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There are several dresses I love that come from different sources. The hard part is going to be narrowing it down to one unless I combine them in a custom made dress.
For example, I fell in love with a dress in a Victoria Frances painting which is similar to an outfit at Fairygothmother.com. I also love the styles worn by Joan Holloway on Mad Men as well as the vintage tea-length poofy skirt dresses at dollycouture.net. At the same time, my sister designed a conglomerate dress in a color combo I love that looks flattering on me (instead of white that makes me look sickly) in Sims 3 that I may end up taking to a local seamstress to have made.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jim Hjelm gowns. I hope that when it comes time to purchase my dress I can find a trunk show so that I can get one! :)
I really am the classic "cake topper bride" I love all the classic, traditional wedding looks with a more contemporary twist/update :)
I didn't really have a dress inspiration. I really just had a "Midsummers Night Dream" and enchanted forest look in mind when I went dress shopping because at the time, my fiance and I were talking about going to a beautiful state park and getting married in the forest near a waterfall with just us and our parents. Then our plans changed and we are now having more traditional wedding so I ended up with a tea length, more vintage looking dress. But I still love the flowy, lacy, fairy princess-ish kind of dresses. I just couldn't find one that flattered my fuller figure.
i'm planning on wearing my mom's dress with a few alterations. getting rid of the lace full sleeves in favor of a cap sleeve perhaps.
My inspiration for my gown started with a Lea-Ann Belter dress - Kaitlyn - several years ago. I loved the ethereal look of the gown and how soft it looked. After I got engaged, I fell in love with another more structured Lea-Ann Belter dress - Tess. However, both of these gowns were just SOOOOO out of my price range.
So while I was on the hunt, I couldn't decide if I wanted something fully flowing and soft like Kaitlyn(1), or something with a bit of structure in the bodice like Tess (not shown). It took some back and forth conversations with my step-mom, my maids, and eventually, my fiance. I wanted his opinion on my style, so I asked him how he picked my ring. He told me he knew I wanted something SIMPLE, NOT GAUDY, but that I like to SPRUCE IT UP with a little extra. He also picked white gold because it was more MODERN. With those words in mind, it became clear what gown would suit me best.
I ended up ordering a dress with the soft ethereal look I was originally looking for. A wide strapped, v-neck, ruched silk georgette gown: the Jasmine T247 (3). Not a lot of structure in the bodice, but the classic "Hollywood" look of the dress is what sold me. Now that I know what dress I'm wearing, I'm finding myself inspired by Rita Hayworth's(4) classic style to match my accessories and hair.
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not engaged yet but i adored star jones' in her mermaid dress. i loved the confidence that she wore as a full figured woman. i am full figured as well and i consider myself very sexy and would love to look like her. however i'd probably have an assymetrical top.
i voted celebrity.
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Mine is Jackie O - I love the classic look of her gown. A gown that can be worn throughout the decades without ever going out of style. I love the idea of having a gown that my daughter or granddaughter could wear some day!
I'd love to hear from other brides and see pics of the similarities between your gown and your inspiration gown!!!
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