Wedding Dresses

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• Plus Size Wedding Gowns | Wedding Gowns said on 01/05/2010:

  [...] of a self-confident bride who proudly walks down the aisle to meet the love of her life. The wedding dresses are meant to be worn once in a life-time, this aspect being the definitive one in the choices you [...]

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• Roxanne said on 01/19/2010:

  The article is more than edifying upon the choices of wedding gowns a bride is free to wear in the day of her wedding, but as it is mentioned in the end, the choice is left most of the times only up to the bride’s possibilities of purchasing. And this is indeed a fact, as I have seen not only once, brides wearing gowns that do not necessary fit their sizes and personal style, but more probably they have been selected according to brides’ pocket affordability. It is though a well known fact that merely glancing at bridal gowns displayed in the lines of bridal stores, as much as they fit your style and body shapes (or the theme of your wedding day), they are more than inaccessible if we consider the high costs.
  It is also a known fact that due to the uniqueness of this event, these gowns are specially designed and created out of expensive fabrics (as it is stated), the fabrics that are meant to confer the bride a certain fluidity of her body’s shapes, therefore them being sold accordingly. The only question that one can raise is related to this aspect: when will be there the high time to produce laces or silks or satins that do not cost that much? Is it necessary to get these fabrics from countries, such as China, for instance, that the producing of such fabrics is rather cheaply acquired, but at the same time when inserted in the fashion designers’ creation raises the price of a wedding gown?
  
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• Darla Reiss said on 01/20/2010:

  Hey, brides to be,
  
  Do not be concerned with the aspect of your wedding dress, especially if you have that commonly planned wedding, I mean, with all that white wedding gown with or without train, the choice of such a dress is quite at handy; you can find plenty of white wedding dresses in the stores; the staff from down there are more than anxious to help you choose one, they are very supportive in your choice, most of the times, they do not even pay attention to the style or even this one really matches you! The point is that they are more than glad to increase their selling (considering that they work under a commission percentage out of the selling products!) offering you some of the most expensive ones, regardless if that one fits your style.
  But apart from this, the question is what is there to do when you organize your wedding with a theme? What is there to do with the downtown shopping? There is not even one store or fair of costumes to take place in our town, to display these special attires that make them fit for an atmosphere of a medieval themed wedding. Shall I get it that the only option is the online research? And what if the ordered dress needs several adjustments? This means another time spent in searching for the right couturiere and, on top of it, get extra-charged for the necessary tailoring?! Maybe one should stick to the traditionally organized wedding, with the white sparkling dress, forgetting about being different than the mass of brides existing out there in the whole wide world.

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• lucy owens said on 01/20/2010:

  Yeah, right! Then do not go with the medieval theme of your wedding, this would be my answer! And anyway, these gowns that are most fit for the medieval themes look so old-fashioned, I mean the ones found in the fairs that sell costumes – medieval dresses being among them – and I am talking about an old, old fashion! I have seen once such of a fair displaying its medieval costumes and the aspect of the dresses really freaked me out: tones of fabrics, some of them not even matching in colors, I mean come on, what can be that exciting wearing a gown that is burgundy colored and stripes of green in between the pleats of the petticoat-ed skirt?
  
  And besides, these medieval wedding gowns are too heavy to carry them around while checking on your invitees to see if they have a good time, if there is anything else you can get for them, not to mention dancing! I think that these designs that create the aspect of these medieval dresses have resulted mostly due to the choosey tastes of royalties, but they are forgiven considering their social status, but for a bride this can be definitely classified as babble! Sorry, this is what I think and nothing can make me change my mind regarding the pure appearance of a bride dressed in that immaculate white of wedding dress!
  
  Call me traditionalist, but again there is no other color that can beautifully, elegantly replace the brilliant white captured in the texture of a silk Dupioni, or Dutchess satin, Sequin fabric or sparkle organza.

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• arabella said on 01/21/2010:

  Well, this is a fact: that your wedding day is getting closer and sooner or later you have to think of the wedding gown that will dress you, therefore I consider that the tips displayed above in the ‘wedding dresses’ catch as much information as a future bride can expect; what is there to do with the time, mostly if you have left this gown’s chase for later in the planning? I have this friend of mine who is by nature a very demanding person, I am sorry to admit this, but she knows my opinion, as well, so… The point is that being so picky in almost everything she does, she is about to miss her own wedding celebration, simply because she can not make up her mind!
  
  And this, we have to admit, is a problem! I have most of the times assisted her in her search for the specific dress, but since she ended up each quest with no, at least possible, outcome, I gave up being around her in her trials to reach for the dress. She has mentioned to me that she has started to see this ‘task’ of hers as very tiring one, in fact that tiring that once she even shouted at her mom telling her that she will not get married, EVER! Well, of course she didn’t mean that, I know how ‘addicted’ she is for her fiancé, but being that nervous and stressed in the search for the dress is definitely not a good thing for a bride facing her own wedding planning.
  
  At that moment I proposed her to get a wedding planner consultant and check out what she has to say; I hope this will work better for her and her state of mind, too...!

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• lilian brightman said on 01/21/2010:

  Hi!
  
  I can not but totally agree on the time a bride spends in the search for her special dress; this happened to me, too, and not because I am picky, but because the gowns displayed in my local shops cost more than I could afford paying for. As much as I wanted to wear a dress that was worth wearing in the most significant moment of my life, I still couldn’t get near the ones that the local stores offered. While walking inside these stores I surprised myself thinking that I was actually in a museum or something as long as I couldn’t even touch one of these gowns for fear they might break in my hands, that expensive they were!!!
  
  Anyway, I have meanwhile found the only viable way in my non-picky situation: to search for my dress online; e-bay is a good source, by the way, but also other various sites that offer gowns that look good and cheap enough to make a bride dream about wearing the one she happens to bump into and simply purchasing it without the fear of paying large amounts of money! This is how I ended up finding the only dress that I liked at an affordable price and at a great look!
  
