Desperate plea, I need you! Help me find a beautiful dress.

[Booja]

Things have been going badly wrong, everytime I attempt to get a fabulous frock it has failed dismally. Time is running out and I think I may cry now.

I need a dress. A bit of a wow dress. For summer wedding - not traditional white. Budget up to four hundred pounds.

Size 10, slim and short. I think I'd prefer shorter, calf/knee length.

Any ideas?

I like that second one in lizandlulu but I was trying to avoid white really. I know a bit strange given that its a wedding.

Its a bit of a pain tbh - I had to go through a bridal shop - lots of them stock Jim Hjelm and will be willing to order in specific ones for you to try on if they haven't got a sample of the ones you like. Prices - I looked at about 5 or 6 different ones and none were more than £300

i really liked this as well

Thanks TSM.
I think I may need to face the possibly looks and go into bridal shops to ask for bridesmaid dresses for my own wedding!

Yes I also liked that monsoon one, I just was a bit scared of such a bold colour.

too long and over budget

very lovely though!

why are all dresses either mini or really long?!

this? or this? maybe something like this?

too white?

Mmm not sure about that yknotc I think it might seem a bit shapeless on me.

Thank you for this though, I really appreciate it. I'm going to have to go and sort tea now so thank you all very much I think I've got a couple written down to try on and I'll brave bridal shops as well.

I suspect I'm just overthinking it all now, there's such a pressure to get the dress exactly right that it has begun to cloud everything else!

this?

I know you said nothing long, but this one is a brilliant colour IMO.

HERE

some of these are nice.

Paul Smith? I love the detail on the back.

www.paulsmith.co.uk/mainline-256/womens-dress-g7sw-408a-pq407-650/product.html?LproductId=6719

Patsy

Somebody posted that VW dress on another thread a month or two ago. It is gorgeous - and deffo has the "Wow" factor!

www.net-a-porter.com/product/31306 is lovely and under budget. simple style not sure if wow enough??

www.net-a-porter.com/product/31306

Do you definately want a dress ? Something like this could be nice

top

skirt

more weddingy skirt

coat

Could look wow .. Sort of this effect but without being white

Do any of these fit the bill?
I think they are GORGEOUS
www.monsoon.co.uk/icat/bridaldresses?curpage=2&bsref=monsoon

I reckon bridesmaid dresses is the way to go ..

Something like this. You can click for UK stockists - blue and pink are both lovely

or this

The vivienne westwood ones are gorgeous.