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Mrs. Donut, Singapore/Natchez, MS Age and Occupation: 31, Classical Singer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Attorney Engagement Date: January 28, 2007 Wedding Date: May, 2008 Blogging Since: November 27, 2006 Venue: St. Mary Basilica & the historic Eola Hotel, Natchez About Me: I am a displaced Southern belle trying to orchestrate our big day with my sweetie while living in a land far far away. When not planning for our classic Southern celebration, I love to read, travel, explore my artistic side, and bake brownies for Mr. Donut, who happens to love eating them. It works out well.
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Finding The Dress: Part I

January 25th, 2008 @ 11:27 am by Mrs. Donut

This time last year I knew two things. First, that we were moving to Singapore. Second, we were getting married. Our first concern was the when and the where. Once that had been determined, it was time to get down to business and start on the details. Of course, like any giddy, brand new bride-to-be the first detail that came to mind was The Dress. Since we were still in Mongolia with nary a bridal salon in sight, I turned to the ever trusty Internet to do some virtual dress shopping.

My first stop was The Knot. I think every bride knows what an invaluable tool The Knot is and I am no exception. I pored over countless dresses, popping over to designers’ websites if I really liked their work, then hitting google for more eye candy if I really, really liked a specific style. This lead to the discovery of sites such as Preowned Wedding Dresses (.com), Your Dream Dress, and Scarlett’s Closet. These sites carry preowned or sample dresses and they provide one very important piece of information I can’t seem to find anywhere else - they list the original price for each gown. If, after all the research, I still wanted to “try it on”, I’d save it in a special file simply titled “The Bride”. Here are just a few of my favorites:

from Scarlett’s Closet

{Christos gown}

{Romona Keveza}

from Your Dream Dress:

{This is a seriously gorgeous Austen-esque Carolina Herrera dress.
Seriously. Look at the detail.}



from Preowned Wedding Dresses:

{Melissa Sweet}

{Monique Lhuillier}

These dresses, collected from various places around the web,
also made it into The Bride file:

Row 1: Watters Brides, Posh Girl Vintage, MC Signature Bridal
Row 2: Christos, Vera Wang, Romona Kaveza
Row 3: Amy Kuschel, Jim Hjelm, Melissa Sweet’s Hallie
Row 4: Matthew Christopher, Melissa Sweet’s Fern, Posh Girl Vintage

After a few months of image collecting, it became pretty clear what kind of dress was going to be My Dress. She was going to be a strapless modified a-line/mermaid/trumpet gown. She wouldn’t have sparkles or beads, but she would probably have lace, preferably alencon. She would have an empire waist or some sort of waist accent, like a ribbon. Most important of all, she had to go with Mama Belle’s cathedral length veil.

{This is NOT Mama Belle’s veil. It does, however, look very much like it.
Veil with venise lace.}

I finally knew what I was looking for. The question was, how was I going to find it?

11 Responses to “Finding The Dress: Part I”

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nittanybride says:

GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! Wow!!! I love love love ALL of the dresses you have picked so far and the veil will be just beautiful with whichever dress you choose!!

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Miss Cherry Blossom says:

The dresses are GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!! My goodness I was salivating as I was reading through your post! Did you try veilshop.com? I just got my veil and I ubber LOVES it!

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FutureMrsB says:

I love the cathedral length veil! I plan to get the same with a slim A-line style gown. I’m going to check out veilshop.com too. Their prices are reasonable. This style veil is going for hundreds of dollars at a local boutique.

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anna says:

i LOVE the romona kaveza and melissa sweet!!!

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beanchar says:

You really found some lovely gowns. Can’t wait to see what you picked.

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Miss Hydrangea says:

Those dresses are gorgeous, I especially love the first two. I can’t wait to see what you ended up with!

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Miss Lovebug says:

omg, I LOVE that Caroline Herrera dress. Where’s my time machine, damn it?

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Jo says:

Row two, photo one is my dress - it’s an absolute DREAM.

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Thea T says:

ha, i have nearly ALL those same photos clipped too! Sounds like we have very similar tastes in dresses, except for the veil. It’s a birdcage for me!

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hjo says:

The Vera Wang dress is mine! I’ve never seen anyone else pick it before. All of your choices are beautiful.

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C. says:

Hi,

The Romona Keveza dress in your blog belongs to me. I’m a little uncomfortable that you took a picture of my dress from another site where I posted it for the past few months and put it here without saying something first.

In the future, could she please let you know if you plan to borrow any of my photos.


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Mrs. Donut Mrs. Donut, Singapore/Natchez, MS Age and Occupation: 31, Classical Singer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Attorney Engagement Date: January 28, 2007 Wedding Date: May, 2008 Blogging Since: November 27, 2006 Venue: St. Mary Basilica & the historic Eola Hotel, Natchez About Me: I am a displaced Southern belle trying to orchestrate our big day with my sweetie while living in a land far far away. When not planning for our classic Southern celebration, I love to read, travel, explore my artistic side, and bake brownies for Mr. Donut, who happens to love eating them. It works out well.