Let me start off by saying that I have dreamt all my life about wedding dress shopping. Once, while still in college and very far from being married, my mom and I dropped by a David's Bridal and I tried on a dress. I'm sure the staff looked at my mom and wondered whether she was trafficking a 13-year old child bride (I look young).
Wedding dress shopping was one of the main reasons I was looking forward to getting engaged. Yeah, I know, so materialistic compared to the whole-marry-my-best-friend thing, but so what? I wanted the private room, the bridal consultant, my loved ones waiting for me to emerge, oh the rapture! I couldn't wait to maybe find "the one" that made me inexplicably break out into tears and hug my mom.
The first place I visited was Designer Loft in NYC. I met with Laura, a bridal consultant, who was very sweet and picked out some great dresses for me (pics from Designer Loft taken by my dad).
This was the kind of dress that I had originally envisioned, and I really liked it. This is by Janet Nelson Kumar.
I hadn't considered the kind of dress shown below because it seemed too slinky, but I rather liked it (my parents were huge fans).
Clearly my signature pose is hugging my lower belly, because it's shy or something.
This was an eco-friendly dress by Adele Wechsler. I actually couldn't stop grinning when I wore this. However, I felt it wasn't flowy enough for me.
Did you look forward to the dress shopping experience? Did you find yourself liking styles that you had not previously considered?
ooooooo. soooo preeeetty. of course it must be harder when one has the body of a model.
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