Please tell me about lovely alternative wedding dress

[threeleftfeet]

Possibly getting a little ahead of myself as DP only proposed yesterday!

But hey, I enjoy thinking about frocks

I'd like to get married in something colourful, def not white or a traditional wedding dress style. Not sure what yet.

Can anyone tell me about nice alternative wedding dresses you've seen / worn?

How about Vivienne Westwood or Alice Temperley.
Sorry about the link to Vivienne Westwood - I am trying to find one which has a dress which is perfect for the bigger busomed! These might give you an idea.

I was about to say Temperley - also check out the non-wedding styles from Jenny Packham.

Hmmm, hippyish...
How about (if we're going high end) Jenny Packham and, although these are bridal you can steal ideas, Claire Pettibone.

Ooooh, emsyj, great minds must think alike!

Thanks babysaurus and emsyj :)

I absolutely love the dress that Vivienne Westwood is wearing herself in the Mirror article!

I'd get married in that in a flash if it looked good on me.

I'll have a look at the others now.

The Westwood dresses are amazing on too! Pull you in in and push you up in all the right places! They have corkers in Selfridges (think emerald green or deep scarlet) but I can't find them on the websites, which is odd. You can also, if you got the urge, wedding it up if you wanted!

erm, sorry for the overuse of exclamation marks...

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OOh yes Claire Pettibone, good suggestion!!! She does one (or used to, might be discontinued now) called 'Lalique' that has coloured flowers on it. Beautiful, and very unusual.

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The Claire Pettibone ones are stunning, would suit my plans if they could be adapted to be a bit less weddingy maybe.

I like the gold one in the video best.

The Lalique one is pretty - but it looks like a wedding dress fo me. I'm keen to have something which doesn't look at all like a wedding dress.

(Difficult aren't I?!)

"erm, sorry for the overuse of exclamation marks... "

No worries, I share this affliction!

So that dress that Westwood is wearing herself, would that be one of hers? I assumed it'd be something unique that us mere mortals wouldn't be able to buy?!

I'm enjoying this btw :)

rubyrubyruby

I had my wedding dress made by Joanne Fleming in Brighton - she will design and make anything and also does evening wear and uses lots of colours. Worth a look. www.joanneflemingdesign.com

They are utterly amazing in the flesh too. They cost an arm and a leg, but (ssh!) you can always adapt and design your own (if you get my drift) if you need to. Also, simple shapes but with amazing fabrics can be just as stunning.

Whereabouts are you? Blackburn Bridal stock some of her designs so you could go for a try on / mess about. Also, I suggest trying all manner of styles and designs as a lot of people find that they go for something they would never have initially considered. Even though it's a wedding dress shop, they can work around making the dresses less weddingy if needs be.

Ooooh, emsyj, those dresses are lovely! Especially the longer one's. Swoon

threeleftfeet yes, the dress Vivienne Westwood is wearing is a one off. Sorry!

I used to live about 200 yards from Blackburn Bridal!!! They have some very high end stuff in there, worth a visit just to be 101% sure that you don't want a 'wedding' dress...?

Does anyone know where I would find more unusual stuff like that I wonder? Probably smaller independent designers I imagine? (But where are they?!)

like what , for example? like the Joanne Fleming dresses?

ps I agree, do go and try wedding styles on just to make sure.The amount of people who hate wedding dresses with a passion and then decide the opposite is staggering! After all, you don't have to buy one and it makes sense to make sure you really really REALLY don't want one!

Unusual enough for you?