Mrs. Hummingbird, Toronto
Age and Occupation: 25, Publishing Coordinator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Videogame Designer/Cartoonist
Engagement Date: May 4, 2007
Wedding Date: June 28, 2008
Blogging Since: September 18, 2007
Venue: A garden wedding followed by a tented reception on Mr. Hummingbird's father's property.
About Me: I’m a pop culture loving, vintage obsessed foodie living in Canada’s biggest city with my fantastic fiancé and our lovable fluffy cat Bettie. I’m stoked to marry my best friend and to throw what I hope will be
the most fun and colourful party of our lives.
The Hummingbird Weddingbee Dress Saga (Part 2)
January 21st, 2008 @ 1:57 pm by Mrs. Hummingbird
The Empire (Waist) Strikes Back!
Photos of White Toronto courtesy of toronto.com
Up until recently, I had only been dress shopping one time. Back in August I went with my MOHs Erin and Greg and I tried on about half a dozen dresses at the recommendation of a wedding consultant. While I loved the consultant and have nothing but nice things to say about her, I hadn’t done very much research into dresses and what I liked at that point, so while she picked out some beautiful things for me, nothing really caught my eye and I didn’t have enough knowledge to say or to pick out anything for myself.
With time rapidly ticking away (the wedding is just a little over five months out now), I knew I had to get myself together and pick a style, which for me, meant more dress shopping. I called my MOH Greg and my mom (I had another wedding thing booked with Erin later in the month and I didn’t want to eat up her entire month with dress stuff) and we made plans to go again.
So, though a last minute cold changed my dress shopping support line up (Greg got seriously ill so My Dad took his place), on the 12th, we hit White Toronto, a designer dress shop in Toronto’s chic-chic Yorkville area.
Although I’d put in some good time “book learning” when it came to wedding dresses, finding myself in a room full of the things yet again was a little daunting. But thankfully, I had an expert guide to walk me through the store’s stock. Rebecca was awesome, not only answering any questions I had, but walking from rack to rack, discussing the dress design and giving me ideas on what might work setting or accessory wise (she also works with a vintage jewelry collection so her suggestions were very classic and timeless).
When I finally hit the dressing room almost a half an hour after we started browsing dresses, I went into the change room with half a dozen dresses that, with Rebecca’s help, I had picked out from White’s stock*.
So without further ado, a few of the dresses I tried on (the store does not allow pictures so I tracked the pictures down online.)!
Dress 1: Monique Lhuillier - V Front Lace
The version of this dress I tried on had a latte coloured liner to tone down some of the whiteness. The skirt was very flowy and the lace was classy but not overpowering.
Dress 2: Carolina Herrera - Polka Dotted Chiffon
This dress was very soft and goddess-like. The polka dotted detailing was a sweet but not over powering touch and there is actually a cute little slit underneath the layers that gives a little sex appeal.
Dress 3: Jenny Packham - Beaded Flapper Style
The skirt detailing and the flutter sleeve made this one pretty cute. Very Gatsby garden party.
Dress 4: Nicole Miller - Silk halter
A very basic style made pretty by a great cut. Plus, this was the most reasonable priced of the dresses I tried on all day. **
I completely fell in love with one of the dresses during my White experience, but because we are on a wedding budget, I had to be conservative when it came to the price of my dress, so my search continued . . .
Stay tuned for the final installment!
*In spite of the store’s name, very few of the dresses are stark wedding white which actually works better for pasties like me.
** The dresses I tried on ranged in price from $790-$4400.
