The Titanic Dress Story

The Titanic Dress Story

February 25th, 2008 @ 1:50 pm by Mrs. Shortcake

In general, I sleep soundly through the night - except for when I am (according to Mr. Beefcake) singing, talking backwards, or acting out dramatic scenes. I have been fortunate enough to sleep uninterrupted by any nocturnal visitations of the nuptial-nymph. My other half, however, wakes up quite regularly and tells me in fevered tones of his rendezvous with HER…

For example, last night I failed to show up for our ceremony, which, naturally, was being held in the Rose Garden at our university, UBC…

(hmmm… why didn’t I think of that? Stunning view, eh?)

…leaving one Beefcake very anxious and concerned that he had been ditched because… he had “gone swimming in the pool for too long”?

Swimming + groom = broken engagement.

Some bit of logic is missing there, but then again, that was a dream.

For one unlucky bride, however, her big-day dreams quickly became worse than the sprinklings of that tutu-clad tormentress…

(DISCLAIMER: For those of you who are having dresses made by a seamstress, follow the link below and suffer nightmares at your own risk)

For Kerry, seamstress + dress pattern (did not) = dream bridesmaid dresses, but instead, something VERY different…

*dum, dum, dummmmmm*

(the idea behind the bridesmaid dresses)

Read this tale of disaster, despair, and ultimate triumph at etiquette hell.

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8 Responses to “The Titanic Dress Story”

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BaghdadBride

I think anyone who looks at that Titanic dress and thinks it can be made by a hobby seamstress doesn’t know much about sewing. It’s obviously incredibly intricate. Granted the MIL should have just admitted it was beyond her skill level. But as a bride how could you not look even once at the dress until the day of the wedding? I’d demand to see how things were going all along the dress making route.

2/25/08 @ 2:18 pm (reply)

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Angel (message) 1,252 posts, Bumble bee

I love that website, and I have to give kudos to the bride’s mom for shopping like a mad woman to get every dress.

Dang, not only did the dresses turn out less than…um…expected, the MIL was late getting them to the church and barely made the ceremony.

2/25/08 @ 2:23 pm (reply)

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jnicholea

I kind of wish that they had posted a picture of SOMEONE trying on that dress. I am much too crazy detail oriented to have let things go that long.

2/25/08 @ 2:33 pm (reply)

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Michelle

I can’t believe they were actually going to kick people out of the wedding party if they didn’t find them dresses… Puh-leeze. It’s just a dress! If the MOB was that worried throughout the whole process, she should have at least given the wedding party a heads up that they might think about finding something appropriate to wear just in case.

2/25/08 @ 2:45 pm (reply)

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alli (message) 378 posts, Helper bee

I’ve been having wedding dreams lately. First one was about trying to show a picture of the cake I want to the baker, but each time I pull it out to show to them it gets more pixelated and the image is further away and it’s not even the right cake!
Second one a couple nights ago was my photographer showed up with a point and shoot camera and we didn’t even have time for full pictures, plus i never got to see my bridesmaid in their dresses (why? i have no clue) so i had to ask everyone if they looked ok in the dresses i chose and no one would give me a straight answer (i’m nervous about my choice, but hopefully it will all work out).
plus to top it off we were having our ceremony in the middle school i went to, in the gymnasium!
all this started with anxiety over my guest list…oh what fun!

i’m glad i’m not the only one with weird wedding dreams!

and wow, after reading that story, I’m not nearly as concerned with my bridesmaid dresses!

2/25/08 @ 2:47 pm (reply)

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michelle

Maybe it’s just me but I read that post (and the link to the full story) and I really didn’t feel that much for the bride. Or the MoB. I mean, as an adult, planning a wedding, couldn’t the bride have been a little more involved in the handmade dresses she specifically requested for *her* wedding? Why did no one check on the actual progress of the dresses before it became such an issue?

And more importantly, why would anyone post that story online with a picture of the dress to make themselves look like a wedding hero and the MiL as the woman who almost ruined the wedding?

I can’t believe that the etiquette hell post will not get back to the MiL and cause issues. They may not talk about the snafu now, but when it gets back to the MiL that she’s portrayed as a irresponsible, flighty, oblivious woman with no fashion taste to the whole world, I would think it’ll be a different story.

The only thing this dress saga did was make me thankful that: 1. we are not having attendants, 2. the wedding is manageable enough for me to keep track of the big details myself, 3. My mother would never post anything like that online and 4. I have never seen the movie Titanic.

2/25/08 @ 4:14 pm (reply)

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sarahblueeyes23 (message) 47 posts, Newbee

Miss Shortcake - do you think you could post about 1950s shoes at some point?? I’d LOVE it!!!

2/25/08 @ 4:59 pm (reply)

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Laura

I cannot believe that the MOB was going to KICK OUT some of the attendants if she couldn’t find dresses to fit them. My god! What’s more important: matching dresses, or your close friends standing up for you at the wedding?

After I read that, I realized how dang lucky I am- neither I nor FH nor our mothers would EVER dare to try and kick out our attendants. If anything went wrong with the dresses, I’d rather have my friends and sisters stand up there with me in jeans and a t-shirt than kick them out of the bridal party!

2/28/08 @ 12:37 am (reply)