What did your wedding dress look like?

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Hmmmm?

Ist time around- satin/lace Marie Antoinette/shepherdess style dress. (I was VERY YOUNG, ok??? )

2nd time around- I agreed to let my mother make my dress. She made it two inches too short, with the raised grain pattern running horizontally instead of vertically and then blamed me for buying shoes that were too high. I did some fab bead embroidery on it which she made a cat's bum mouth about.

Sigh. Might have to get married again so I can have a proper fab dress.

Mine was red satin from Monsoon, like a Jessica Rabbit dress. In fact when they heard I would be getting married in it, the girls in the shop told me they'd called it the "Jessica" dress It was a column dress with a band across the bust that folded down or up so you could make more of a cleavage (did that in the evening). I had ivy in my hair from our garden, and a scarlet voile wrap around my shoulders. I wore red suede pumps (no heels as am the same height as dh ) I still have the dress - can't sell it as it has a mark on the side (I think from a gin and tonic, thrown during the Gay Gordons ha the irony) but I wouldn't want to anyway. Any anyhow it isn't worth very much in the bridal resale market as it's red!

I absolutely heart this thread!! and love seeing all the beautiful brides.

I bought my dress about a year in advance (in 2000), which was a bit of a mistake really as I had kind of gone off it by the time the wedding rolled around. I thought it was too plain and started hankering after some svarofski sparklies on the bodice.

I got married nine years ago today in NZ and it was a beautiful hot hot hot and sunny day 28 degrees. The dress is a bit dated now as was the crystal/pearl tiara!!! Pic on profile.

DH and I are going out for dinner weather permitting, if the babysitter can get to us.

Here is my wedding dress. I love it so much!! But I am not keen on the pictures as I look really thin.

I love your dress Kayzr! And you look beautiful too!

Thanks Gorionine, I do love it so much. As soon as I tried it on I knew it was the one.

Photos on my Profile, taken in August 1998

This was mine. Despite not really doing any dressmaking since I was 11 I managed to make it (a lot of it by hand because I didn't trust my Mum's dodgy sewing machine!) The material was bought in a sale in Glasgow (think it was about £30), I made a head-dress from a 99p white padded Alice band (99p in Woolworths!) and decorated it with white flowers and beading and attached my Mum's long veil to it that she'd worn; that just about reached the end of the 7foot train.
I was 'well-happy' with my efforts!

I can't find any pics of dresses which resemble mine. Hulababy, btw, I must say how great your DD pictures are - I love the school uniform

Got married last year and had a Pronovias lace gown with sleeves - really didn't want the strapless, boobage spilling out on view for vicar and goosebumpy arm look. Pics on profile.

Very amused by the tacky wedding photos in the middle of this thread!
I did love my wedding dress though and cant bear to part with it even though it is taking up far too much room.
It was a lace fitted strapless fish tail dress with a sash from Sassi Holford. It cost and arm and a leg but it was worth it.

Ian Stuart Napoli - loved it.

www.sellmyweddingdress.co.uk/database/images/big/A329/775949302.jpg

Virgin Bride (snigger) two piece, Heavily beaded strapless (big mistake, my norks were main attraction I think) bodice, plain white (double snigger) A-line satin skirt.

Very much like a gazillion of other women, no idea of make/name of dress.

It did look good on the day, but looked better when I lent to a petite size 10 mate (10 years younger than me and very exotic looking) who had it altered and looked stunning. I didn't appreciate how bad I'd feel about that, especially as reception was in same place and I was 2 months post natal after gaining 4 stone with DS1

Bitch

It was the first one I tried on that looked reasonably decent. I had noone to go dress shopping with and was cacking it and just wanted to cry. Looking back now I would have had something completely different. It looked ok I guess (there may be a pic on the profile) but it just wasnt me

ok it seems I no longer have a profile, yet it shows on some posts

Your dress looks lovely bronze. I also had no-one to go shopping with, it was very

Dibbydab - I'm not convinced the masks really worked with the look.

Dibbydab - I'm not convinced the masks really worked with the look

Really? I'm fully expecting to see them in this month's "Brides and Weddings" magazine as the new thing for the spring. OK, I couldn't work out how to chop the heads off in the pics and the kids don't belong to me so I have to cunningly disguise them to avoid lawsuits from parents...

Thnaks MrsSB- It wasn't a bad dress just not me. Why is wedding dress shopping on your own sad? I dunno but it is

Dibby- those pics are a little freaky
The pictures would look lovely I'm sure if people had a little...expression? in their faces

snowball that dress is just sooooo beautiful!!!

slowshow- gorgeous

Thanks fanjo! ?I loved it - it was twice my budget and the agreement was to sell it afterwards. (the one ont he link isn't my one - just the quickest I could find for a piccy).

DH didn't give me a hard time when he saw me and I am relieved that no-one has ever made a serious offer on it!