In the mood for love

I had laid eyes on Passion

When I first had a glimpse...

I had no doubts I wanted a qipao for my wedding day. Mum wore one on her day and I remember finding it once in her wardrobe as a child. Fingering the smooth red velvet and the gold phoenix embroidery in wonder I vowed that if I ever grew into the dress, I'd wear it when I got married.

That never eventuated as we lost the dress when I was eleven.

This one dress became my obsession as you would have followed and gauged here, here, here and here. Ok I know you get the picture. But so many were enthralled with the dress after the reception that I just could not help but start believing the garment was really very worth its while.



One of the most enchanting part of the dress was the row of ruby buttons down the back






When Dancing Life's Dance, keep your eyes on your partner


Perhaps I really believed the dress had the mystical power to turn you into an Asian princess on your wedding night, or just due to my fun fact #7, I loaned it to a dear dear girlfriend, almost like a sister to me, who got married recently. I cannot have been happier to see her in my dress, to have it fit perfectly and to see her blithe figure embraced by the hauntingly beautiful dress. I hope the dress helped her achieve her wish of wearing a traditional dress and an evening gown during her wedding (she didn't have the luxury of time to organise her own modern cheongsam which I think she's covetted for the reception) and that she felt every bit as special and proud of our cultural heritage as I did on my own wedding night.











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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!

Fingers crossed for the reception dress

I just came back from Cabramatta where I had gone to pay a visit to the seamstress in Paris Bridal Boutique. I was told that they were not bad. I left feeling really excited. They are able to lengthen my dress! And fix the dress up so that it sits much better on me.

Even in flats the dress was too short

These are the shoes that I'd really like to be wearing with the dress

I am looking forward to the day I get my dress now. I know there are heaps of other things that will need to happen before then so hopefully I will be kept busy and won't be too nervous about waiting for it. Essentially I have asked for it to be lengthen with tulle, so that it ends up looking like this dress:

 Ingenious eh? Fingers crossed that it looks nice!