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...in Hawaii, what would your dress be?

I need some inspiration.

:)

Nice!! That dress definitely does have a couple things I tend to love -- straps and covered buttons on the back! And I like the way the back comes to a V rather than straight across.

@littlemissmango: I haven't seen you on the boards for awhile!

EDIT: didn't see the dress part!! I'll keep looking, but I really wanted to share a cool vintage cake I found! Dang it.

@Heatherloveskenny: Hi! I knooow... I've been so busy with my blog, and for a while to tell you the truth I was starting to get kinda "over" wedding-ness. But we're getting a little closer now, and I'm actually starting to plan, so of course I had to come back to the bee! Really stuck on the dress issue though. Every day I want something different.

You know what I definitely want though... is that CAKE. Good work.

ETA: lol, cakes are important too! Bring. Back. The. Cake.

@kala_way: Oooh, I like!! Do you know the names/designers of those?

@littlemissmango: Ughh. I feel so dumb, for some reason I instantly saw vintage backyard wedding and had to post that!

But when I think backyard vintagey, would you want a tea length dress?

@Heatherloveskenny: Hahah it's okay to have vintage cake on the brain!!

Hmm.. I do like tea lengths, but I'm kind of set on a full-length look for ours. The backyard part is confusing -- ceremony will actually be on the beach, then we are renting a VRBO house for peeps coming over from the mainalnd and having the reception there.

@ijustrockout: Whoah!! Is that girl a barbie doll?! She literally has no waist.

That dress is a knockout. You probably have gorgeous curves and are going to look amazing.

I really wish I could wear silk, but I just have a sneaking suspicion that my bony hips are going to stick out in a really icky way if I were to try. :(

This might not be okay with wind on the beach though. This is harder than I thought it would be!

I love the top of this...

I might be totally off though.

And I guess...I can bring back the cake lol

@napabridekelsey: Definitely one of my fave Maggie designs but I totally forgot about it! Thanks!

@Heatherloveskenny: My jaw literally dropped. What is that dress?! Who makes it? Where is it?? I LOVE it. Also still loving the cake. Thank you. lol :)

ETA: Wait a second, I didn't realize at first that those are two different ones. I love them both!

@tinylittlebird: SUPER fun. That really is a great idea, to just go full-force with it. You are good at this game!!

Another bee posted this pic of her wedding dress.  I fell head over heels inlove with this gown!

@2ndtime: OMG love those pretty sleeves and the bodice!!

@ijustrockout: no way! Oh yeah I guess that sash over the hips would kinda cushion things perfectly! That dress is so awesome. People tend to think "lace" when they think "vintage" but I think silk says vintage and all kinds of class. Sexy, sexy class. :)

@tinylittlebird: Okay that is amazing. I was thinking sandy-colored linen suit, but FI just very well may have to rock an aloha shirt underneath. And I am totally planning on mis-matched BMs! Florals would be awesome.

The first dress was on etsy -

http://www.etsy.com/listing/72779844/ivorie

the shop has a few super pretty vintage dresses

The second dress was vera wang inspired I think -

but I got it off of this blog:

http://www.alyssazukas.com/uncategorized/one-of-a-kind-vintage-vera-wang-wedding-dress-for-sale/

and I can't find it anywhere else :-/

@LGenz: Lazaro!! Aahh... I have fallen in love with a couple of his, that one is gorgeous! The runway pic gives a much better idea of what's going on. Do you know the style number?

@napabridekelsey: Pretty!! oh, and... go beavs. ;)

@Heatherloveskenny: I think I've seen that Etsy seller before, but totally missed that dress! How nice that it's both an original design and also not like $8 grand. (some etsyers are nuts, I tell you.) Boo to the second one being a mystery. Prettiest beading ever.

@LGenz: thank you!

@tinylittlebird: Oh yay!! Well, colors we are thinking kind of a teal, coral, yellow, orange tropical vibe, and as for shape/style, my only real criteria is that they be able to hula in them. (the BMs and I are providing the entertainment for the evening, haha!) Any ideas for that?

@tinylittlebird: Okay, you are amazing. Those are PERFECT! And pretty reasonably priced! I love that I could just have that seller make all the dresses, and mismatch style them perfectly. I am getting really excited.

@hilsy85: Oh, Hilsy. You are a girl after my own heart. I became obsessed with Amy like, way back in the waiting stages, and Grace was the first I fell in love with. I am so glad you posted this because I was starting to have doubts that it would really fit with what I'm going with for the wedding, but I think you have good taste and now I think I was right from the beginning that it would work. My mom didn't really like it though! Still, I have a Google alert set to tell me whenever another one of these pops up on a used site. Amy isn't making dresses anymore. :(

@hilsy85: I know :( I heard she is actually recovering from breast cancer, so I think that is why. The oooonly thing I kind of don't like on the dress is the way the lace bodice does a zig zag around the waist. For some terrible reason it reminds me of Charlie Brown's yellow t-shirt. Stupid! I know it's beautiful! I just kind of can't look past that these days.

What do you think about the MGM?

It is missing those dreamy straps though, and I've never seen it on a used site so I'd probably have to get a seamstress to replicate it.

@hilsy85: I literally laughed out loud. You are so right about the boob separation.

What do you think about this one? It's another dress I've had my eye on for a while.