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"This book is so much fun! Each suggestion about how to recycle a bridesmaid dress, from turning it into a taffeta hammock to using it as a beekeeper outfit, is hilarious. And the illustrations are totally charming. Give it to your bridesmaids to cheer them up!" -- Lois Smith Brady, author of Vows


Book Description
Bridesmaid dresses -- what are they good for? We've got to pay for them, wear them, and then find a spot for them in the back of the closet. Our best women friends, suddenly transformed into tasteful-white-dress-wearing brides, tell us, "You'll be able to wear this bridesmaid dress again." But we know better.101 Uses for a Bridesmaid Dress, tongue firmly in cheek, pokes fun at the hopelessly horrible dress that a bride asks her "court" to don. These whimsical illustrations and silly suggestions, from cocktail napkins and shower curtains, to pony blankets and frilly jock straps, are a hilarious antidote to the bridesmaid dresses we'll never wear again.


About the Author
Cindy Walker, whose bridesmaids wore shimmery blue dresses with green trim, is a model and actress. She admits to an uncustomary lapse in good taste in those dresses but does point out that the material is perfect for a clever little shoe bag. Donna Mehalko has done illustrations for Revlon, Henri Bendel, and Tiffany. Her work has appeared in many women's magazines. Donna insists that her bridesmaids' dresses were very simple, though she declined to provide any photographs.

FROM OUR EDITORS

Have you ever noticed that brides have a certain inflection in their voices when they tell you that you can wear your bridesmaid dress again? Well, Cindy Walker heard it often enough to write 101 Uses for a Bridesmaid Dress, an absurd antidote to bridesmaid apparel. This book's charming illustrations for every silly suggestion, like turning the dress into a tent at a dog show, making a beautiful sunshade for the golf cart, or designing unique cocktail napkins, will give you lots of laughs. Brides, take note: It makes the perfect gag thank-you gift for attendants.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Bridesmaid dresses — what are they good for? We've got to pay for them, wear them, and then find a spot for them in the back of the closet. Our best women friends, suddenly transformed into tasteful-white-dress-wearing brides, tell us, "You'll be able to wear this bridesmaid dress again." But we know better.

101 Uses for a Bridesmaid Dress, tongue firmly in cheek, pokes fun at the hopelessly horrible dress that a bride asks her "court" to don. These whimsical illustrations and silly suggestions, from cocktail napkins and shower curtains, to pony blankets and frilly jock straps, are a hilarious antidote to the bridesmaid dresses we'll never wear again.

Bridesmaid dresses — what are they good for? We've got to pay for them, wear them, and then find a spot for them in the back of the closet. Our best women friends, suddenly transformed into tasteful-white-dress-wearing brides, tell us, "You'll be able to wear this bridesmaid dress again." But we know better.

101 Uses for a Bridesmaid Dress, tongue firmly in cheek, pokes fun at the hopelessly horrible dress that a bride asks her "court" to don. These whimsical illustrations and silly suggestions, from cocktail napkins and shower curtains, to pony blankets and frilly jock straps, are a hilarious antidote to the bridesmaid dresses we'll never wear again.