(Closed) I am done!! For real this time! Found my dress!

• MsInterpret
• 10 years ago

• Wedding: March 2011

@baldor1:  Thanks for the links.  I need a 16W and in white, because then I won’t have to do any alterations except maybe a bustle.  I am cheap, so this is what I’m hoping for… so I will keep scouring the used sites and ebay until the last minute, lol. Then if I absolutely MUST, I will order from DB.  

 

 

@mashka_f1: ,@SanDiegoAli: @curlygirl: @hermitcrab: @tintine1:  thanks for the congrats!  It’s so nice to have made a freakin’ decision!

Now of course to decide on bolero and jewelry and veil! I REALLY want to wear a birdcage veil and already have a floral fascinator/comb to make one with that I just adore.  And I want a bolero or something for sure, and I already bought jewelry which goes with it but I don’t know about how i will go with the bolero and veil too… but it’s okay because there’s plenty of time for accesorizing!

 

@littlemissmango:  He is something else.  Loves to watch the Food Nework cake shows too.  Can’t decide if he wants to be a chef or an attorney or both.  So different from my older son (18) who cringed every time I said the word “dress” and then finally said “Good grief I am never getting married!  Mom, they are all pretty and white, that’s all I can say about them!!” in response to my dress obsession!   It’s okay though.  The eldest, the artist, will play guitar in the wedding for me to walk down the aisle and will design my next tattoo and during all of this he taught me how to mess with paint to “alter” photos of dresses.  The youngest is already concerned about proper attire (his and his brother’s; I think he’s worried his brother will wear a spiked leather bracelet to the weddign) and meal choices!  They are both just awesome, I’m so lucky!

• MsInterpret
• 10 years ago

• Wedding: March 2011

@curlygirl:  Oh that’s scary, thanks for the heads up! She didn’t mention that to me, just talked about how long I had to order and get it in time and said that the new price of $599 would remain.   Did they say when this would happen?

I won’t have the cash in full for it for a few more weeks, to order new I mean. I don’t hve an extra $600 at the moment. 😉  Hopefully I can find a pre-owned in the meantime.  I was soooo hoping the 18 would fit but it is uncomfortable.. because what I found a lot of second hand were 18s!  I would go that route if I knew how much it would cost to let it out just a bit.  It’s mainly too snug around the top bustline and a teeny bit too tight in the waist.  There’s an 18 on ebay with slip and veil and comb for $50 in white! 

The 16W, according to the DB consultant, has more room for bustier women and it was a lot more comfy and zipped up more easily. In the 18 I felt like was wearing a corset!

 

• MsInterpret
• 10 years ago

• Wedding: March 2011

PS, anyone see it in person and in both white and ivory?  They only had white at the store.  I really liked it and alwas imagined I’d go with white for the “snow” effect but some dresses, the difference is minimal.   At my previous DB trip ivory was “okay” on me and I was open to it… but with this dress the white made my skin look great (i’m very pale with pink undertones and green eyes)…

I’m asking though because like I said, I’ve found this dress second hand, an hour from my house, my size, in ivory. 

I will probably hold out to get white but I was just curious since I haven’t seen ivory in person on this dress.

• MsInterpret
• 10 years ago

• Wedding: March 2011

@curlygirl:  Thanks.  I don’t get how an 18 can be tighter than a 16W but whatever, it was. 😉   Last time I was at DB the 16w dresses were all fitting fine so I was shocked when the 18 was so snug but it’s all in the cut of “women’s” vs missy sizing I suppose. I am a street 14 or 16 right now.. and a 38D bra.

I couldn’t try on the actual 16w in that exact dress and they called around and the nearest one was in Arkansas (I’m in Texas!)… so she just pulled a couple dresses that were strapless with the same cut and princess seams and so forth in 16w and they fit fine.  A little room in the waist but not to the point that it looked bad, and perfect fit on the bust.  So she was suggesting a 16W would work no problem and it makes sense to me UNLESS there is some weirdness about Michaelangelo dresses?  I think most of DB’s sizing is pretty standard with other DB dresses though.

She suggested the corset back option to me as well if I got the 18 but I love the buttons in the back so nope, not for me anyway. 🙂

• MsInterpret
• 10 years ago

• Wedding: March 2011

@ddw:  Thanks.  I’m working on getting another that is pre owned but never worn.  I am now 99.9% that I want the white so I didn’t want to bug the seller of the ivory (an hour a way) when I seriously doubt I’ll be buying her dress.

You are right about shrinkage and all… and stretching and who knows.  I think I said it already but in David’s Bridal a 16 crinoline was too small and a very worn 14 fit me!