  And to tell you for real, this was my first time in my entire existence that I had to spend so many hours in the search of a piece of garment; I generally go downtown, see something that I like and go for it, but this wedding truly got me into too much trouble regarding the searching and finding of the attire.

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• tahnia said on 01/22/2010:

  Wedding dresses. Thousands of models, thousands of styles, plenty of colors, that one may wonder how can it possibly be for a woman to have her decision made while being confronted with so many criteria of selection? Yes, it is said that these garments are meant to be chosen following some criteria of selection: for example, the dress that goes with the type of the wedding (most of them, let’s face it, are traditionally performed – I mean with that white long dress to display the feature of immaculacy and purity), the dress that fits in the setting of the wedding venue, the dress that is appropriate for the second marriage, the dress that matches the season, and so on.
  But to my opinion, as this article affirms and so do many others, the dress that is the perfect one is the wedding gown that is a great accessory to complement your happiness and to make you feel comfortable and confident with yourself. It is very important to know that dress you have chosen fits your style, in this way you are capable of having that majestic silhouette that every bride looks for having especially when she walks on the aisle in the front of her guests and her groom who waits anxious and sweaty for her beloved to make her entrance. In my opinion, the poise is everything and it is moreover important if you are dressed accordingly. In this way you do not have to be afraid that the strapless corset would have needed some straps attached, or someone will step on your train and make you stumble! So choosing the bridal gown with the idea of being confident while wearing it, is a strong point of view when chasing for the gown.

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• Olivia said on 01/22/2010:

  The design of the dress definitely depends on the type of fabric that is used, and I consider that fabrics mostly say it all! Because a friend of mine, who is a little bit plus sized, had some difficulty in regard to the type of fabric that not only was very delicate while being pulled over, but it also presented some loosens up at the side streams of the corset. She was more than devastated with the view, but everybody reassured her that is was not obvious at all for other eyes. But as it was all only in her head, you can imagine how uncomfortable she must have felt during the celebration of her wedding! Some of the snap shots prove it! Most of the times she was like holding the bouquet in a peculiar position, and since I knew the reason to me it was understandable, but I can not think of what might others had thought of while watching the photos of a bride holding her bouquet otherwise than in the middle, right there where the heart is?!
  
  So, I consider that brides should look also in the deeper aspects of a wedding gown, to check for its seams, for the way the petticoat is fixed, for the hemline not to get superficially sewn making one bride’s step stumble in her many moves she has to make. And most of all the fabric: be sure that is not yellowish at the seams (if it is a white dress) and that it makes you feel cozy with yourself and the touch of the texture on your skin!

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• hannah stein said on 01/23/2010:

  You are more than right with the finishing touches of a wedding dress. Nothing confers more confidence than a dress impeccably sewn, which presents flawless couture, especially if this one fits you perfectly. You have to pay attention to the details (considering the brand new ready-made wedding gowns) the moment you decide to purchase it from your bridal store, but what to do with the dresses that are ordered online? For instance, I am not a fan for online purchasing, but once I have tried this option when I had to buy a discount dress for a cocktail party. I have searched downtown, but most of them were so high priced that I finally ended up looking inside the internet pages and found there a few that I truly liked. The design looked great and because the offer sounded very appealing (a discount of 35% applied for each design) I said, what the heck, I could order the one to match my size and be special on that occasion. I wanted to feel special, I wanted to look special, many of my boyfriend’s colleagues were supposed to come and I needed for him to be proud of my appearance. But not less was I surprised to have this dress delivered and see that actually the discount was made mostly because it had some flaws at the hemline, which wasn’t properly sewn, and the sash meant to be tied around the waist had a tiny spot at one of its edges. Well, I finally managed to fix the hemline, because I have a sewing machine and I know how to handle it, but the spot from the sash I haven’t been able to remove it, not even till this very day, it still obsesses me whenever I need to wear the dress; I get the feeling that everybody will stare at it and this doesn’t let me fully enjoy the moments of that particular occasion I have to attend to.

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• rob richardson said on 01/25/2010:

  Hello, ladies! Now I know that this is a site for you, the future beautiful brides, but as a male who has been in the position of a groom, I can tell you that looking for the proper dress is indeed an ordeal! At least for my bride it was! I remember that those days she was like freaking out, that she would never be able to find the dress, whenever we met, she was like obsessed by the item; no matter what I did or said to her, she kept telling me that she would never decide on the dress. No matter that I tried to reassure her, saying that what concerned me the most was her “I do” which she could have done it dressed in a common dress, she had the same reply “I want to look the most beautiful in your eyes in the day that I am giving myself to you. It is an important day for me, and I want to have it done in a special way…” and so on and so forth.
  But trust me, ladies, nothing compares to what a man has inside in the day of his commitment, you just have to remember that the moment he has decided to take the step, then, really, nothing else matters from that moment on! So, ok, be exquisite, be special, if you think that the dress fulfills such desire, but to us, the grooms (ok, I speak for myself, I admit), it is the act of marriage that is the most focused on, and once a man has decided to do it, then you can appear in no matter what sort of outfit, this suffices in the eyes of the excited groom. Take my word for it!

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• lisa said on 01/25/2010:

  Yeah, you are perfectly right; it is a page for women, especially the brides to be ones, but reading your comment I can not refrain myself from adding that also for a bride the wedding day is an important step, this is actually the reason why she finds it hard to decide on the dress; in fact this piece of garment is something that she will wear fortunately, once in her life time, and she wants, she NEEDS to look other than ordinary in this special dress! One can not claim from her to just wear whatever it comes first and go for it! The decision of purchasing THE gown is one of the toughest, trust me! And besides, it is really hard to decide in front of so many options, especially if you have the money and time!
  To me, for example, it took more than one week to finally come up with the design that first of all I cared the most and secondly to fit me correctly. My point is that even if one has the money the selection of such gown is as difficult as it can be! More brides tend to buy gowns that are not that expensive, and this criterion makes the search even longer in terms of time!!! But even so, they are still rewarded at the end of the search with the piece of garment on their taste and personality.
  After all, this Internet connection proves to be the best friend in the times of research, the outcomes many times prove to be more than beneficial for both the buyer and the seller!

