The dress… it has arrived.
And I could not be happier.
It was a looooong road to get here. When we first got engaged, I shopped around the internet looking at photo after photo after photo of wedding dresses and by doing so, came to the conclusion that I really wanted a short one.
Then I took some of my co-workers with me to a bridal salon and didn’t realize that I would basically have to get naked in front of them. It was awkward and I didn’t feel right in any of the dresses. Plus… there were none that rose above floor length.
Then my maid of honor took me to David’s Bridal (where she had gotten her dress) and I really didn’t feel right in any of their dresses — they made me feel chubby and the material was all itchy and I felt like I was in a wedding factory. (She looked awesome in her dress from them — it just wasn’t for me).
Right after our failed David’s Bridal escapade, we decided to walk around SoHo and look in all the fancy shops for a fancy dress that I could wear as a wedding dress and we came across Morgane le Fay. A shop that sold the most beautiful big, white, float-on-air dresses I had ever seen. They were nothing like your ordinary wedding dress, they were unique and beautiful… and… of course… three times my budget. I was ready to get one (but my cost conscious maid of honor talked me down).
And then, after scrolling through (literally) 90 pages of etsy.com wedding dresses, I came across Janay Andrews of Janay A. Handmade and I fell in love with her amazing wedding dress separates. EVERYONE in my life thought I was CRAZY to order a custom dress without seeing the designers work in person and without getting measured at her shop. And about two days ago, I was starting to agree with them. In fact, I had a not-so-minor breakdown in which I made Beau agree that we could fit it into the budget for me to go back to Morgane le Fay and buy a $3,000 dollar wedding dress last minute because I was SURE that my custom dress would be awful.
But… it arrived in the mail yesterday and Beau laced me up when she got home (there is no way I could wait until our wedding day to get her opinion), and we both agree… it is PERFECT.
I can’t believe how lucky I am… I have a custom, handmade, dupioni silk wedding dress with lace details that cost me $755, including shipping and I ADORE it. I really do.
You’re gorgeous — and so is your dress! Love it!
You look amazing! I’m totally in love with it! But, then I’m quite the sucker for short wedding dresses, and fun poofy skirts. And, am I seeing pockets? Love it!
I think you are definitely seeing pockets and that is the cutest wedding dress in the whole world.
Yup, those are pockets. I’m still on cloud nine — the dress is everything I wanted it to be. Thank you all so much for you kind comments!
What’s goin on at the hemline??
Asymmetry, baby… And the tule peeks out all the way around. I heart it.