Went dress shopping yesterday with my MOH, and the shop I went to was great, the staff were really freindly and helpful. They don't do appointments, I must have been there about two hours and think I tried on somewhere between 15-20 dresses (I lost count, lol) and I think they would have been quite happy for me to try on every dress in the shop had I wanted to, they didn't try to rush you or pressure you at all. Anyway, I managed to get it down to a choice bewteen two dresses, and I'm really not sure which to chose, as there were aspects of both dresses which I loved. I've been struggling to find pictures, as I think they're both from old collections.
The first one is an Amanda Wyatt one, as I said, think it must be quite old as I couldn't find it on her website. Managed to find one pic of a model in it:
Which isn't a great pic as you can't really see any of the detail. Also, mine is in a champagne colour. Found 2 pics of it on a real person, which show the right colour and a bit more of the detail:
I can't find a pic of the other one - I forgot to write the number down (thought I'd remember it and didn't - doh!), and I'm pretty sure it's been discontinued. She said it was Ronald Joyce, from what I can remember of the model number and looking on the website, I think it looks like it's from the Victoria Jane for Ronald Joyce collection. The closest thing I can find to it is this:
The one I tried wasn't quite like this, it had spaghetti straps and a slightly straighter neckline, this is the closest I could find though and is generally quite similar in style.
I think I prefer the overall style and fit of the second dress, but I do really like the colour of the first one. I like the detailing on both. I prefer the neckline of the second dress, but not sure if I like the fact it has straps (albeit spaghetti straps), but I'm not sure it would work if the straps were removed IYSWIM? I'm not sure if I'm being slightly swayed as well by the fact that the second dress was almost a perfect fit, whereas the 2nd was too big, so maybe it was a bit harded to imagine how it will look when it has been altered.
Bit of a pointless post as I know I have to make the decision myself, just trying to get some different opinions I guess. I'm going back next weekend to try them both on again to see if I can make a decision then.
