Weddingbee

 I “visited” my dress this weekend, so it inspired me to post about it. I have no closet space at my place to store the thing, so it’s currently hanging at my mom’s. Mr. Lime and I housesat for her this weekend, so he saw it too, (albeit still wrapped up in plastic. I know, I know, I shouldn’t keep it in plastic). Since he’s seen it, I might as well share with the world.

I don’t know how, but at some point early in the wedding planning process I suddently became obsessed with finding a dress. This is one thing I originally thought I’d cut back on as I tend to like clean, unfussy, modern stuff for formal dresses (heck, for everything). I came across Ulla Maija’s website, and found THE dress…at least from the pretty published pictures. It had everything I wanted - clean and sculptural, nice draping, nice back, simple (without too much beading or lace) but not too plain, a unique neckline, and an interesting train (it’s detachable, but the dress itself has a tiny sweep train, too!).

I went to two different Saks stores to try it on, and I loved it both times. However, some of the other dresses I tried on were more flattering. Some of them were about one-twentieth of the price. No matter how flattering they were, there was always something I didn’t like about them. I didn’t cry or have that “wow, this is THE one” moment that many of you have described. Both times I tried it on, I was alone. I couldn’t get it off my mind, though.

I started scouring ebay and preownedweddingdresses.com. I found one that was the perfect size, but the auction had just ended with no buyers. When I contacted the seller, she said she would be posting it on preownedweddingdresses.com shortly. I just couldn’t pass the opportunity up, so I bought it. I had a great experience with the seller, and the transaction was very smooth. It had been dry-cleaned, it is in great condition, AND I got it at a fraction of the retail cost.

The dress fits pretty well. I will need to take the bust and hem in a bit, but I’ve got plenty of time to worry about that. All of these pictures are with the detachable train attached, but the back of the skirt is pretty cool without the train as well. Please excuse the wrinkly-ness and the crappy lighting/background. And the strapless bra peeking out. And the grammatical mistakes in the captions. Oh, and Gromit is quite the critic. Without further ado, my dress.

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