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lover99 · 18/12/2024 20:17

MaggieBsBoat · 18/12/2024 20:10

It’s bloody gorgeous! If I hadn’t already secured my prime victim I’d be up for buying it.

seems like it's so easy for everyone else to find someone :( howd you do it?

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MaggieBsBoat · 18/12/2024 20:10

It’s bloody gorgeous! If I hadn’t already secured my prime victim I’d be up for buying it.

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 18/12/2024 19:54

Looks very tacky

RuthW · 18/12/2024 19:51

I like it

Mrswhatsit40 · 18/12/2024 19:49

It's very Maid Marion. I don't hate it, it could look lovely for a spring/summer wedding in a forest with a wreath of flowers adorning your long flowing tresses. I'm thinking Galadriel from LOTR.

Dress the little bridesmaids and pageboys as hobbits and dwarves?

OnlyHerefortheBiscuits · 18/12/2024 19:49

Bodice beautiful but could do with a different texture for the skirt.

Ponoka7 · 18/12/2024 19:47

I like dressing up. Your wedding day is one of the only times you can be properly OTT, so if it suits you, go for it. I like that dress. Mine would (and was) even more ornate.

GameOfJones · 18/12/2024 19:40

The colour of the bottom doesn't go with the top so it looks "off" to me but I actually quite like the style.

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lover99 · 18/12/2024 19:38

DopeyS · 18/12/2024 19:34

I kind of feel that the vast majority of wedding dresses are tacky. They're often huge, white/cream, over the top, impractical. I know mine was. But that's the fun of it. People have different tastes if it's your dream dress go for it. I'm sure the groom will turn up later.

this is so true, i dislike most peoples dresses

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DopeyS · 18/12/2024 19:34

I kind of feel that the vast majority of wedding dresses are tacky. They're often huge, white/cream, over the top, impractical. I know mine was. But that's the fun of it. People have different tastes if it's your dream dress go for it. I'm sure the groom will turn up later.

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lover99 · 18/12/2024 19:26

update: my Mum likes it so it can't possibly be tacky

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tsmainsqueeze · 18/12/2024 18:56

I love it .

BellissimoGecko · 18/12/2024 18:54

It's gorgeous!

SatansBobbleheadedDashboardOrnament · 18/12/2024 18:31

TopshopCropTop · 18/12/2024 16:34

Yes, frightfully tacky, sorry.

I used to get one for 3.50. Nowadays, I employ Jenny Packham to design my lines to the exact point.

Sproglette · 18/12/2024 18:28

I think it is lovely! I wpuld definitely wear it but without any showy/ornate jewellery

Doitrightnow · 18/12/2024 18:14

lover99 · 18/12/2024 10:02

Buying it would jinx it and cement my fate as a lifelong spinster

It won't. I bought my dress a decade before I met DH.

Nannylovesshopping · 18/12/2024 18:04

Yes, tacky, sorry

BigDeepBreaths · 18/12/2024 17:21

tacky is not the word i would use to describe the dress but I cant think of anything positive. I dont like it, sorry.

TopshopCropTop · 18/12/2024 16:34

Yes, frightfully tacky, sorry.

OffTheScales · 18/12/2024 15:52

It's gorgeous and if you like it and got the money then buy it!!

BuT under no circumstances let any potential victim partner see it before the big day!!

Have you somewhere to hide it Carrie??

💝🫶🏼🥂💓🤩

WinterCrow · 18/12/2024 15:45

MumonabikeE5 · 18/12/2024 15:38

Get it in a different colour and wear that instead. Shopping, to a party, big bash, cinema all would be elevated by the wearing

Don't forget cooking and wafting around.

MumonabikeE5 · 18/12/2024 15:38

Get it in a different colour and wear that instead. Shopping, to a party, big bash, cinema all would be elevated by the wearing

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lover99 · 18/12/2024 15:36

Jostuki · 18/12/2024 13:10

If you are slim and attractive you can carry it off. If you're on the heftier size of things and look like Les Dawson, it's best to avoid.

I am slim and attractive but neither of those things seem to be helping me find a victim husband

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lover99 · 18/12/2024 15:13

Butchyrestingface · 18/12/2024 15:11

I quite like it, OP. 😀

I have so far not managed to entice any eligible victim bachelor into holy padlock either. If I buy an identical one, you can come round my house and we can dress up like Miss Havisham and read some Dickens together whilst we drink gin tea.

im outside your door with gin orange juice

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Butchyrestingface · 18/12/2024 15:11

I quite like it, OP. 😀

I have so far not managed to entice any eligible victim bachelor into holy padlock either. If I buy an identical one, you can come round my house and we can dress up like Miss Havisham and read some Dickens together whilst we drink gin tea.