Specifically - Long Dresses?

[Duncan Edwards]

I know Nessie has had similar experiences too.

Yes, I actually sank in a big, full, red taffeta gown (for a video) with a netty poofy underskirt at Fred's claypit.

I have always had a thing about the princess theme. It's the look of the dress -- I like really fancy ones -- and the character it creates. She who wears a gown, and a crown, is much more special than any boring ol' ordinary she who wears a T-shirt and shorts.

This goes wayyyyyyy back to little girlhood and childish fantasies of princesses in quicksand. I used to wrap dolls in blankets and "sink" them.

I also really like the idea of clothing in quicksand that 100% is NOT intended to get muddy, and princess gowns are top of the list. Dresses with plenty of skirt also react in interesting ways to mudpits and to sinking. Parts float on top. Parts fold around. Parts drag in the mud.

Jeans, shorts and miniskirts just don't do any of that.

The reality of the sinking-as-a-princess was quite different from the fantasy. I mean, I figured it'd pick up some weight, but I was not prepared for the additional gazillion pounds that was the reality.

This puts the princess theme outside the realm of practical sinking for my personal pleasure. I have sunk in lesser long gowns since then, though. The sinking isn't the problem, and getting out of my own mudpits wasn't a problem either.

The agony was all in the carrying-out...what a long walk that is to the car with all that wet material in the bag!

(But it looked so cool...)

Nessie

There's an interesting view from a true expert.

[mike_gt6]

Absolutely yes. I had a girlfriend who loved to sink, and while we never had a camera, she did a few with long dresses. Just like my drawings, all of hers were long and quite tight. Agreed on the loss of the dress is most likely, and getting her out of the dress and bog was work. Lots of it. But it also made the sinks interesting, as she couldn't lift her legs/feet because of how tight the dresses were. No slits, no mobility. The type of qs we went to was very jello-y, so she just had to try to escape and she slowly yet steadily would sink. My personal recs would be someone wearing something like the Marilyn Monroe Happy Birthday dress, Martian Spygirl from Mars Attacks, A true, full length Morticia Addams dress, or anything else floorlength, figure hugging, and without a slit.

[Herzeleid]

...Ball gowns? Wedding dresses? Hoop skirts?...

Yes.

All of the above: As long as it's a babe sinking in quicksand I'm happy