light in the box ... *fingers crossed*

Fingers crossed it will be lovely when it gets here x

Thank you! i even considered kissing the blarney stone i keep in my desk draw! at least i have a new kitten demanding my attention, so I'm pre-occupied!

Think positive, some people have had good experiences from there. What dress did you go for?

WHICH DRESS?! ?

I haven't bought any clothes from there, but got some stuff for our favours, and was very impressed, did have to pay extra for import tax to the courier though

Its this dress:

http://www.lightinthebox.com/A-line-Off-the-shoulder-Chapel-Train-Satin-Luxury-Wedding-Dress--WGY0547-_p106040.html?utm_campaign=cartcross

I chose the colour to be lavender, and also i'm looking for jewellery to make it Princess Zelda themed so elven diadem and one of those twisted necklet thingie but i might have to get it custom made (get the triforce symbol in there! a celtic circle pattern might do the trick) I want it to be more classy looking, subtle and delicate. not sure about long silk gloves. might buy some costume one first to see if they work.

For those of you who dont know who princess zelda is here a picture;

http://www.zeldauniverse.net/images/games/tp/characters/zelda.png

and yes, i'm a complete nerd ^^;

B-E-A-uuutiful!!! x

B-E-A-uuutiful!!! x

OMG I nearly got this dress but changed my mind before ordering. I was going to have to coloured part red like in the picture! It is beautiful hope it is everything you're wishing for x

Are you having that sort of Zelda style as a theme for the whole wedding or just your look?

That dress is perfect for it! fingers crossed it looks as good when it arrives!

Gorgeous dress, love the detailing on the top. Keep us updated with how it goes !!

Weeeeeeell,

heres the genius of our plan! Me and my fiancee are big fantasy nerds. we would, if we could, go whole hog and go crazy with theming! suits of armour, crowns the works (found a wedding costume supplier in Corwen north wales, they do banquets for Ruthin castle). but his family is traditional and he doesnt want to alienate them which is fair enough.

so instead were theming our favor, decor, flowers, jewellery etc etc. now, like i said we love lots of fantasy games/movies/book and such so were trying to incorporated all of them subtly. For instance, i can get a owl delivering the rings (Harry Potter), seen LOTR's wedding rings, little chests with golden chocolates for party favors, then on top of that I'm making my own bunting and tabards for decoration and on there I'll have symbols for the things we like (GOT Stark wolf, HP Lightening bolt, Skyrim symbol, triforce, and more importantly a d20 shape).

Of course, i want it subtle. so i have to rein it in and not go nuts!! the venues (and civil ceremony location on site) is so clean and contempory it could work! its a set of refurnished barns in Staffordshire!

fortunately my fiancee is a voice of reason, if i go overboard he'll give me 'that look' and put my feet on the ground!

Ooh good luck hope it is amazing, i am getting my dress and BM dresses from DHGate so really hoping they are ok!!

I've fallen in love with a LITB dress! I'm too scared to order though! The reviews on the site are fine, but then I'd expect nohing less...

what are people's experiences with them? or what have people heard?

Don't know what to do as this dress is EXACTLY what I want and I've not seen it anywhere else!

I'll keep everyone posted, this is actually keeping me sane ^^; estimated shipping date is the 11th Oct (so i would guess delivery would be 18th)

as for owl ringbearers ... the bestman is afraid of birds!!!! ROFL! Though he said he'd do it if he had a little training or guidance. But i have read of ceremonies where the bride or groom gets the owl and such so if its too for him we'll work around it. i wouldn't wanna paint him a corner.

Its been shipped! 5-7 days til the moment of truth...

Oooh good news! Cant wait to see it ?

... me neither. well thats about to change. jesus i hope it goes well

Good luck!

I've had my eye on this dress too but in the red, so I'll be watching this thread with interested. Fingers crossed its as good as the photos

Hiyas,

Just a quick note to say that I ordered a dress from litb on the 26th September, and it arrived a week or so ago, got custom measurements option for it, and I am overjoyed with it!

Got to try it on last weekend (getting married 3rd November), and my mum, dad and sister all cried when they saw me in it as they said I looked so good!

Whether it's because I did the custom measurement, or I was generally very lucky (I have seen some terrible reviews of the, as well, and was scared), but I honestly couldn't be happier with the overall quality of the material, the workmanship and the overall look, which is identical to the picture on their site.

I hope all turns out well for you with your order, and hope your experience is as positive as mine!

You've got 19 months to go until you get married - If you've fallen in love with a dress on there, I reckon with this much time on your hands you could take a punt on this. If something goes wrong you've got plenty of time to fix it x x x

To the OP - good luck! I hope it all works out for you - and love the idea of the train in lavendar btw! I'm also one of the guys that thinks ring-bearing owls are awesome so go for it! Looking forward to seeing your wedding pics x x x x

^^^^

THIS!

My thoughts exactly! TBH i was never going to go to bridal shops, i don't have the budget to throw away £1000's. my wedding dress shopping consider of a trip to the trafford centre and going into debenams, bhs, monsoon, coast etc etc then i complained about the petrol cost to get there! ^^; I'm a scrooge. though my penny pinching way did make it possible for me and OH to buy our house.

anyway, as for owlbearers, its on the cut list, if we have to cut them for a better live band, we'll have let them go

pssst, ... my dress is in paris ...

Omg yey!!!! xx

ITS HERE!! and its wonderful! gonna upload pictures if this work.

I cant wait to see pictures eep!

THIS!!

(yup importing images didnt work, why?)

its very well made i have to say! i was really worried after reading those reviews online but its wonderful! the detail is great, fits almost perfectly ... need a loose a little weight, no more than half a stone. one thing that puzzled me .... no charge on the door, fedex man just got me to sign and left ... gonna wait and see if i a invoice shows up but i thought you paid before they released the package?

for more pic's follow this link

https://www.flickr.com/photos/57763080@N07/

I couldn't see the pics on here, but followed the link and they look good. The colours remind me of Cinderella.

Glad you got what you wanted and that it fits!

Looks like you've got away without import duty, they ring you and ask for payment before delivering if you have to pay it (or did with me anyway), dress looks lovely, really pretty

Lovley dress, so happy it worked out for you plus seems like youve got away with the tax. Bargain!!