Weddingbee Blog

We’ve got a winner in the dress category! For my mom, that is… she’s been on the prowl for something to wear to my wedding, so we spent the afternoon in the dressing rooms of Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor and Nordstroms. She had already gone through numerous outfit changes, all of which produced an “Ehhh… that’s just ok…” reaction from both of us. Taking her overall style into account, we figured she would end up getting a fairly traditional two piece mother-of-the-bride-ish type dress. Something like this:

She tried on numerous ones, but none of them really screamed “PICK ME!” We almost gave up until I pointed out a beautiful cream lace bolero, and she said, “I LOVE that!” Which drew me to a particular dress I thought would work with the cut of the bolero. When she put on the whole outfit, we both said, “WOW!” And here we have the winner (sorry for the poor camera phone pic)! I told her to place her hand at her waist, hehe.

It’s hard to tell, but the dress is actually a hot looking empire waist halter with a sweetheart neckline. The fabric a periwinkle blue chiffon. It gathers into a little twist in the middle, and the extra fabric drapes down, thus hiding my mom’s “tummy” which she is paranoid about (Spanx, perhaps?). I love that the dress makes her look really tall, and she is more comfortable with her upper arms are covered. The cost of the whole outfit (from Nordstroms)? Under $200! I was trying to find the bolero on nordstroms.com in case anyone was interested, but they don’t seem to have it. Let me know if you want me to find out the brand… it was only $75ish!

Although she really wanted to find a dress that would complement my deep red color scheme, I told her that it was much more important she find a dress that complements HER, and that makes HER feel pretty. After all, she’s gonna be walking me down the aisle too, along with my dad!

Next… she’s planning on growing her hair out a bit so its not so “poofy” on top