tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448595843748847.post2999096854963738457..comments2023-11-05T00:43:59.779-07:00Comments on and we begin...: the quest for the dress.Daisy Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06733858806571815239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448595843748847.post-90833146418640020862007-10-20T20:05:00.000-07:002007-10-20T20:05:00.000-07:00Hi Daisy, It's Aletha :) I started trying on the "...Hi Daisy, It's Aletha :) <BR/>I started trying on the "usual" dresses that everyone seemed to have: strapless, beaded on the top, beaded train, etc. <BR/><BR/>Then I was surfing theknot.com and came across a beautiful lace jacket--which I could not get out of my mind. I then realized it was Monique Lhuillier and $1600! Well, I am WAY too Dutch for that, and knew my mom could sew it for me...so she did. And all I had to find was a simple plain dress for underneath it. <BR/><BR/>It was still hard to find. I called every store and asked "Do you have a ultra plain dress with no adornment, no straps, no ANYTHING" and most of them said no. I ended up finding the perfect gown...AND it was only $230 through NetBride.com. I bought the alencon lace for $150 and had a patternmaker make me a pattern so my mom could sew it. I added a 2.75" sash and a retro brooch and voila! Dream dress for Aletha<BR/><BR/>It turned out to be very inexpensive (under $500 total!) and I got some many compliments on what a "unique dress" it was. Exactly what I was going for! <BR/><BR/>Keep shopping--try on everything--do some internet browsing for something that you want to try on. <BR/><BR/>Good luck (and sorry this was so long!)Aletha | Pearls Eventshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14783572931149739016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448595843748847.post-40861423582339321962007-09-22T10:35:00.000-07:002007-09-22T10:35:00.000-07:00Hi Daisy, it's Sarah. Amy sent me your page :)Okay...Hi Daisy, it's Sarah. Amy sent me your page :)<BR/><BR/>Okay.. I haven't tried on very many dresses, but I feel the same way that you do.. sort of. I don't LOVE everything, but I don't know if I'll be able to tell which dress is "the one." So far, I haven't been a crier.. I get excited, but I have yet to get the emotional charge of "this is IT. I want THIS dress. It is THE ONE!"<BR/><BR/>I've also decided that once I do find the dress, I will not allow myself to look at wedding gowns until a month or so after my wedding. I just KNOW I will find something that could have been SO much better.<BR/><BR/>Hang in there.. just have fun!Twiglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862519828728319208noreply@blogger.com