Green: I'm just wondering if...in terms of balance, your outfit...it's just that, the uh...the bow...
Red Bow: How dare you question my bow?! It is the HEIGHT of fashion!
Green: The height? I'm not so sure. The width, I'll give you...
You can go to the listing for Simplicity 3942 on eBay by clicking on the picture. I have to say, I love how the illustrator acknowledged that the bow might get "hmms" -- it's like she/he was preparing the potential wearer. "You're gonna have to be strong to wear this, OK? Here's a good pose to strike."
No doubt about it, it takes a certain aplomb to carry off a bow the size of one's head. Here's Vogue 1973, a Bill Blass version:
Me, I couldn't do it. I'd have coffee or lipstick on that thing in a second! Any thoughts on where you'd wear a dress with a lace bow the size of a turkey platter?