Mrs. Green Tea, Sacramento
Age and Occupation: 30, Tea Analyst
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Coffee Critic
Engagement Date: November 17, 2006
Wedding Date: August 23, 2008
Blogging Since: June 10, 2008
Venue: Vineyard on the Delta
About Me: I'm just your average obsessive compulsive, arts & crafts loving, funky-on-the-inside/boring-on-the-outside girl, who dares to say 'Hey! I can make that!' Nerdy professional by day, goofy won-ton by night. The won-ton sometimes comes out during the day when I'm fed the dollar breakfast at Ikea. Since our engagement, wedding planning has put me on high alert for bargains and I've been pushing my nimble fingers through callous building experiments!
I Fold
July 18th, 2008 @ 8:30 am by Mrs. Green Tea
Since I purchased my dress so early in the game (3 months into the 21 month engagement), I never had the chance to consider what I would want in a dream dress. Now that Zelda and I are developing a better rapport, I think it’s safe to indulge in a bit of fantasy that may behoove this whole bridal experience.
Wedding dresses showcase such a huge variety of details, and I love so many of them! But if I must select only one to speak for me, folds would be my pick. Lines and gathers and pleats, oh those glorious pleats! So clean yet carrying complexity, so simple while oozing sophistication, so defined but with ease, and just so so so lovely…
This Priscilla Of Boston is the kind of sexy I wish I could be:
Too romantic to be ‘me’ but this one from Lazaro bridal is just too pretty to not share:
I’d rock these two bridesmaid dresses as a bride in a heartbeat.
From Alvina Valenta:
and this one by Jim Hjelm:
I could never pull off the softness but this from LuciDiBella makes me wanna bathe in Downy:
Here are three from Saison Blanche, and I’m:
1. Digging that funky loopy loop
2. Drooling over the pleats at the bottom
3. Dreaming…just dreaming…
This from Watters looks fun, and I sooo wish I had cool straps…
And no words need to precede this Vera Wang:
What wedding dress details do you drool over?
14 Responses to “I Fold”
I love that Vera Wang and I love pretty much anything by Lela Rose…
this is my favorite…if I could buy any dress, I would buy The Foundry. It’s under the Fall 2008 weddding collection and it’s number 3. http://www.lelarose.com/
Miss Green Tea,
I totally and utterly agree with you. pleats, folds, ruffles, crumb catcher necklines are beautiful- details in the structure of the dress rather than stuck onto the dress like beading. love it!
Love the first dress - so pretty!
these dresses are fantastic! great taste!
I love pleats and ruching too. That’s pretty much the only detailing on my gown. Great picks!
Ah! We have something in common! I looooove pleats. This is my gown from Sottero & Midgley: http://www.sotteroandmidgley.com/dress.aspx?showAll=1&style=ASM3163 It’s hard to see the pleats since they are so small… but they are layered all along the bottom of the dress and up the back. It’s soft and flowy, which is why I chose this dress. It was comfy!
Otherwise… I would have DIED to have this gown: http://www.maggiesottero.com/dress.aspx?keywordText=daria&line=m&keywordType=any&page=0&pageSize=8&style=S5058 It wasn’t a comfortable dress though. It was very heavy with all the pleated fabric and beading. My mom told me that I needed to be comfy on my big day, which is why I chose the first one. Kinda regret it now though since it’s the only day where you’ll get to be THIS glamorous. But oh well… it’s just a dress! I’m still happy with the first one. 
That last Vera was my dream dress. I actually tried it on and it’s even more spectacular in person. If it hadn’t had a *double digit* price tag, I’d have bought it. It was just that amazing. Seriously, though–$14k.
I love your selections, these are all very unique! I <3 the Saison Blanche dress, but mine is Alvina Valenta so I cannot complain! 
That first one just ran away with my still beating heart!
The pleats at the bottom reminds me of a certain somebodies wedding dress…
since seeing it on a friend’s gown, i’ve been obsessing over the pleating. its such a cute accent and i lub it.
LACE AND SILK
I tried on that Vera Wang dress when I went dress shopping last year (even though I wore an Indian outfit, I didn’t want to deny myself the chance to try on wedding dresses!). It was absolutely stunning– the detail was unreal.
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