On This Date in 1998

...or: Wow, Seven years later and the dress still fits!

See:

If anything, it's a little bit too big (which I never would have predicted).

I keep meaning to cut it up (yards and yards of SILK!) and turn it into some cool craft project, but I haven't thought of anything cool enough yet.

(When I took this picture yesterday, the hair refused to look cute without a generous tribute of glop product, so you will have to imagine the cuter, fluffier version. And the purpleness -- subtle to begin with -- has all washed out; temporary dye is temporary if and only if you like how it turns out.)