WIN A Shock Baby G Watch & Urban Decay Urban Bride Kit

I'm feeling pretty generous (for once in my life) today. Maybe it's because FashionBinge turned FIVE years old this summer and it SUPPOSEDLY feels better to give than to get. Although really, I feel like if you feel better giving than getting, you're not getting the right thing. Anyway, to celebrate I'm giving away TWO great things to ONE lucky winner!


The FIRST is a Married To The Mob Shock Baby G Casio watch. It. RULES. I have a Shock Baby G in white, and it has so many different features and does so many different things that I felt like I needed to take a week off from work to figure it all out. Seriously, this was the watch that almost felled me.

The SECOND thing you will win because FashionBinge comes from a place of caring, is this Urban Decay Urban Bride kit.

It's basically a rad collection of lots of fun beauty products in a cute box. I LOVE a cute box to put other cute things in, you know?
The Urban Decay Urban Bride kit contains:
• Razor Sharp Ultra-Definition Finishing Powder
• Eyeshadow Primer Potion
• Supercurl Curling Mascara
• Lip Junkie Lipgloss in Midnight Cowboy
• All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray
• Marshmallow Sparkling Lickable Body Powder

You're not a bride? Who fucking cares? It's free makeup! But if you ARE a bride, why don't you think about buying my awesome Jenny Packham wedding dress? See what I did there?

Here's how to enter:
1.) Follow FashionBinge on Twitter.
2.) Leave a comment in this post WITH YOUR NAME, TWITTER HANDLE AND EMAIL with a link to the WORST, UGLIEST WEDDING DRESS YOU'VE EVER SEEN. 
3.) Retweet this post. 

The person who follows me, leaves a link to the the FUGLIEST wedding dress in the comments and then retweets this link will win the Shock Baby G and the Urban Decan Urban Bride kit. You've got until Tuesday August 2 at 5pm ET to win!

Jenny Packham Sorrento Wedding Dress: I'm Selling Mine!!

LADIES (and/or crossdressers). I'm selling my Jenny Packham Sorrento wedding dress. It is the most gorgeous thing on the planet, and, I'm nahganna lie -- I felt like the most gorgeous thing on the planet wearing it when I got married in February 2010. I'm happy to say that I'm very happily married. Which is why I really see no need to hold onto this dress. Why let it hang in my closet when it could be in yours, pretty lady?

Yes, that is a jeweled back and INSANELY intricate, breathtaking beadwork on the bodice. It's offwhite with a gorgeous silk chiffon overlay, and I had the train taken up slightly so the bottom wouldn't get completely jenky. (Note: I didn't tie mine into a bow. Just a personal preference.)

When I was looking at wedding dresses, I knew I didn't want one of those enormous princess cupcake dresses, which is what I call those dresses that take up the whole room and make you look like a human wedding cake. I was going for a 1930s Hollywood Deco screen siren thing, and Jenny Packham totally made that happen. Of course, it cost me: real talk, I paid I think somewhere around $4000 for my Jenny Packham dress. Was it worth it? HELLS YES it was worth it. Is it ABSURD to spend the cost of a used car on something you wear for like, nine hours of your entire life? YES. Of course. As someone who's usually totally frugal, I absolutely know that. But I found this dress very early on in my search, and since I also believe in the value of opportunity costs, I realized that the money I'd spend on this dress was worth the price of not spending the following 10 months of my life continuing to look for wedding dresses and dealing with assholes in bridal shops. Which brings me to my next point: I got my dress at Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier, and they were the most lovely, wonderful people with absolutely phenomenal customer service. (It was just the other bridal places I didn't want to deal with).

I DIGRESS. I'm selling my dress for far less than what I paid for it. It's approximately a US size 8/10 and can of course be sized down. I had some alterations done to the bodice for obvious reasons of support. It's in 99% flawless condition (there's a tiny flaw somewhere on the skirt, but it's so minor I couldn't find it the last time I looked).

I'm in Brooklyn, so it'd probably help if you live in the New York area and can come try it on.

Okay! Want it? Email me or leave a comment with your email. Yay! We're all pretty!

By the way, here are a few wedding photos: One of the dress, one of us GETTIN' IT DONE at Divine Studio on Lafayette and 4th Street here in Manhattan (HIGHLY recommend them for your wedding) and one of me as EPIC BARBRA (Tamarbra?)

Credit: Wedding photos: Angelica Glass