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Who's your favorite wedding gown designer (real life)?

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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    We have a fun thread about fantasy wedding gowns and who'd be your designer.

    Let's see who is our fave real life wedding gown designer?

    Mine would have to be a cross between Martina Liana, Inez di Santo, maggie sottero, and Anjolique. 

     
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    MrsK2be    November 15, 2008   Ohio

    Honestly, I bought my dress from my very favorite designer - Jim Hjelm!  Such gorgeous gowns :)  Sigh... only wish I could wear it again...

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Ooooh.  pretty!  He did my sis' wedding gown!  It was gorgeous 15 years ago!

     
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    Meowkers    August 27, 2011   Los Angeles, CA

    I love Pronovias, La Sposa, Monique Lhuillier, and Lazaro.

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    Chantellamus    October 15, 2009  

    Well I would have to go with Maggie for one because thats who my dress is by

    and I have to definetly go with Monique Lhuillier, such whimsicle dresses! love them

     
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    august15bride    August 15, 2009   St. Petersburg, FL

    I love Monique Lhuiller, Jim Hjelm, and Alvina Valenta. But I went with a Casablanca instead!

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    AnamCara    April 10, 2010   Ireland/Connecticut

    In my shopping I loved: Pronovias, Modern Trousseau, Augusta Jones, Priscilla of Boston.
    I liked Maggie Sottero but I didn't want a corset back.

    I bought a Casablanca and am VERY happy with it...I just need to ignore every other gown out there between now and April 2010...do-able.  RIGHT???  Who's your favorite wedding gown designer (real life)? :  wedding Icon Confused

     
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    bluespurrs    August 7, 2009   South-central PA, USA, Earth

    Martin McCrea

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    msduck    August 2009  

    i got a maggie, but now really starting to love Jim Hjelm but little too late for me!

     
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    Ms. Guava-Tini    October 10, 2009   Miami, Florida

    Ines Del Santo & Simone Carvalli for sure.

     
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    goldenbear    10/10/2009   Los Angeles

    I get to wear my favorite designer...Claire Pettibone--I feel so lucky!

     
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    spaniel    March 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    I loved La Sposa in pictures, but I didn't love the dresses in real life. But all of my favorite (realistic) dresses right now are Allure Bridals.

     
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    97sBetterHalf    March 20, 2010   Hoboken, NJ / New Orleans

    Matthew Christopher is my favorite!

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    RoddyBride09    September 5, 2009   Bethlehem, PA

    I may be old fashioned but I still love Vera Wang gowns... If only I didn't have a DB budget Who's your favorite wedding gown designer (real life)? :  wedding Icon Neutral

     
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    Kittyachi    August 2010   New York

    Oooh fun thread! I'm going to have to go with the budget busters - Monique Lhuillier and Vera Wang. Sigh. Not in the cards for me unless I win the lottery.

     
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    mandalynn17    June 19, 2010   Medford, OR

    I love Priscilla of Boston and the dress I'm getting is from J.Crew, so they're a favorite, too! 

     
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    tbrooke    September 25, 2010   WV

    Love Maggie Sottero... and my dress (a Maggie) isn't a corset back, so it is possible AnamCara

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    Mermaid1082    September 4, 2010   St Louis, MO

    I love Jim Hjelm and Priscilla of Boston.  My dress is a Jasmine and I lovelovelove it!

     
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    TheMapChick    July 2009   Washington DC

    I love Maggie as well and my Maggie dress is also not a corset back.

     
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    Rose999    April 11, 2011  

    Wow, I am finding a lot of good sites through this thread! Bellenga, I gasped when I saw that Martina Lianga site, I LOVE those dresses!

    I think my fave designers are the ones who carry the kinds of dresses I'm obsessed with. I have this very distinct look I love - satiny fabrics with luscious draping and unique touches like a single crystal/rosette strap. My faves:

    Demetrios - especially the Illusions/Sensualle lines

    Maggie Sottero

    Enzoani

    Cosmobella

    Anjolique

    Melissa Sweet

    Kenneth Pool (darn you Kenneth, why are you so expensive!)

    Casablanca

    Romona Keveza 

    Stephen Yearick 

    Valenta 

     
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    iceprincess717    August 15, 2011   Texas

    Alvina Valenta

    Kenneth Pool

     
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    rustic_2010_bride    July 2010  

    Monique Lhuillier

    Martina Liana (she designed my dress, eaak!)

     
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    shanibee    August 6, 2011  

    Lazaro!!!!!!

     
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    mstarr23    August 20, 2011   Maryland

    I cry alittle inside every time I see a Ines de Santo gown. They are sooo gorgeous!

     

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