Wedding Blog

I mentioned LaRaine’s when I wrote about my dress hunt, and I have to say - my love for this shop continues to grow!

Sunday afternoon I packed up my dress, my crinoline, my shoes, and a strapless bra (of course I forgot my camera…), and I headed over to LaRaine’s for my first fitting. Everything went well — I was happy to see that my dress is still a little big for me and needs to be taken in an inch or two. In addition, Topher (the alterations guru) is going to remake the neckline for me. While it’s currently straight across, he’s going to make it into a sweetheart neckline. He’s putting in a three-point bustle, and that’s about it. No hemming necessary!

And now for the really good news… LaRaine’s is relocating! They’ve outgrown their current store on St. Charles Avenue (across the street from Neighbor’s), and they’ve bought a building about two blocks down. For those Atlanta brides familiar with Virginia-Highland, they’re moving to the building that used to house Harvest restaurant, right next to the CVS on North Highland Avenue. They hope to move the week of Thanksgiving, just in time to be ready for all of the new brides-to-be that get engaged over the holidays. Hey, I was one! Mr. Magnolia and I got engaged on December 1st of last year!

Also, the store is taking on two new designers…

Essense of Australia

and Kirstie Kelly for Disney.

Now, I didn’t know quite what to expect when I first heard that Disney was developing a line of wedding gowns… but after seeing their designs in several wedding magazines, I have to say that I’m very impressed. In fact, if Mr. Magnolia and I had decided on a destination wedding, I think this “Jasmine” dress would have been high on my list of must see dresses!

So like I said, LaRaine’s is fabulous, and it’s absolutely worth a visit if you’re dress hunting in Atlanta!

I do have one quick side note - please keep in your thoughts the victims and the families of the victims from the beach house fire in Ocean Isle, NC on Sunday morning. I found out earlier today that not only did several of the victims attend my high school, but my brother was friendly with some of the boys, and I actually used to babysit for one of the girls who was killed. When something this tragic hits so close to home, it’s pretty unsettling, and it’s definitely put some things in perspective today…