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• melissa said on 01/26/2010:

  I have seen so many points of view described in these comments, that I have to admit that with my wedding coming up pretty soon (soon?, yeah, one might say that, considering that the time flies so fast, especially when you are caught in the planning and all!) I am mostly confused than edified on the matter. I must confess that now when I’m writing all these my palms are sweat with excitement, with the moment that will come when I am supposed to go and look for the dress. My local stores, I mean the bridal ones, are not more than 2, but there are also some boutiques (I might call them this way, because they have cute little stuff inside and from what I have recently found out they take also orders for discount wedding gowns!!! Figure this!)
  So, as I told you, my heart is caught with excitement, with thrills only at the thought of having to try those dresses on!
  It is the first time in my life that I have to appear somewhere dressed in attire which shows someone as a queen – brides do look like queens, right? I don’t think that I am good at that; I am afraid that I might stumble, I am pretty shy, you must learn this, too…Well, I have to be more confident in myself, in my feelings, as someone has noticed above, and for this I have to work more with myself. Maybe the aspect of the dress will give me more confidence as well or maybe in the end it will be up to that special day to decide,who knows?!!

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• ashley said on 01/26/2010:

  Mel, don’t worry; everything will turn out to be just fine! As you said, the wedding dress will give you plenty of confidence; once dressed in this outfit and stepping among the crowd of your guests, you will definitely feel like a queen… The dress itself has this ‘innate’ gift, to make one feel confident, and just take into account the fact that this ball gown style, for instance, has been designed and ‘released on the market’ due to the royal figures appeared in history, due to their need to be grandiose and to rule the subjects first with their appearance and then by the power that “God has invested in them”.
  You know, there is a saying according to which it is not the clothing that builds the man, but in this case, I have to assure you that this dress is exactly the one which will build that sort of confidence that a bride needs while walking down the aisle to meet the love of her life. And if you find my statement a little bit overreacting, then all you have to do while trying on that dress is to close your eyes and start walking here and there carrying in your mind the image of a queen appearing in front of her royal court.
  Then open your eyes and you will finally understand that the queen in your mind is actually you and the day that you will exchange the vows is the day that will allow the single opportunity in your life to be THE ONE and only!!!

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• simone said on 01/27/2010:

  I know that women like to be the center of attention, especially in festive occasions, and most of all, during their wedding celebrations. But I have seen brides dressed in simple wedding dresses, one of my best friends actually wore at her wedding a simple dress, with long bell shaped sleeves and a sheath silhouette of the gown. Her beautiful long hair was falling loose over her shoulders; only some tiny braids decorated her hairstyle, with small white mums caught in between the braidings.
  I must say that she looked so delicate; I have mostly known her during the college years and afterward, wearing casual stuff, some of them related even to sporty kind of look. As a sport teacher I can’t say that this outfit was more than appropriate, but seeing her there at the end of aisle her appearance replicating that of a classic Juliet, I confess that I was almost touched with tears.
  Well, yeah, that moment truly required some tears, as all the weddings do, in fact, but as I know myself not being that emotional, I caught myself wiping with the heel of my hand a tiny tear which was trying to sneak between my wet eyelashes. But the image that was displaying in front of me, with my friend so purely and innocently dressed holding her father’s arm, had succeeded to make some of my innermost strings resonantly vibrate.
  My point is that the view of a bride, be it a simply dressed bride or a sophisticatedly dressed one, touches in the same way the soul of the audience. And it is indeed an image that you will remember for the rest of your life!

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• clarrise said on 01/27/2010:

  Yes, you’re right! The image of a bride is quite unforgettable; I, for instance, have friends who keep reminding me about my wedding day, the look I had in those moments, the glittering in my eyes that went so well with the sparkling white of my dress. These ones are indeed moments very hard to forget, there is also the dress which I still keep it inside my closet; I can’t get rid of it so easy and so quickly (my hubby laughs saying that eight months is not such a hasty period to get rid of a dress which I won’t wear it ever in my life again; of course, that I laugh back at him replying :”one can never know” – But I tell him this only for the sake of teasing him; I like him more when he gets grumpy it is an extra reason for me spoil him with more kisses!!! ).
  So, this is the point of view of a former bride; the day of the wedding, with everything that it consists of, is something to keep forever in one’s mind, even though the print of time has the gift of erasing the big picture format – there are the details that maintain their freshness, such as, as my friends remind me of, the glittering in my eyes, the pure, immaculate white of a gown. These details are the ones to linger into our souls for long, and if you have been the main character in such a celebration, these details might go even deeper, as well.

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• leonna lewis said on 01/28/2010:

  In my opinion, wedding dresses, be they worn only for one night stand, are the most unique pieces of garments; merely thinking of their delicate fabrics, the carefully made hand beading work, the way these cuts of the gowns are impeccably made and sewn together – I honestly do not think that there are gowns that lack accuracy in sewing, only if they were pre-owned and thus sold at second-hand prices or consignment. Really, I mean, how someone can even think of putting such an expensive dress for sale (be it wholesale manufactured or retailed) and not being properly sewn and as such, manufactured.
  It is hard to believe that especially with this market competition and all, companies are run with effective marketing strategies, and producing qualitative goods is one of the strategic points in the marketing plan. It is that logo which says “one gets what one pays for”, so I can imagine that at an expensive price a bride to be is supposed to pay for a brand new dress, especially couture classified, she can not get other than a highly qualitative product. So, if I were you, regardless of the price a wedding gown might have, I would still want to buy an expensive attire to draw everybody’s attention and underlining them that is my special day and I want to spend it accordingly.
  
  Thank you and all the best!

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• CELIA KONIGSMAN said on 01/28/2010:

  Yes, I think you are perfectly right! It is the wedding day I am planning also, and as a future bride I want to be sure that my dress looks exquisite, if I might say! Although all my friends have advised me to try wearing something colored, I stick to the white; as my mom says, is this a wedding to celebrate or some sort of ball? As to the colored dress for special occasion I used to wear that one during my prom ball, indeed, but now with my wedding coming up I definitely opt for white; nothing compares to this special attire when it is designed in the sparkling white of a satin or silk or organza (and yes there are so many types of each of these fabrics, one more sparkling and flowing than the other!).
  
