Now I know there are thousands of wedding dress designers and millions of wedding dresses out there; I’m not going to say my way was the only way to your dream dress but it was a great way!
I think after the venue the next most important thing to sort out is the dress. The venue guides you in certain directions a short fitted dress isn’t suitable for a cathedral and a full blow meringue isn’t right (in my opinion) for a registry office. I knew our wedding was going to involve some interesting transport and a walk down to the beach in St Mawes. I am also fairly short in stature and would be swamped in anything to full.
I did do lots of research this time! I spent ages going through websites, magazines & blogs. One of my favourites for this and lots of other research was Style me Pretty. Magazines I found less useful because nine times out of ten they use 6ft tall size 6 models – difficult to imagine how it’ll look on a far shorter and curvier girl! I got the point where I knew what I wanted but could not find my dream dress. I thought I wanted vintage but have you ever looked at actual vintage? Not a huge choice and not a great range of sizes. I decided I wanted vintage inspired rather than the real thing. I knew I didn’t want full length, there are some great companies, Candy Anthony being one, that do fantastic shorter 1950′s inspired dresses but I found them a little stark for what I was looking for.
So I thought about finding a dressmaker, this is where I really lucked out! One of my bridesmaids, Olivia, was a bridesmaid in 2010 and her friend recommended the dress-maker. I’ll tell you all about meeting her and the making of my beautiful dress in my next post!
