So I went to about seven other places to look for wedding dresses. I went to: a sample sale wedding dress place, a TJMaxx, a vintage store, a Loehmann’s, Barney’s, another boutique, and a wedding dress warehouse. And you know what? Not so much.
Here’s what I don’t want in a dress: pick-ups, taffeta, a long train, lots of beading. That eliminates about 95% of dresses right there. Add in my budget constraints and you got not a lot. I don’t want something too casual—my man is in a tux—but I don’t want too heavy/formal—because, dude, it’s June and I’m in a garden. Let’s let the flowers twinkle, not the beading.
I also am not interested in buying a dress because it photographs well. It really bugged me when someone said this, as if that was the only consideration. I will be wearing the dress—not posing in it. I want it to feel like something, to inspire, because that is what great clothing does, it puts you in the mood. I want to be put in the mood to stand solemnly and then jump around like crazy. So if I’m wearing something that is the weight of body armor, I am guessing that will be a problem.
I’ve seen what’s out there, and I’m going back to dress #1.