  Now I have to admit that I have been once in the workshop of a seamstress, a professional one who is pretty skilled in designing and sewing wedding gowns, and she was the one to tell me that although these fabrics are very hard to be handled, but in time she grew accustomed to it and now she is quite an expert at sewing all sorts of delicate and pretentious fabrics. I have seen how much work, effort and skillfulness are involved in creating such a wonderful piece of garment, but one you finish it the satisfaction you get is the most rewarding!
  
  I was thrilled that I had been given the chance to see how a wedding gown was made, and the moment I would wear mine, I would be aware of the work one had put into it, and I would definitely prize it more and keep it as a dear memory to me and maybe one day it would be elegant enough to dress my daughter’s bridal image or my niece’s as well.

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• luanne said on 02/01/2010:

  I really don’t know what have future brides against the colored wedding gowns? They look majestic, I mean the ones that are created with the ball-gown style, the ones rich in crinoline and rich in ruffles with silk colored ribbons to pin them. I simply love these ones, especially the ones which are similar to the gowns worn by Vivien Leigh in “Gone with the wind”. I admit that these types of dresses were too hard and too much of a burden to be worn, considering the presence of that corseting.
  The women needed to tie the corsets so tight that they could hardly breathe, but the effect of the gown was moreover astounding. And this is the effect I have always looked for whenever I attended a ball or an occasion that required dressing a special outfit. Not to mention with the occasion of my wedding, I have ordered a red ball styled gown with additions of white at the neckline border and white ¾ length-ed gloves and the white crinoline could be seen outlining the hem of the rich in ruffles skirt.
  Someone told me that I resembled more to the Cabaret silhouettes with that passionate red of the wedding gown, but I knew that among the rows of the brides I definitely was unique, therefore original.
  I have always wanted for my wedding event to be somehow different, and I assure you that the color of my wedding dress has added my wedding day more than a difference, it added a note of audacity and passionate love towards the most loved event of my life.

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• carmen fabbiola said on 02/01/2010:

  Yes, I think you are right: after all, everybody is free to choose the way one wants to celebrate the most important day in one’s life; it is an event which is important and exciting for both the bride and the groom. I remember that my groom was all sweating and blushing in the day of our wedding while facing the priest and exchanging the vows. I had also a colored wedding gown, and I have to confess that my wedding day truly looked like a celebration of a ball where the prince meets his princess and live happily ever after.
  The color of my wedding gown was light blue with some touches of dark royal blue for the hemline, the waistline as well and the train was embroidered with some floral motifs in dark blue silk thread. Its aspect had quite an effect on my guests and everybody invited there told me that the dress was similar to the ones seen in the fairy tales productions.
  I can say that I felt very proud with my bridal appearance, though I have to admit that I was afraid of some old guests’ reaction when seeing the other than white traditional wedding gown. But nothing of this sort happened, fortunately! As I am superstitious I wouldn’t have liked for some negative remarks to be heard in the day I was ready to commit to a life of marriage! It is not good for the future married couple!

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• olga said on 02/04/2010:

  Ladies,
  
  wedding themes are the most annoying if one thinks of the trouble a bride is getting into while considering all the details of the chosen theme. I remember that my best friend had her wedding celebrated like a fairy tale; but for this theme she was put into so much effort and stressful situations that I can hardly imagine how she finally managed to have such a beautiful and unique wedding?! With a chariot built exactly like in the tales, with two horses adorned with flowers and ribbons… As a guest I felt myself cast into the world of fantasy, with the appearance of a bride dressed in a white sparkling wedding gown, with a long train and some crystals spread as embroidery making her gown glitter even in the dim light of the dusk.
  But speaking about the dress, I can say that it was beautifully designed and the fabric was so eye catching due to the silk and the crystals sewn all over it. And my friend has such a wonderful long hair that at the wedding was styled with curls flowing on her back. It really seemed to me as an apparition from a magic dream. Not to mention that the groom’s outfit matched perfectly her gown and the atmosphere of the fairy tale wedding.
  But leaving aside all these aspects, I can assure you that going with a theme for your wedding implies indeed a lot of work and good organizational skills, as my friend eventually proved to have!
  Have a nice wedding celebration!

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• cornelia klumme said on 02/04/2010:

  Yes, you’ve got a point with this one; I know how it is – I had, for instance, my wedding celebrated two months ago and my happy event was meant to take place in a color scheme – we have chosen yellow for me and blue for my hubby. And I can not tell you how hard it was for me to decide on the wedding gown. I didn’t know if I was meant to wear a colored wedding gown, due to the color scheme of my wedding or I was supposed to wear the white traditional one?!
  My folks didn’t even want to hear about a colored wedding gown; they kept telling me that a colored dress for special occasions I would have plenty of time to wear, considering the parties or cocktail events I would be invited to attend, but in my mind I was envisioning myself wearing a light yellow colored wedding gown with some accents of yellow broken lace to embellish my bodice and the waistline and other parts of the dress, but my mother wasn’t happy at all with my visions of a colored dress, but finally I persuaded both of them and got the most beautiful and out of order wedding gown. I still have the wedding photos and the movie to stand as testimony to it!
  Wearing that dress I knew that I looked quite unique and trust me, that yellow color was more than ravishing; everybody had fallen in love with my dress, eventually! Well, it may seem like a praise, but I was really thrilled with my acquisition, if you know what I mean; I still have the dress in my closet and do not plan to get rid of it; it’s was way too hard to get it, but in the end it was worth spending the time and money!

