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Wedding dresses I tried on today! Opinions please.

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Smurfgirl · 05/04/2007 22:07

I want a big meriangue wedding dress btw I am young and its a big church wedding so bare with me in terms of bigness etc.

So I liked this a lot but it was a bit asymetrical-
dress 1

I loved this one - I keep thinking about it, its very much what I imagined I would like. Will def try on again.
dress 2

I really liked this one, its very 'fluffy' (ie the skirt looks like a duvet) for my tastes but I felt fab in it, really princessy and it was flattering, and now I am home I can't stop thinking about it!! Please ignore the colour in the picture! I would have ivory. I would want to try it on again but I wonder if its the one?
dress 3

What do you think?

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MerryMarigold · 05/04/2007 22:28

Lace is ALWAYS lovely (can you guess what I had?!)

PeachyChocolateEClair · 05/04/2007 22:29

Dress two is very, very elegant and you would look like a film star.

I'm not as diametrically opposed to dress 3 as the ohers, but its probably OTT for a Chutch bash.

1 was OK, but very same-old.

HotXMum · 05/04/2007 22:29

Hmm, I think you would be best suited to somat under the bust, princess line. This style gives you height and takes the emphasis away from the ample bosom.

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Smurfgirl · 05/04/2007 22:29

LOL Aloha - friend is v.v.untactful. The most blunt person I know! But I know what you are saying.

Hmm.
same top, different skirt?

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filthymindedvixen · 05/04/2007 22:29

smurfy, you look very pretty in the link you posted. what time of year are you getting married? You can always have a wrap over your arms like in you picture if you are concious of your arms and you fall in love with a particular dress.

Good luck, it's nerve-wracking innit?

LittleEasterLapin · 05/04/2007 22:29

Smurfgirl - from one, er, "not tall" person to another , I think all the detail on number 3 might swamp you. Number 2 is much more elegant and lengthening

Aloha · 05/04/2007 22:30

I think you'd really suit a little 50s style shrug with a strapless dress, to draw attention to your face.

twinsetandpearls · 05/04/2007 22:30

didn't mean to offend but it is hard to carry of a strapless if your arms are not toned.

SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 05/04/2007 22:31

I went to a wedding where the bride had something similarish to No3. It looked very stunning & 'different' for hte first 30 mins and then bugged me and most of the guests for the rest of the day.

Having said that - it is of course your wedding and your dress.

My fav is actually No 1, but appreciate you have ruled that one out. No 2 is a bit plain for me personally - but we all have our own tastes...

twinsetandpearls · 05/04/2007 22:31

Good idea Aloha, I tend to do shrug with strapless.

dandasmummy · 05/04/2007 22:32

Yes. Dress 4 is better than dress 3.

LittleEasterLapin · 05/04/2007 22:32

another vote for shrug or wrap... also, what time of year are you getting married?

Aloha · 05/04/2007 22:32

sort of like this

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Smurfgirl · 05/04/2007 22:33

I want a bolero thingy for the church anyway, i am catholic and would feel a bit naked in front of the priest in strapless!

I do have bad scars on my arms but they are part of me, my family knows about them, my boyfriend loves me and knew me before and after I had them so I feel no desire to hide them away.

Aloha - to draw attention to my face or away from my big bum

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chocolatechipmonkey · 05/04/2007 22:33

I prefer 2. Tbh I would like to see what dress 3 looked like in ivory, perhaps it's the pink that makes it look so awful?

PeachyChocolateEClair · 05/04/2007 22:33

Dress 4 makes even the model look slightly bizarre in a barbie-doll- with- broken-joints sorta way

PinkTulips · 05/04/2007 22:34

blondi... so i wasn't the only one checking out the rest of the dresses!

love this one

this is quite lie no 3 but not pink so doesn't look as awful

this is my personal favourite so far

HotXMum · 05/04/2007 22:35

maybe this

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Smurfgirl · 05/04/2007 22:35

Its October (next year ) so I know I need some sort of cover up.

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luciemule · 05/04/2007 22:35

the last picture with the same top/different skirt is very nice too.
Just remember that your wedding dress is just that - your wedding dress and I wouldn't dismiss any of them from our comments - go back and try them on again but take into account the views from this thread and see if you change your mind. I think you're brave asking strangers' opinions about your own wedding dress: a bit like asking people what baby names they like - it's very very personal.

paddingtonbear1 · 05/04/2007 22:35

no 2 is growing on me. my friend had a similar-ish one for her wedding, but short sleeved not strapless. She had a wrap to go with it as she has a scar on one of her arms. At the reception she started off with it on... then as the night wore on it soon got forgotten!

LittleEasterLapin · 05/04/2007 22:36

Smurfgirl, I had the same thing (bish and I wore matching "cerise" stoles

ooh, this is exciting, I want to get married again, it was so much fun!

CarGirl · 05/04/2007 22:36

pink tulips personal favourite is yummy - nicer shape with the little strap bits too

twinsetandpearls · 05/04/2007 22:36

with the exception of the pink they are beuatiful, almost makes me want to rush down the ailse

PeachyChocolateEClair · 05/04/2007 22:36

i like this

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