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I know, I know, I should've stopped looking at dresses after i bought one. But I just couldn't help it. This morning, I was browsing around previouslyownedweddingdresses.com and found the first dress I fell in love with for a much more reasonable price. (It retails for $2300 but I've found three used dresses today from $850 to $1,000).
I bought the Casablanca 1900 but now I'm wondering if I should sell it when it arrives in January and buy a used Paloma Blanca 3704.
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I don't know which of those is which.. but the last two are beautiful! I would suggest going with whichever you think you love more though..
The pick-ups one is the Paloma Blanca and the Casablanca is the lace one. My co-workers were all in favor of the Paloma blanca one today at lunch. (Apparently, I'm not girly enough for lace.)
I'm not very well versed in style numbers, so I'm not sure which picture is which dress, but I will say this - they are both beautiful dresses, but I think the dress in pics 3 and 4 elongates you and makes you look a little taller. I guess it also depends on the type of wedding you're having...I think the lace one would be very pretty for a outdoor/garden-type setting, while the other one is a bit more formal.
Also, I don't know if this helps you at all, but here's my experience as a 2 dress bride. I bought a dress I liked, freaked out at the 2nd fitting, started looking again, found another dress that was a great deal and bought it. After fully altering that dress as well, I realized I was rather hasty in buying that 2nd dress, that I really do like my first choice, and now I'm going to have to try and sell the 2nd one. And I've heard that selling a wedding dress isn't necessarily as easy as it sounds. You may just be having those normal wedding dress doubts - almost everyone does. And yeah, it might be a good idea to stop looking : )
I know this didn't really give you an answer, but hopefully it will help in some way!
I honestly think you look awesome in both. I saw the lace and thought how beautiful you were and then the second one looked amazing on you too. they are so different though - which one is the vibe that you want to feel like a bride?
i actually really love you in the casablanca! i don't think you made the wrong choice at all :)
I don't have a particular vibe I'm going for. The wedding is on an outdoor patio and it's an evening wedding in June. I think both dresses would work, but I truly loved the Paloma Blanca with its lightweight dupioni silk but the price made me balk. Then I read a lot about petite brides (I'm 5'1" looking best in empire waist dresses) and there's such a backlash against pickups that I thought the lace looked more classy and wouldn't date me in photos in the years to come.
I wouldn't worry about what your friends think. Everyone has such different taste and you are wearing the dress, not them. This is why I don't want to show many people the dress I choose - it leaves too much room for doubting!!
Both dresses are lovely and with the right fit, will look great on you.
I agree that selling a dress may not be very easy. Especially a lower-price-point dress.
Both are lovely but I think you look awesome in the lace one. Why not maske a poll for this?
I LOVE the Casablanca and I'm personally not a fan of pick-ups. You look beautiful in both though!
Also consider the type of wedding you're having. The Casablanca (to me) would suit a garden-themed, slightly more casual wedding whereas the Paloma would be for a more black-tie, formal affair.
God, you look amazing in the Paloma Blanca. So elegant, regal, tall, feminine, powerful. I'm blown away, honestly. And I hate to tell you that because I know it's not the dress you have. It's just awesome how good you look in the Paloma Blanca!
you look great in both! but i think the one with pick-ups flatters your body better :)
I think I'm just going to have to try them both on again, hopefully at the same shop, with some honest eyes.
Just wondering if the shop is Mariposa by any chance. It looks familiar!
Yep, the first shop I went to was Mariposa, which was awesome and close to work. Then I went to a hole in the wall, stripmall, mom and pop shop in Torrance where I bought the Casablanca.
I love lace but for some reason I havent been a fan of that Casablanca 1900 on anyone I see it on even the models! I love the satin gown on you...good luck
Usually I'm not a fan of lace but you look beautiful in the Casablanca! It gives you a soft, pretty look, and for your evening outdoor wedding I think it would be great!! It really puts the focus on you.
I agree with what you said...the pick ups may date you and the empire waist is so flattering.
I would stick with what you already have!!!
I like the Casablanca. I hate the billow-y look of the dresses that bunch up and think they look really frilly and will so easily fall out of style. To me, it isn't classic looking, but instead is something you look to 5 years from now and think "what was I thinking wearing that!!" Yep, I said it out loud... I hate billow-y and whenever I was trying on dresses my mom and I would CRINGE when anyone walked out in that kind of style. But lace?! GUH, totally elegant and classic.
Sorry... I think the shape & style of the Paloma Blanca do more for your figure than the other one. The 1900 is a very popular dress and I'm sure you'll have no trouble selling it!
The Casablanca looks fabulous on you and sounds like it's the perfect fit for your June wedding. Try not to second guess yourself!
I voted for the Paloma Blanca because I think it is way more flattering on you, but the lace one is nice as well - it depends on your personal style and the vibe of your wedding.
The lace one is so much more special. You do look great in the pick-up dress, but it looks like so many dresses out there. The first one is much more memorable. It's absolutely lovely.
Ok I'm going to be very honest. I usually love lace and can't stand pickups but on you the Paloma Blanca looks much better than the Casablanca. It makes you look leaner and taller where as the other one gives you hips and width where there clearly isn't any. So while I like the Casablanca as a dress better thant he Paloma Blanca, I think that on you the Paloma Blanca works better.
I think the Paloma Blanca both makes you look skinnier AND taller! maybe it was the angle of the picture, but I definitely prefer the Paloma on you.
I love the second dress on you. I just bought a 2nd dress this weekend... I feel your pain. You have to go with your gut. Which dress makes you feel the most like "you" in. Think about everthing.... your pics in that dress, dancing in that dress, sitting down during the reception in that dress...
You'll make the right choice!! Good luck!
I love the Casablanca one, I'm in love with the lace! So pretty and girly.
Wow...this is really tough!! I am also a petite bride so I understand your concern about the pickups. I think that you look amazing in both gowns so I would follow your heart and get the dress that you love (and it sounds like that is the second one). I can totally relate because I am a two dress bride and SO THANKFUL that I got my dream gown, even though it was a struggle.
PS: I voted for the second gown because it is just so elegant and has that WOW factor for me :)
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