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• Grace COLEMAN said on 02/05/2010:

  My wedding festivity is planned to take place on the beach. I have read all the comments and the article as well, and all I can say is that weddings are the brides’ thing; they decide what is the best in planning their wedding day, after all this event is considered the one and only occasion for a woman to shine in a gown which is meant to be worn once in her life time, hopefully! But I suppose that there isn’t a bride to think otherwise while celebrating her wedding day, therefore the details are so carefully considered and thought of, this is also why a bride needs to thoroughly look for the attire that will dress her in the most important day of her life!
  I don’t know how does this work for other brides, but to me it is really a BIG DAY and I can not see it otherwise than thrilled and touched by an entire range of emotions. My future hubby is also so excited, I can feel him although he doesn’t admit it, but whenever we talk about this and that I can feel the vibes in his voice and when it happens for us to dream together of THAT day, we let ourselves carried with the flow of emotions and eagerness. We plan to celebrate this day in the sound of the waves brushing the shores, with the sun setting by the skyline and reflecting its magical red, purplish color in the clear blue of the water. I just pray for every bride to have a beautiful celebration of her wedding dressed in the wedding gown that matches her the best and allows her to be the beloved queen of the day! All the best!

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• Megan Cartwright said on 02/05/2010:

  I have also decided to have my wedding celebrated by the sea shore. It is this genuine beach that we have in our city, a beach which is only the place for strolling as it doesn’t have the fine sands, only the offerings of a sea that needs to show that it is still around with its depths keeping their mysteries, the real ones, buried into its waters.
  And because the sand is missing, and cobbles and pebbles are spread all over I have decided to wear a wedding gown, a white one with nautical motifs embroidered in blue, with a semi-chapel train. The path which is meant to lead me to the place where the officiant and my hubby wait, the so-called the aisle, is hard enough to thread upon and I won’t be afraid to brush the sand with my train.
  I can tell you that I can hardly wait for that day and I can understand Grace’s excitement, as the same feelings are crossing my entire body and soul whenever I think of this day.
  God bless all the brides and their work in their wedding planning; may they have the strength and the nerve to successfully carry the preparation and in case they are surrounded by their parents the better for them! Allow everybody around you to give a helping hand; it matters so much in this strenuous work of a wedding planning! Good luck and be happy!
  
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• mia roos said on 02/08/2010:

  I think that weddings with themes are great; I have always imagined them as “live” performances with a bride and a groom as main characters. Maybe because I have attended to two of such weddings, one having a theme of the 40s with “all that jazz” atmosphere and the other one a fairy tale theme – the Beauty and the Beast – and I can tell you that the imagination of my friends in organizing these weddings was far more than one could expected. Not to mention the wedding gowns of the brides, one wearing an outfit resembling the fashion of the 40s with a dropped waistline and the pleats of the skirt reaching the knees; the biased worn hat was the hair accessory and the hair cut was gelled with curls to be seen underneath the rim of the hat. She looked very cute while walking down the aisle with the band playing classic jazz of Glen Miller and Dizzy Gillespie. Throughout the entire wedding day I can say that I felt like living in those ages and the way the entire atmosphere came down on us, the wedding guests, was thoroughly staged and entertained.
  And the other bride in the Beauty and the Beast themed wedding was literally descending form the pages of the fairy tale book; remember the comic books of the childhood having the Walt Disney characters of the famous fairy tales? Well, I can assure you that my friend was coming from that magic land with her ball gown style of a dress with light cream and light blue colors holding red blooms in her hand. It was the image of a real princes, I had to admit! So, do not hesitate in case you plan to have a themed wedding; as much as they might cost, they are something unique and hard to forget!

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• Raine Boujard said on 02/08/2010:

  I am planning also to have a themed wedding: a cherry blossom wedding, but I have hard times in finding a light purple dress, actually the exact color of the cherry blooms. I am seriously thinking of wearing some type of kimono introduced in the style of a classic wedding gown – I have already done some sketches and because I have found online the imprint of the fabric which has some cherry blooms on it, I plan to order for it and combined with some white fabrics to get the wedding gown of my cherry blossom themed day. My mother has a very good and skilled seamstress and with her help I am going to have my wedding gown sewn professionally. My mother has already a sewing machine at home, and both she and I know how to sew, but with the complexity of the design and the fabrics, which is so delicate, we can not venture to try and do it by ourselves.
  The design, though, is great! I have found some inspiration inside the online pages of bridal gowns collections and I do hope that the one I have sketched will finally turn into a unique ‘creation’, if I may call it that way! Anyway, I look forward to having it done and wear it in the most beautiful day. I think that I will be very proud with my dress, especially that I have gone a long way into its creation and its style!

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• Rebecca Allridge said on 02/09/2010:

  I am totally excited regarding my wedding day, which, by the way, will happen next Saturday. It is a winter themed wedding and I can not express my true feelings at their real dimension and intensity. I have to admit however, that it did cost me a lot, a lot of time spent in front of the PC in order to get some ideas for decorations, for wedding gowns and attires of my groom, my bridesmaids and my flower girl. My gown is something that resembles to a Snow Queen; at least this is what everybody has told me the moment I have decided to pick it up.
  With some silver glittering fur bordering the long bell shaped sleeves, with the same fur edging the hemline of the A-line skirt continuing at the back side with a small train and the neckline having a delicate replica of the same fur, while red flowers are embroidered on the bodice and spread down on the width of the skirt. I plan to wear a fur hat made of the same silver glittering fur and some red flowers as my bridal bouquet. I can say that I look forward into celebrating my biggest DAY and I hope that everything will end up in a glamor; in this way my efforts and the efforts of those who have helped me would be fully rewarded!

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• Cherryl said on 02/10/2010:

  As I have read in the article, the black wedding gowns are trendy nowadays, but I, for instance, can not imagine a bride dressed in the color of mourning, as elegant and distinct these gowns may look! In most of the countries, the black color used in the clothing fabrics, is meant to emphasize the mourning of a living being for someone who is dead. Although the academic outfit is made out of black fabric and tuxedos and ties and robes are also adjusted with this color, when it comes to wear a dress for a festive occasion, especially celebrating happiness and love and dedication, black can definitely not replace the purity and thoughtful white, which so generously displays its hopefulness and innocence in the style and design of a wedding dress. To me, wearing black in such a festive event is like an omen for the future to come in the life of the married couple! Well, I don’t plan to be that abrupt, therefore I can add that some accents of black lace or black patterns embroidered in the aspect of a white or ivory wedding gown, seem also a good aesthetic idea in respect to the celebration of a wedding day! I am not against anybody’s decisions to wear the color they want for their wedding gown; it’s just that I don’t like this concept of being trendy to wear mourning color in the sunniest day of someone’s life!

