Weddingbee Blog

My sister has a very good friend who recently got married and got a really expensive veil that she’s willing to lend to me as I’m wearing the same designer she did on her wedding day and our dresses are similar in style and identical in color/fabric. She’s planning on selling it on ebay anyway, so she thought I might as well get some good use out of it before then. If I ruin it on the day of, I’ll of course offer to pay for it, but if not then it’s mine for free for the day! And a something borrowed to boot!

I borrowed my veil from a friend and she got it at the Vera Wang sample sale. Depending on what type of veil you want and how crafty you are you can go to the garment district and buy the tulle and make a veil yourself. It’s really not that hard to do.

I got mine from David’s bridal. They worked with the dress and I thought they were a fair price. They were also very simple too. I have two veils because we bought a fingertip one when we bought the dress…but then when I lost 35 lbs the cathederial length looked awesome. So we got that one too…I will wear one at the reception until major dancing starts, and the cathederial at the ceremony. The most expensive veil was $99.

we’re making my veil. a friend’s mother has offered to do, but from what i gather, it’s really not difficult at all. the material is fairly inexpensive, even if you’d like a chiffon veil or an alencon lace border.

I actually bought 2 veils to wear for the ceremony. Both were from Alfred Angelo, and they just came out in January. I have a cathedral length one that cost about $200 that I will tuck under my updo. Then I have an fingertip length that cost about $100 that will tuck in just above my updo and will lay on top of the longer veil. I was amazed at how good it looked! I didn’t think I’d like it when they were picking things out, but it turned out amazing!

if you, or someone you know, is remotely skilled with a sewing machine you should try making it. i made myself two different styles of veils. i spent $17 total, including the beautiful rhinestone haircomb i’m using to attach them with. if you don’t know how to make a veil visit your local fabric store. they usually have instructions for free, not to mention tons of old ladies that are more than happy to help you. also there are some instructions on Michael’s website too! good luck!

Bridal Veil Falls on East 9th Street is amazing!! Margaret does custom veils only. she did mine for somewhere around $200– entirely custom in the fabric of my choosing. check her out. she rules!
http://www.bridalveilfallsnyc.com/

I made mine and it cost about 4 bucks!

Thanks for all the advice guys!!

Mrs. Daisy - I’ll definitely check them out!

I have also contacted Occansey Designs who says they can either mail me a sample of the edging or I can buy it myself and send it to them to make the veil with, so there’s a good chance I’ll end up going with them.

I TOTALLY wish that I could just make my veil, or find something similar, but it’s just tooo hard to match and too specific, and I don’t think I could attach the edging nicely enough. But kudos to all of you who are!!!! In my next life, if I had a dress that would go with another type of veil, I would toootally make it myself!

you live in nyc, where there’s an entire district dedicated to fabrics. you’ll find lots of different tulles and laces to your hearts desire! check out sposabella lace and other similar places in the garment district. http://www.sposabellalace.com/index.html