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    Mermaid1082    September 4, 2010   St Louis, MO

    Did you have a dress you *almost* got?  Show your runner-up!

     2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding 78772.jasmine F868.jpg.resize

    I loved this one!  The train was amazing!

     
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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    I did. It's this one from Jasmine.

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding 102 0150

    Aw. This pic makes me miss my red hair.

     
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    sailor    May 2010  

    I did.  The Melissa Sweet Dora:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Msdora1

    I chose Fern instead:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Bride T600 Photo detail

     
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    Mermaid1082    September 4, 2010   St Louis, MO

    @zippylef:  Love the ruffles!

     
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    OttawaBride2011    May 21, 2011   Ottawa, Ontario

    I almost bought this Mori Lee!

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding DSC00187 Wb

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    I almost bought this one but I just wasn't sure about the chiffon or about the detail on the skirt/train

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Index 1025

    I got this one instead... tissue taffeta and limited bling. love love love :)

     

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    MissChirpie    August 2010   Minnesota

    This was my 2nd choice:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding 2nd Choice

     

    Here is the dress I ended up with:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Dress With Slip

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    @miss chirpie- great choice!! i didn't end up liking lace on me but i LOVE lace dresses!!

     
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    phishgirl    May 29, 2010   Brooklyn

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Junko   Verde Dress 2010

    or

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding 10 Normandie

     
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    MissChirpie    August 2010   Minnesota

    @CorgiTales: Thanks!

     
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    missbiscuit    March 12, 2011   Sonoma County, CA

    Allure Couture C151

    I loved her.. but I loved another more...  I wish I had the budget to have gotten them both!

     

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    xxjessmicaxx    September 4, 2010   Calgary, Alberta

    i got pregnant so this one I won't be able to wear! :( but I do love my new dress as well!!!!

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    HoneyBear    March 17, 2012   Texas/ Isla Mujeres

    Wow!! such beautiful dresses...how will i ever pick one

     
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    jackiet314    October 23, 2010   NJ

    @ MissChirpie: I love love love the dress you bought and it knocks the runner up WAY down. It looks gorgeous on you!

     
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    lisalew5472    September 29, 2012   Friendswood, TX

    @CorgiTales: Love your choice!

     
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    twalila    May 2010   Ohio

    Biggest regret of the wedding=(  I was told I could convert the neckline of the one I got to look like this, and once it arrived I was told they could not.  I want my runner up dress!!!!!

     

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding 1406f

     
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    klynne    May 21, 2010  

    almost bought this chritina wu  2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding DSC 6877but

    bought this Amy Michelson instead

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding 2982nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Lovemetender Back Web

     
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    SapphireSun    July 9, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    I almost bought the same dress as CorgiTales' second pick, (I'd post a picture, but I deleted it, so I would stop agonizing over the decision, so you'll just have to look up!) but ended up going with this, minus the hip flower, which just wasn't doing it for me:

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    blondeeebuckeye    February 2011   Austin, TX

    almost bought maggie sottero coco:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding GetAttachment.aspx

     

    but instead bought allure c157:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Alluredress2

     
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    lanany10    October 2, 2010   NYC

    This is my runner up dress (minus the cap sleeves)...

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Radiant

     

    here's the dress i bought

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Opulence

     
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    rabbit    September 3, 2010   Milwaukee, WI

    There were 3 dresses I was contemplating for a little while. I went with the one which made my heart do little flips when I thought about it, even though I've never tried it on. The first two pics were taken by my FMIL. She has a talent for unappealing angels and missed moments when it comes to her photo skills. ;p

    Here is my runner up dress number 1:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Runner Up 1

    Runner up dress number 2 (the best of a butt load of crappy pics FMIL took):

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Runner Up 2

    And finally, the dress I have plaster all over the Bee due to my deep love of it (but which is still in the process of being made!):

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Cici Bridal All Views Wedding Dress RESIZED SMALLER

     
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    KLP2010    October 30, 2010  

    This Justin alexander was my runner up

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Photo 10s

     
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    jackie_t4701    May 14, 2011   TX

    2nd choice:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding DSC00086

    3rd choice:

     2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Areil

     
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    justeen    March 20, 2011   Los Angeles, CA

    Mine was a Mikaella... still love it! :)

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    Foolhardy    July 17, 2010   Missouri

    Here's mine.  I can't remember the name, style, and number anymore.

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    Bride109    October 9, 2010   Rochester, NY

    I was enchanted with pictures of a dress with pockets (the Galina on top) until I saw my Davinci 8373 gown hanging in a shop. It made my heart go pitter pat, so I decided that was a sign!

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    maemejo    June 25, 2011  

    This is the one I almost got....Maggie Sottero Ruby

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Otherdress2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Trans

    This is the one I chose!  Maggie Sottero Ericka

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding P1030946

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    @blondeebuckeye- both dresses look great on you but WOW the one you picked!! I love the fabric with the flowers and your waist looks teeny tiny!

     
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    lauren810c    August 21, 2010   NYC

    The dress I bought is first...the prononovias Hamlet..

    What I think would have been my runner up...without the cap sleeves

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    missbiscuit    March 12, 2011   Sonoma County, CA

    Lauren810c that 2nd choice dress is so sweet.  Who's it by?

     
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    bmore    October 9, 2010  

    It's really interesting to see if people's first and second choices were really similar or completely different.

    Here is my runner-up:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Vera Dinah

    And here's the dress I bought:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding 8962

     
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    blondeeebuckeye    February 2011   Austin, TX

    @CorgiTales: thanks! i saw the dress the second i walked into the salon and then i practically ripped it off the mannequin :) i knew it was MY dress! i wasn't expecting to get a "ballgown" type dress, but i fell in love!

     
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    Twista    October 2, 2010   Roanoke, VA

    I almost bought this one from Davids Bridal.2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding HPIM1983

    Until I was finally able to track down, try on and fall in love with this one from Alfred Angelo.2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding HPIM2046

     
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    ashpash    May 12, 2012   Michigan

    @jackie_t4701: Who makes your 2nd choice?

     
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    azure6700    May 1, 2011  

    I was so close to getting this dress by Cymbeline:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Cymbeline 2

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    Georgia Bee    October 9, 2010   Atlanta

    @bmore: we have the same wedding date and your #1 would have been mine but I couldn't afford it and my fiance hated it.  I loved it and never wanted to take it off.  Enjoy it for me!

     
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    Chillmer    May 30, 2010   Milwaukee

    This was my second choice.  I still love it, but it was a lot of boob for church.

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Allure Bridal Wedding Dress 8634

     
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    jadebinkx    September 25, 2010  

    This was my runner up.

    It has a corset back which i loved.

    FI went to look at dresses with me. He said it this one was very pretty.

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Picture 192

    but then i came out with this one and he was speechless.

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding Picture 189

    After a week or so i went back to but this one.

     
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    charmedlife357    June 3, 2012   Noblesville, In

    This was my runner-up:

     

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding 355485708 Beac083023.jpg

    And this is the one I bought:

    2nd Choice Dresses :  wedding ?bb Attachments=852818&bbat=106807&inline

     
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    luli29    October 9, 2010   Massachusetts

    @lauren810c: that second dress is the one I drooled over when I looked at magazines!

     

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