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• Ynez BOLDAR said on 02/10/2010:

  Speaking of colors, I have been invited at the wedding day of my cousin and the way bride had combined her wedding outfit left quite an impression on me! My cousin and his wife are amateur actors and they have had lately plenty of “live” performances with various plays. I have always known my cousin to act, since we were children, and I could have never seen him embracing other hobby, then this of acting on open stage. His imagination is most of the times out of ordinary and how I have lately found out he was the one “guilty” of designing the wedding outfit for both him and his fiancée.
  The seamstress that usually sews their theater costumes did a great job, too, following exactly the designs that my cousin had previously sketched for her. I still have the photos taken at their wedding celebration and whenever I get the chance (especially if the topic moves to that of a wedding festivity!) I show them to all my acquaintances. The photos show the wedding couple dressed in combination of black and white, as such: my cousin wore a white vest on top of a black shirt and his fiancée a black haltered bodice on top of a white silk dupioni chemise with long fitted sleeves that buttoned in a broad cuffs. The bodice was fitted also to go down from the waistline with stripes of black and white compact lace till the knee lengths. Both of them were wearing top hats; his was black and hers was white. I could say that they looked very theatrical and ready to join the assembly of guests with high spirits and guided by the sparkle of love that had never left their faces and eyes the entire wedding celebration!

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• gabrielle said on 02/11/2010:

  My wedding was a small one; the one that you can call intimate. I had only some friends coming over and our families as well. But throwing a small wedding celebration didn’t make me feel otherwise than happy, considering that we were surrounded by our close friends and the dearest siblings. I can not forget how helpful all of them were when we had decided to have the wedding – there wasn’t one single invitee not to call and offer their help! It is very comforting to see and to feel that in these important moments of your life you can rely on somebody, especially if that “somebody” turns out to be your friends and your families. It is nothing out there in the world to make me happier than to have the feeling that whenever times require, there can be someone to put your trust into! I still have my ‘wedding planning diary” where everybody who had given a hand, had signed and added some funny remarks. I advise every future bride to have something like because apart from the wedding photos and the video these ones can become lovable memories and one can treasure them a lot. Regarding my wedding dress, it was a sheath style of a dress made of white sparkling crepe, very flowing, with satin texture on the back side. It was soft when touching my skin, and while I was stepping on the aisle I felt that I was almost floating with that feeling of easiness conveyed by the simple sheathed dress. I hope you have a nice celebration, too, be it large or small!

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• edith oaks said on 02/11/2010:

  Yes, I agree with Gabrielle! Nothing compares to a handful of friends joining a bride in her wedding planning. To me, as I do not have my family together, these friends were really helpful; I don’t know what I should have done, hadn’t I had these friends of mine! And my hubby was also very supportive, his folks as well, that I didn’t have for at least one moment the feeling that I miss my parents! Of course I would have loved for my mom to see me dressed in the white wedding dress, but she was so far away and without at least one chance to even comfort me telling me that she would come in my wedding day. As to my dad, he is long time departed from us, but I get a little bit of comfort in the thought that I still have my wedding video and my CDs with photos which I plan to send to my mom and in this way she will be able to see me wearing the white princess wedding gown which I have chosen assisted by my best friends.
  I had to come however with some tiny alterations, I had to put some (transparent) straps to my strapless bodice as I was afraid that the dress would drop down – I can say that I am not that rich in the breast department! And some changing was necessary to be done at the back side of the zipper, as the bodice wasn’t tight enough, but otherwise everything was ok; ah, and yes, the hemline was too long for my height, therefore I needed to have it shortened. But one of my best friends is a professional seamstress, so eventually nothing went wrong with the aspect of my wedding dress. I wish you have all a happy wedding celebration accompanied by your dearest persons, next to the man of your dreams!

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• Jane said on 02/18/2010:

  Chasing for a wedding dress I can tell you that it was the most “nightmarish” experience I have ever been forced to face! There are so many beautiful gowns out there on the bridal market, that I found it very hard to decide. Now I know that most of the brides are considering the budget and want to find the dress that abides within the frames of their wedding planning money, but the point is that not all the times what we plan at home is equal to what we find in the stores. That is why I think that is very important to take into account every single option, in respect to the money and the existing products before going for this big and tiring chase! I haven’t done this, therefore it took so much to decide, first of all in regard to the style and secondly regarding the price! If I knew that there were plenty of beautiful online wedding gowns on discount I would have gone for one of those, for sure! But this is it! Now my wedding is over, it was indeed an ordeal chasing for the dress, but, hey, I don’t want to complain any more: after all, how can one have her satisfaction if she won’t fight to get it, be it with several hours spent in search of a dress, which will end up in the closet, occupying plenty of space and starting to get its yellowish tint in case you don’t get rid of it asap! Have a nice celebration!

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• Cate said on 02/19/2010:

  Hi!
  
  I haven’t been a bride yet, but I surely look forward into it! I am engaged for three months already and I can hardly wait for the day when my dear one will come and will propose to fix the date for the wedding; it is not that far that day, but when it comes, as loaded with efforts the wedding planning as it will prove to be, I am still doing it all by myself! As I have a bigger and more profound satisfaction on the things planned and accomplished by myself. As to the wedding gown, I have already done some “researches”…and it worked out OK! I already know what is there on the bridal market, I am already familiar with the wedding dresses’ styles and designs and, thank God, that my body still allows me to wear the sizes that are available in the garments stores. To me it had never been a problem to find the pieces of clothing I have always endeavored wearing! The issue was most of the times the budget; but now with the wedding coming, I am not planning to be cheap; I am ready to pay up to $800 for the wedding dress, and as far as I have seen there are pretty interesting and stylish wedding dresses within the price range of $350 to $750… So, I can hardly wait, I am all that excited that I can barely catch a full night sleep. I tell you honestly that I have nights when I wake up because images of the wedding day haunt me and then I find it rather hard to fall asleep as if nothing has ever happened! But enough of it; this is I guess every future bride’s ordeal, so I want push the blade of excitement deeper than it already is! All the best to the beautiful brides-to-be!

