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Wedding dress that's not a wedding dress?

posted 4 years ago in Dress
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Worker bee

styleish 11/08/08 Seattle

Did any of you buy a wedding dress that's not technically a wedding dress? I'm having a destination wedding in Jamaica and I haven't liked any of the "wedding" dresses that I've seen so I've ventured into looking at dresses by ABS and BCBG but just wanted to see if you all had any other suggestions of other stores/websites I should visit.

4 years ago

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Bananna

I'm not sure how much you are willing to spend, but Maggie Sottero now has a "destination" line that you could check out.

http://www.maggiesottero.com/collection.aspx?line=d

Good luck!

4 years ago

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Blushing bee

LM 4/26/2008 New York City/ Montego Bay

I'm having a DW too and I didn't want the "traditional" wedding dress either. Depending on your price range, high end department stores sometimes have a good selection of white dresses although this time of year is a little tough (maybe once Resort collections come out?). I found a great white Jil Sander dress on sale at Barneys this year (I'll be wearing for my reception). Morgane Le Fay did great white dresses/ summer frocks for spring/summer of this year- don't know about s/s 08 but could be great. And I remember reading in NY magazine a year or so ago about a wedding where the bride wore a beautiful white off the rack Chloe dress. If you're looking to spend a little less I like BCBG, Jill Stuart and JCrew dresses.

4 years ago

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meladoriem july 2008 nyc

Have you tried Nicole Miller? My personal fave... Wai-Ching. They're all custom designed dresses and fantastic for destination weddings because they're lightweight. I ordered a reception dress and a rehearsal dinner dress from Chrissy for my wedding. www.wai-ching.com

4 years ago

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MrsNFB 9/30/06 Los Angeles

I didn't want a traditional wedding dress either, I went with a full-length bridesmaid's dress by Vera Wang. She makes her BM dresses in white and ivory as well if you want to go that route. My dress was "antique gold" although it almost seemed to me like a light latte color. I can't think of any of her BM dresses that are over $350.

It was perfect for our DW in Hawaii :)

4 years ago

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Worker bee

styleish 11/08/08 Seattle

Thank you!! Those are all great suggestions!

4 years ago

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meduzagirl 09/29/07 Fairfax, VA

I'm doing a destination wedding too...and i just bought my second dress (cocktail length) at a neiman marcus last call for $135. I'm completely in love with it and the dress needs no alterations!

Before I found dress two, I scoured the sale sections of saks, neimans, nordstroms and bergdorf goodmans. they've got some really great dresses, but they're going fast.

Dress was custom made locally and based off of a jim hjelm bridesmaid dress. You should definitely look into getting a bridesmaid dress done in white/ivory.

4 years ago

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piperbenjamin June 2008 Philly

the first dress i fell in love with when i started looking was a $400 gorgeous lacy white cocktail dress! i think it's perfectly ok to look at any dress at all... you will probably save some cash if you happen upon a white/off white cocktail dress, and will have lots of luck if you're looking for something short. you can even dress it up with a veil if you want to add a formal element.

4 years ago