change is not black-and-white and gender abolition is a process, both aspects that I actually find are often missing in these discussions. The core reason why the vast majority of transgender people are transgender in the first place is dysphoria and gender abolition will not necessarily correlate to the eradication of the condition. Understand this means that, in a timeline where gender is being actively abolished, dysphoric youth—who may or may not have the ability to get the personal support or professional help that they need—will be watching (what they believe to be) their only solution to their emotional turmoil… vanish. The process of gender abolition quite literally ends in an entire subset of people becoming a mere part of history. I don’t think a lot of people have truly considered how significant that is and I feel that the empathy extended towards those of us who would be most affected by this change—transgender and dysphoric people—is frequently lacking, if ever there at all. In no world could this be a “nothing” change, whether you are a city-living liberal with neopronouns and green hair or some hick in the middle of nowhere who has never even heard the word “trans” to refer to a subset of people in his life.

Transgender people, as we know them today, effectively cease to exist alongside gender abolition, and even “surface level” changes such as ridding gendered stereotypes for style of dress, essentially a means to an end. It should therefore not be so difficult to see why so many transgender people are opposed to it.

If I have misunderstood anything in this post or my response reads as a garbled mess, please chalk it up to my residual COVID brain.

[alexanderzazilart]

-Jack's Dress-

Lo del 3 es un chiste local que tengo con mis amigos XD