Weddingbee Blog

On the day of my wedding, I will be having a traditional Thai Water Ceremony at my mother’s home in Westchester. My dilemma now is getting a Thai dress to wear. Unlike the myriad of Chinese Bridal shops in the NYC area, I have yet to find a Thai one. Actually, I don’t think one exists (but hey I could be wrong). I pretty much have 2 options here as I see it.

1) Find a Thai dressmaker here in NY and have them tailor one for me. (Although, I think finding the appropriate matierials, unless they have a large selection at hand, will be quite challenging.)

2) Take a 2 week trip to Thailand for my vacation sometime next year and have one made there.

Of course, I’m loving the thought of being whisked off to Thailand to pick and choose what I want there. On top of that I also wanted to pick out some favors and Thai decorations there as well. (I’ll get into my thoughts & ideas about decor later.) Now I’m on a mission looking at different Thai dresses/styles, and picking and choosing some of my favorites. (God, I love the internet!) Here are some of the dresses/styles I’m taking into consideration.

I just added the blue one because I love the way the color just pops out. Beautiful… But my favorites are the 1st and 2nd one.

I actually wore a Thai dress for my engagement ceremony. I’ll have to find a picture where I am standing up when I get home. Here’s a picture of me sitting down with my uncle after the ceremony. Please disregard the crazy hair day I was having. And just for kicks I also added in a picture of me cheesing it up for the camera. Despite my messy hair, I think the expression shows how extremely happy I was that day. I can only begin to imagine how happy I’ll be on my wedding day.

Which of these dresses do you think looks best? Are any of you ladies also having a cultural ceremony? What cultural background are you from? What kind of dresses will you be wearing?