Wedding Blog

Although it hasn’t exactly been a priority, I have been keeping in the back of my mind the idea that in addition to my fabulous wedding dress, I’m going to also need a rockin’ dress for the night before.

Nordstrom.com has become my favorite place to check out fabulous cocktail dresses, and several weeks ago, this one by Maggy London caught my eye:

And by the way, I felt like I was really savvy and trendy when that same dress was featured on Something Old, Something New roughly two weeks after I flagged it for myself!

Last week, I stopped at Nordstrom to try the dress on… but they didn’t have it. In fact, the stores don’t actually carry most of the dresses that they feature online! Who knew? Okay, most people probably knew that, but I didn’t! They were incredibly nice and offered to order it for me, and also let me know that if I ordered it myself and it didn’t fit, that they would be happy to take it back in the store. So that’s good - I may still order it online.

But while I was there, I also spotted this dress:

(So sorry for the poor quality - I cannot find a picture online to save my life!)

It doesn’t look like much on the hanger, but it’s by BCBG MaxAzria, and it’s adorable. For whatever reason, BCBG dresses always fit me well, and I think the navy/black color combo is very sophisticated. Plus, my bridesmaids will be wearing navy the next day, so it even works with the wedding colors!

Here’s the dress on me:

The angle’s not great, because Mr. Magnolia took the picture while sitting on the couch… oh well. Trust me - it’s actually very flattering!

How did you choose your rehearsal dinner dress? Were you on the hunt for something in particular, or did you stumble upon it and just know that it was perfect?