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• Janet said on 02/20/2010:

  I have to agree with the fact that weddings are the most important events that are meant to take place in the life of a couple. I remember that I have once asked my lover when are we going to take this step as we have been together for more than one year now, and we talk about all sorts of topics, therefore I haven’t found myself in an awkward situation once I have popped the question. I don’t know if this question has raised some other questions in his mind, but all I can say is that it got him thinking. And recently he proposed to me with all that is there traditionally to propose: the engagement ring and the families’ reunion to celebrate. And now all I think of is my wedding dress. My sister had her wedding two years ago, but I can’t say that I was very found of her decision when it came to purchase her dress; it was s second hand one and I can say that some yellowish stains were to be seen at a closer look. Anyway, her wedding ended up in a happy note and this is what actually mattered! Well, I can say that to me it matters a lot to find a gown that reflects the importance of the moment and as much as it could cost, I am ready to pay the price! And if this will mean hours of chase and “research”, so be it, I really don’t care; I want to look exquisite, brilliant, all the superlative adjectives one can find while describing the appearance of a bride in her wedding day!
  
  Be well!

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• Marcia said on 02/20/2010:

  Hello, hello!
  
  It is the most important event in the life of a couple, as one has mentioned before, but to me wearing a dress to stand for my family traditions is the most appealing thing! This is the only event which defines everything we have, traditionally and spiritually, in our life, and I plan to follow the un-written rules accordingly. This is why I don’t certainly agree with the idea of a colored wedding gown, as long as my mother, my grand mother, my great grand mother and all the women in my family have worn the pure, immaculate white in the day of their weddings! I have already found my dress and I can tell you that this sparkling white leads oneself to the only thought: that a bride commits herself in the purest of her thoughts and feelings, and nothing can compare to this white which sends the step of getting married into the eternity of love, sharing and dedication!
  I don’t want to sound that extreme, but considering that after all, a wedding is all about being involved in a life of two for the rest of one’s life, than one can not regard this gesture other than an awareness of one’s involvement in new territories which bring new experiences. This is why, I imagine, that the white color of a wedding dress is so highly regarded!!! But again, this is my belief and I don’t want to make it sound as written in stone for all the brides of the world!
  I wish you brides have a happy celebration of your wedding day, regardless of your wedding dress’s color choice!

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• Cathy said on 02/26/2010:

  When I had my wedding in Hawaii everybody advised me to go for a simpler wedding gown, as my wedding venue was meant to be improvised directly on the shore, but I stuck to my decision of wearing a long trained wedding dress! I can say that it was really fantastic! The embroidery on my white dress was blue, the same hue as the waves, and whenever I made a move the blue motifs of the train symbolizing the waves were similar to the ones brushing the shore. I have some photos of this wonderful and romantic celebration and all of my friends said that I was a truly sea goddess wearing that white and blue wedding gown holding the red flowers like a scepter in my hands.
  The celebration was indeed one of love, especially that we were surrounded by the natural settings, but as you have probably guessed, I had to take off my majestic wedding gown after midnight and wear a short casual white one for the dancing moments. That’s why I advise brides who plan to have their wedding event celebrated on the beaches to have a back up dress the moment the wedding reception starts; it is way safer and easier to move around guests and while dancing.
  I wish you all enjoy these moments of romance, of love and commitment once you have decided to take this step!
  
  Good luck!

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• Erin said on 02/26/2010:

  Having a wedding on the beach is indeed a beautiful idea, and as much as some say that this venue is the one that requires a casual outfit, considering the fact that the venue is sandy and most of the time brides might risk to brush the sand with the long trains, this fact shouldn’t bother anyone at all! I have been invited on this type of wedding and it was really a dream-like the way my friend made her appearance on the improvised aisle! She was wearing also a long chapel train for her wedding gown, and not less was I surprised to see her removing the train not long after the ceremonial was over, to wear only a casual wedding gown that allowed her to move at her ease among the invitees. And I couldn’t help myself thinking that when my time would come I would definitely prefer wearing this style of wedding gown – to be at my wedding both a queen and diva!
  I have browsed meanwhile for these designs – with detachable trains – and there are plenty of styles, either with the dress of a tea-length type, or short type. But to me, as my lover says, a shorter version is more suitable as he has always been proud of the shape of my legs and in this special day I will plan to make him …prouder, if I may say!
  But till that day comes, I keep dreaming with my eyes open and keep looking for that specific dress, and in case I find it at a cheaper price, I consider to purchase it as soon as possible, as much as some say that it is bad luck to have the dress long before the wedding day is even fixed. I really do not care, I want it; therefore I will have it, no matter what they say! All the best wishes for brides to be and the ones dreaming to be!

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• Irene said on 03/01/2010:

  Yes, all right! My wedding dress was all red, I have to admit it; and not less were my guests surprised to see my appearance in my ball gown dress with the golden embroidery all over the bodice. The cut of the cap-sleeves was off-shoulder and the cleavage was quite deep. I can say that I felt like Jezebel while walking down the aisle in the disapproving eyes of my guests, not to mention that my folks have been from the very beginning against my idea of wearing the red silk made dress for my wedding. I tried, but useless to say, without succeeding, to convince them that this is my wish and nothing could change my mind. I was almost on the verge of heading to my wedding without my parents’ blessing, but finally, helped of course, by my dearest friends (who have, by the way, secretly helped me to choose my wedding gown – my parents have been kept aside all the way of my wedding dress chase) they agreed and joined me with wishful thoughts toward my wedding ceremony.
  Even if I proved to be very stubborn and determined that nothing would ruin my day, I had felt a little bit of discomfort hearing among my guests shushing and whispering all sorts of exclamations and disapprovals as well. But step by step I managed to get rid of this embarrassing feeling and mind my own commitment and dedication to my fiancé and to the wedding itself. In the end, it turned out to be a happy and entertaining celebration and it seemed that finally my guests got rid of their prejudices and enjoyed themselves a lot! So, no matter what follow your dream when it comes to the choice of your wedding gown, as peculiar as it might seem in the eyes of the beholders! This is my advice, that’s all!

