elphie101
Left my heart in Tomorrowland
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2008
Hello everyone! This update is coming to you from MY laptop! I got the display back but I'm living on borrowed time with this thing (good thing Cyber Monday/Black Friday deals are right around the corner!) so while I'm backing up my files here's a report of yesterday's dress shopping experience! Annnnnd............
..............no dress yet!
We went to an Alfred Angelo store, obviously to try on the Disney Wedding Dresses (but I had also heard good reports from other Disney brides near me of them) and a smaller boutique kind of place where a friend of mine (pretty much the only person I know who got married recently) got her gown. Looking back through the photos, I tried on 19 different dresses, but it was really good to get an idea of what I like and what I don't like (also to compare the two different shops, a bigger chain like AA vs. a smaller family run kind of place).
This is the 2013 Ariel gown - it was all right, but mostly we just tried it on for the contest running right now (I would LOVE for AA to pay for part of my honeymoon!)
We established that I don't like all over lace
This was close to the amount of sparkle I was looking for, but definitely a heavier fabric then I liked and I'm not in love with the A-line silhouette.
The Rapunzel 2013 - the one I always said I'd pick if I ever HAD to chose a Disney Wedding gown - it was nice, but not wowing (I was doing I'm A Little Teapot in this picture.......yeah.....)
This one is so close to being the front-runner: yes on the shape, yes on the fabric but not enough sparkly.
Amazing bottom but not loving the top - lacy flowers don't do it for me!
This one had a pretty unique back - but was never a contender
We all surprisingly liked this one - it was ivory lace over champagne fabric - but it wasn't it.
As you can tell, it was a LOOOOONG day. Overall it was informative - nothing really jumped out at me yet that I simply HAD to have, everything was just "nice" or "pretty". Nothing beautiful yet. Still it was only our first shopping trip out, and I'm leaving with a much better idea of what I like and don't like, and I still have plenty of time to keep looking! I also confirmed that I will definitely be doing a sparkly headband (like in the AA pictures) - I LOVE it!
329 days to go (not as scary when you think of it like that!)
..............no dress yet!
We went to an Alfred Angelo store, obviously to try on the Disney Wedding Dresses (but I had also heard good reports from other Disney brides near me of them) and a smaller boutique kind of place where a friend of mine (pretty much the only person I know who got married recently) got her gown. Looking back through the photos, I tried on 19 different dresses, but it was really good to get an idea of what I like and what I don't like (also to compare the two different shops, a bigger chain like AA vs. a smaller family run kind of place).
This is the 2013 Ariel gown - it was all right, but mostly we just tried it on for the contest running right now (I would LOVE for AA to pay for part of my honeymoon!)
We established that I don't like all over lace
This was close to the amount of sparkle I was looking for, but definitely a heavier fabric then I liked and I'm not in love with the A-line silhouette.
The Rapunzel 2013 - the one I always said I'd pick if I ever HAD to chose a Disney Wedding gown - it was nice, but not wowing (I was doing I'm A Little Teapot in this picture.......yeah.....)
This one is so close to being the front-runner: yes on the shape, yes on the fabric but not enough sparkly.
Amazing bottom but not loving the top - lacy flowers don't do it for me!
This one had a pretty unique back - but was never a contender
We all surprisingly liked this one - it was ivory lace over champagne fabric - but it wasn't it.
As you can tell, it was a LOOOOONG day. Overall it was informative - nothing really jumped out at me yet that I simply HAD to have, everything was just "nice" or "pretty". Nothing beautiful yet. Still it was only our first shopping trip out, and I'm leaving with a much better idea of what I like and don't like, and I still have plenty of time to keep looking! I also confirmed that I will definitely be doing a sparkly headband (like in the AA pictures) - I LOVE it!
329 days to go (not as scary when you think of it like that!)