I posted last week or so about going dress shopping with my mum and BM and being a bit concerned about their reactions.
I loved the dress I already had (especially with a petticoat and sash on) and it felt very me, but neither my mum nor my BM we overly keen because it wasn't floor length or bridal enough!
Here is my original choice (also FH and I chose this one together, he has been very much involved in these things and his opinion on what I wear on the day is important to me)
I knew that I was potentially letting myself in for finding a new dress, and I said all along to FH, BM and my mum that if I found a dress where I felt like my world would end if I couldn't wear it on my wedding day I would buy it.
So we picked a few dresses and a few were massive disasters (no pictures unfortunately!) Beautiful dresses but nothing that wowed any of us on my figure.
It was a factory outlet so we weren't expecting much if any help from the staff but actually the lady helping me in and out of dresses used to work in a conventional bridal shop and was AMAZING! She kept nipping out to get other dresses that she thought were similar or that I would like and changing sizes etc. We were only meant to try on 4 at a time but I must have tried on about 8-10 at this point.
Then she brought out a dress. It wasn't on the rails because it was a new shipment so we hadn't seen it, and if I had have seen it I wouldn't have tried it on anyway.
I thought it looked good on, and my BM and mum were making all the right noises haha, then out came the tiara and veil!
And that was it. My mum was nearly in tears and I had never felt so beautiful in all my life!
We tried on a few extra dresses to make sure, here a few no's! Beautiful dresses but not for me.
So after a good 15 minutes of talking myself in and out of buying it I did!
All was well until I was driving home from my mums that night. I had had a lot of pressure from them both about not showing FH. Apparently him not seeing the dress beforehand is the whole point of the wedding. Guess I missed that memo because I thought it was about marrying the person I loved but nevermind that!
I got really anxious and felt like I had had nobody to talk through buying the dress with. Mum and BM were obviously keen for me to get it, but I suddenly felt like I had rushed the decision and had never felt so alone in making a decision in my entire life. I came and cried on and off for hours.
So I showed FH the dress. He loved the back (Yay!) but really did not like the way the lace splits at the front (ah ☹️ ). We tried the dress on again at home, and moved the lace further to the sides to see what that looked like.
And it looks even better than before! ?
Unfortunately I didn't think to get a picture of this but the smooth fall of the sating skirt looks so elegant and the lace drapes beautifully at the sides so I'm really hoping a seamstress will be able to pin it like that!
So all is well again in the land of wedding dresses and I'm super happy about my dress and cannot wait to wear it down the aisle next year!
Bonus flash of the amazing back!