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• Crissty Grunwald said on 03/01/2010:

  Well, I consider that wearing a colored wedding dress, no matter the color, is indeed an act of courage. I wanted for my wedding to go for an orange dress with royal blue embroideries, but my parents didn’t agree with it. These two colors are actually my favorite ones, but since that specific gown was quite expensive, $650.00, and I lacked such an amount, I was supposed to actually ask for the balance amount (almost $300.00) but I got stuck in their discontent, therefore I saw myself forced to choose the white color for my wedding dress which ended up being quite beautiful and sophisticated, if I may say. Now, seeing the photos and the video shot during my wedding day, I don’t feel that much sorry any more for not having a colored wedding dress. And later I have found out that my hubby wouldn’t have loved at all to choose a dress that was other than the traditional white. So, I had chosen something that actually was on my fiancé’s taste and for this I am grateful to my folks. Had I bought a colored wedding gown my fiancé would have been quite grumpy in the day of our wedding and that wouldn’t have been good at all, go figure! And if there was another need to thank my parents, well, I do it once again for not letting me do what had crossed my stubborn mind in the days of hunting for the wedding dress! Peace.

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• Layla Cromwell said on 03/06/2010:

  My wedding day was spent quite ordinarily, and now reading all these comments, I realize that not too many brides choose to have a common dress, this “common” term deriving from the usual and traditional white wedding gown. The style of my dress was nothing of spectacular: it was sheath-style made, manufactured from delicately embroidered cotton, a very, very thin in texture cotton, with some lace at the hemline and some to encircle the scooped cleavage. The design was created by a friend of mine, who is a professional couturiere by trade, therefore I entrusted her all the decisions both for the style and the design. But it happened so, that as simple as my wedding gown ended up being, to look very delicate on me and everybody attending to my wedding day expressed their praising on both the model of the dress and the bride to wear it...!!!
  So, it makes me wonder: what does it really matter? To wear an expensive in fabric and design wedding gown or simply to go with the style that suits a bride to be the best even if this style is not that sophisticated and pricey? As I have seen and felt on my own skin, the second version seems to be the one to matter, although I still have good friends to stick for the first opinion.
  Well, as everything in this world is questionable, maybe the wedding gown’s choice is also considered to belong to this category! Have a good life!

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• Carla said on 03/12/2010:

  To may opinion, when it comes to a woman’s taste in fashion nothing is more relevant than to watch her walking in her chosen wedding dress! I consider that the style and the personality of a woman is most obvious the moment she has decided upon the model of her wedding gown, the one meant to be worn in the most important day of her life! Since this day is that important, women need to expose their preferences, some choosing extravagance, some choosing modesty, others preferring modernism and updated fashion styles. So, if one is looking to define the personality of a woman, probably the day of her wedding is the most relevant one in this respect.
  I, for one, have done this ‘research’ - if I may say - and played a game: I tried to find out in what way a woman personality is to be emphasized the moment I saw her standing outside on the doorstep of the registry for the wedding’s photos shooting. I liked to play this game trying to guess her own style and tastes by judging the design of her wedding dress. There was no one to confirm my suppositions, of course, but yet I used to play whenever I came across a wedding and its bride! You should do it sometimes, in case you get bored while having a stroll downtown and you happen to bump into a wedding event!

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• stephy said on 03/16/2010:

  Useless to say how many nights I have spent with my eyes open dreaming of my wedding dress. I wanted for the very beginning to be a white wedding gown with a long chapel train, the ones you see in the movies, the sumptuous style, but when I came down on earth I realized that the prices were far too high to even dare dreaming further on of this style of wedding gown. I was more than disappointed when my best friend came up with a proposal: to look online for discontinued wedding dresses, or online stores that sell these special attires at discount prices or even the second hand ones. I am not at all a fan for already worn outfits, but I knew as well that the discontinued wedding gowns could have in their range some which had been previously ordered and got interrupted from delivering because the engagement had meanwhile broken. So, my second step was to browse online for these discontinued wedding gowns and lucky me I had found one delivered by one of the famous online stores. And I can say that I have been truly lucky as the model and the design fitted exactly my taste and my style. So I didn’t wait up too much and I went further on for its ordering. The only issue was that at the moment I tried it on some tiny little alterations were required, but again the good luck was o my side: a friend of mine, though she is not a professional seamstress managed to make the gown to match my sizes in such a manner that one could have sworn that it was bought according to my body sizes and shape! And if this isn’t luck, what is?

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• paul said on 03/16/2010:

  I had no idea how time consuming the search for the wedding dress implies. Not to mention that the quest is the one that reveals how women, brides-to-be, react while facing the immensity of designs and styles displayed online and of course downtown. For instance, my fiancée, had to spent more than three days in our local stores (and they are only four) in order to decide on one single dress! I have to admit that it started to drive me crazy because whenever I had to meet my future bride, she was all the time talking about the dress, how she would like to surprise me and, as she claimed, this was the reason why it took her so long to decide on THE one. But I think that when it comes to this attire, it is only a matter of showing-off, the grooms, at least for me goes this way, do not give a s…! on the way this dress looks like! If it were for me, it could have been short or long with train or without, it didn’t make any difference to me, so why would it make for them, that’s far beyond my power of understanding?! And what is there in a woman’s mind when it comes to fashion, now this is another issue which I would never come to comprehend! But anyway, I wish you all to find what you desire and as such be the most glamorous ones in this big day of your life!

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• Clairie said on 07/07/2010:

  nice dresses but most of them are ugly

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