Wedding Second fitting - here''s my dress!

[PearlDahhhling]

Oh my gosh it''s beautiful! You look stunning! I love the little scalloped lace on the neckline. Very flattering and feminine!

 

[ChinaCat]

It''s sooo beautiful. I love the train- gives it an old Southern feeling, but the rest of the dress is so modern and gorgeous. It looks amazing on you. Am I right that you had a different ML before? If so, this one is much much better.

Is it ML as well?

Oh- and I love your sash. I actually had a similar ML sash, mine was thicker and a latte color with the sparkles. I actually didn''t wear it for the ceremony. I had a long veil like yours that I wore for the ceremony, then before my "entrance" into the reception, I took off the veil and put on the sash- kind of more festive for the reception. It was kind of fun! Just a thought. But I love it either way.

Great choice!!!!!

 

[Blackpaw]

Wow Krissie you look beautiful - that dress is gorgeous on you. I love the belt especially

 

[Krissie]

Wow - I am truly blown away by all of your sweet comments. THANK YOU! I am glad that so many of you like the belt -- I was a bit undecided until yesterday, when I realized that I really did want some sparkle with the dress! I too love the lacework detail. It''s a shame that the skirt detail doesn''t show too well in these pics - in person it''s pretty incredible - hundreds of little micropleats. It gives the dress its own fullness. So, Honey22, Bee*, Violet02, MRM, Iwanna, geckodani, pearldahhhling and blackpaw ... thank you so much!!

 

[Krissie]

Date: 9/3/2008 11:40:57 AM
Author: ChinaCat
It''s sooo beautiful. I love the train- gives it an old Southern feeling, but the rest of the dress is so modern and gorgeous. It looks amazing on you. Am I right that you had a different ML before? If so, this one is much much better.

Is it ML as well?

Oh- and I love your sash. I actually had a similar ML sash, mine was thicker and a latte color with the sparkles. I actually didn''t wear it for the ceremony. I had a long veil like yours that I wore for the ceremony, then before my ''entrance'' into the reception, I took off the veil and put on the sash- kind of more festive for the reception. It was kind of fun! Just a thought. But I love it either way.

Great choice!!!!!

Thanks, ChinaCat! This dress is by a spanish designer called Rosa Clara, but the belt is ML. My original wedding dress was a ML - good memory!

Rosa Clara shows this dress with a huge brooch at the waist, but I think the belt looks a bit more delicate. Plus, I will totally use it to dress up some black tie/cocktail dresses that I''ve got. Wow, I''m so glad that you all like the belt!

 

[mintve]

so very pretty!!

 

[pjean]

Oh, gorgeous! I can easily see why it''s taken so much alteration, but it fits so beautifully now! I love alcenon lace. The last picture of your veil really shows what it will be like.

 

[FacetFire]

Oooh, I am so glad I stopped by tonight! I LOVE LOVE LOVE that belt! It just pulls everything together, IMO. It echoes the lines of the laces and defines your waist perfectly! You look stunning! Yay! I am just so giddy for you! I can''t wait to see the veil all finished too...it looks soooo luxurious!

 

[SarahLovesJS]

So classy and elegant..your gown is really timeless and gorgeous!!

 

[karasue91]

Krissie, you look absolutely stunning in that dress. I tried on a Rosa Clara dress when I was looking and the quality was just exquisite. What a great choice!!!

 

[Krissie]

Thank you so much Mintve, Pjean, Facetfire, Sarah and Karasue! I am so glad that you all like my dress. The only thing I''ve been thinking this week is that maybe I want to add a little more fullness to the skirt - it already has a slight crinoline added in. But the dress swishes and sways beautifully when I walk, and provided the skirt is arranged properly, I think it will look great in photos. I''m not sure that adding some more bulk would really help the line, especially considering it''s a drop waist dress.

Karasue, it''s so funny - I had never heard of Rosa Clara, and I still haven''t ever seen that designer advertised! It will just be my little secret

The gown is exquisite in its construction - it''s just a shame that it had to be ripped apart and put back together again!!

 

[Krissie]

Ladies, do you think I should try to have another layer of crinoline added to the skirt? I am just wondering if it looks a little flat, although the original dress wasn''t poufy per se. I have added a small layer of crinoline between the first and second fitting. I wonder whether it should even be tried, since it''s already been hemmed up. What do you think? I''m not really going for a ballgown look because that isn''t the style of this dress - I guess I just need input on what would look good. Thanks!

 

[FacetFire]

Ooooh, tough choice. I keep going back and forth. My first instinct was to say yes, add another layer. But I think it would look gorgeous either way though, and I know that you didn't end up liking the fuller skirt of your first dress. But maybe just one layer? I just don't know how full it would make it and I would hate for you to not like it because it felt too full. Can they pin one in there for you to try on and see how it looks?

 

[Amandine]

Your dress is gorgeous!

Kudos to your seamstress...the lady at the salon I worked at was good, too, and I am so sad that I don''t know where she is now to do my dress. But a good seamstress is absolutely worth their weight in gold!!