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Indecisiveness

I am terrible! I have been doubting my dress eversince this picture took my breath away:

 From then on I kept fussing over the skirt of my dress being too big and how I should have gotten it more fitted and really regretting not taking in the skirt. So on and so forth. Making mental lists as to the pros and cons of not tailoring the dress to much which included totally valid points such as having the gown look different in style to the reception dress, or that it'll be easier to resell later on if I keep the dress as original as I can help it, or just that I'll be less stressed about weight fluctuations with the gown not being too fitted.

Finally today, after watching this clip and several more SMP blog posts where brides were wearing A-line skirts, I am more at peace with myself now, knowing that I did make the right choice after all. S says no matter how bad I think I look, he won't change his mind and that he'll be at the end of that altar, ready to marry me.
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2011/08/25/cliffbreakers-riverside-resort-wedding-by-rising-moon-films/

Wedding dress fitting

I am stoked! We went to collect the dress today after alterations and it is perfect! I never thought I'd be this excited over the one dress but I am!












And I decided to change the lace for our wedding cake. The one the lady showed me in Van Hung Bridal fabrics trumps the lace border I had originally I am sure you would agree:

 This is the old one:

 

Especially when this is the vision now for the cake:

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Seeing my wedding dress and reception dress together!

Twas a big weekend this one that just passed. Both on the wedding and the preparation of our new home front.

Saturday was mainly dedicated to my two dresses. I went to pick up my wedding dress and reception dress! The Wedding dress was ordered to the size of my bum which means it is too big for the bust and waist area. Look at what it looks like laced up at the moment! Shame! But no worries... we’re getting that taken in so I can’t wait for another 4 weeks to go back and try it on again.

We also bought the groomsmen ties... I can’t believe we managed to find the exact colour material and they have been sent off to get business ties made! What were the chances?

Also... this has been the big moment that we had been waiting for...the reception dress post alterations! It sits so much better on my hips now and the tulle looks like it was part of the original dress!

On the Sunday, we dedicated it to painting the house and taking down the thorny bougainvillea bush in the front. My hands are a little worse of wear for that, but look at the difference we’ve made to the place so far! We are really looking forward to living in here... but the war zone has only just begun!

Dress arrived!!!

OMG I casually called the shop today to enquire about my dress and it is here! Fantabulous! I can't wait to go pick it up and try it on again! how can I survive till Sat?

My Reception Dress

 I had been reluctant to get another dress, but FH really fancies the idea of me changing into a reception dress because all the weddings he had attended have had the girls do that*. So I caved. I saw this girl (total stranger) in a wedding video whilst I was 'researching' and she wore the most beautiful dress. Inspired by her I searched on the internet for a dressmaker who would make it for me...

How crazy tiny is this world...Her wedding, her dressmaker and I were located in 3 different countries and we had managed to find each other in the end.

The day it dawned on me that I managed to find the exact designer for the dress was one of the happiest of my life. I am still in awe to this day. I'm having this dress made as a reception gown and I asked for a mermaid skirt instead of this gorgeous train, just so that the two dresses remain different styles for the day.

It is a modern Cheongsam and it is going to be bright red. I am getting it after Easter, I can't wait!

*Most people find the wedding dress to be the highlight of a wedding. But if you are Chinese you'd be familiar with the indulgent traditions of wearing more than one dress on the day(s), in which case the styles and color choices magnifies obviously.

My White Dress ~ The journey and the destination

The day I went to start looking for dresses, I realised very quickly that what I had thought would look good on me wasn't the most flattering. I didn't want a huge skirt cause I think it silly to push my new husband away from me because he would keep stepping on my dress. Plus those dresses are heavy and the brides in them always look a little awkward walking in them. I think. I had thought that I'd like something quite elegant like this one:

but was afraid that it would make my bum look even bigger!

and this Maggie Sottero dress had always had my attention from when it first came out. But I didn't have the right body shape to pull it off.

Anyways, my first dress-shopping experience was with Roz la Kelin and I had thought this dress was quite pretty and when I first saw myself in it I had thought now this is a bride...

And I tried this on, another Maggie Sotterro dress. I think this was the Evelyn? My manager at work is getting this one now and I am sure it looks way better on her than it did on me. Cause I can't even hold the dress up, plus this dress has a very dipped back and my back is scarred. Hmm... not that great a look.

Anyways, there were other dresses but they always looked good, but just not quite right. And I was there in yet another bridal store thinking its not going to do anything for me. And then I tried on Henry Roth's Harley dress... not what I had asked for. I had asked for the Haley, but the Harley made me think... perhaps I don't want to be elegant. Maybe I wanted to be romantic? Tulle and diamantes and everything nice you know?

*****

Then I tried on a 2011 collection dress from Alfred Angelo not intending to buy anything like this at all but tried it on for fun.... the workmanship is excellent and it looks way more expensive and exquisite than a dress that is less than $2k. His designs are really flattering too in a very elegant way. So walking down the gallery in the bridal shop with their chandelier on...I couldn't stop admiring the sparkly details on the dress...and how it shimmered with every sway and glittered with every turn.

I bought the dress and at that moment in time, sealed the theme for the wedding which I was totally unsure about before that. Alfred Angelo's Style 850 dress:

Note though...I hinted the style of my dress (after I paid the deposit for it) to FH and he had had a different style in mind which made me really disappointed that my dress might not have the 'wow' factor) but unfortunately the bridal shop I went to already ordered the dress and I couldn't bear to lose my deposit. I bit the bullet and stuck with my dress and luckily whilst planning other details for the wedding, have now fallen in love with it again.