Yup, that’s me in a wedding dress.
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m not really your typical bride. I have no idea why not. I was the kind of kid who ran around in pink and tulle, who owned multiple “princess dresses”, who made her brother and cousin play “wedding” every summer in our Nana’s garden. I still wear more skirts and dresses than I do pants, and I’m usually pretty dressed up. In spite of this, I tend to think most wedding dresses are silly and much too formal. **shrug** Your guess is as good as mine, folks.
Anywho, my mom finally got back to me with the pictures she took at Priscilla. Most of them were very washed out because she had forgotten to check the settings on her camera (she doesn’t really know how to use that dslr) so I did my best to clean them up with PS.
Upper left: This was a chiffon trumpet dress with little petal things over my hips. I was unimpressed (and HATED the flowers at my waist).
Upper middle: You can’t really tell, but the bust had all of these little flowers on it. Pretty, but nothing amazing.
Upper right: The Melissa Sweet Dora. I had tried on this dress before and felt overwhelmed by it, but this time I put it on and loved it. It was definitely my favorite, though I still sort of felt uncomfortable in it, like I wouldn’t be able to walk or go much of anywhere in it.
Bottom left: A dress with english netting and embroidery. Of course you can’t see any of the detail in the picture, but it was really pretty! It didn’t feel like “me”, though I LOVED the loop on the train.
Bottom middle: A 1930s style satin dress. The front was nothing special but the ruffled back was amaaaazing! Again, though, way too much dress. Plus, there is no way I could stuff myself with tacos in a fitted satin dress.
Bottom right: I wasn’t super-crazy about this dress when I put it on, but when I look at the pictures it’s my favorite.
I tried the polka dot Dora one more time with a black sash and a veil.
Oh yes. That is NOT a happy face. I really hated that veil.
I look more serene in this picture but what I was really thinking was “I don’t know about this you guys…”
I really like the dress and I felt good in it, but there was just something about it that kept me from being very enthusiastic. I think I just felt like I wouldn’t be able to DO anything in that dress, like it would hold me back from dancing the night away and eating tons of tacos and doing tequila shots. As I said in my last post, it was just too much dress. Even if it were hemmed to fit my short ass I don’t think I’d be able to walk properly in it. So, bye bye Melissa Sweet Dora. It’s probably for the best. You do cost $4k and that is just craaaaazy.
I don’t really want to go to another bridal salon, thought I definitely want to go to more bridal faires (helloooo, free cake!). I think I am going to have my dress made by Etsy seller Ouma and it will look something like this:
I just wish I could try it on first.
