Weddingbee Blog

You know how sometimes someone mentions something, sort of in passing, and it’s a thing that you would love to have happen, but you are not sure how serious they were, and you don’t want to make the relationship awkward? The beauty of blogging is, you never have to deal with that awkwardness. You can suggest anything on your mind, and hope that it may possibly work out.

When I wrote about the vintage bow-on-the-butt dress on my personal blog awhile back, I found a comment in my inbox from a commenter called “bridal fashion by MILLIE” saying:

“I SO would have let you borrow a MILLIE gown…”

I was of course, intrigued, and so I wrote back to her. Our banter continued back and forth, with my hopes slowly building each time that this might actually pan out.

It took a couple of emails, and a few phone calls, and then it happened. We reached an agreement. In return for a dress and two boleros, I was to provide the images from the shoot for them to use however they would like.

These gown are not your average Run-Of-The-Mill-Use-Sequins-To-Distract-From-The-Fact-That-The-Dresses-All-Look-The-Same type of dress. Affordable doesn’t have to equal ugly, people.

Going through the dresses to pick the right one was so fun, I kept going back and forth, over and over until I came to a decision. Before you see which one I chose, scroll down through the options to see why the decision was so hard.

The Emily was the first dress we eliminated. Although it would be very forgiving (figure-wise), and would pack so compactly, it didn’t have the drama we were looking for.

This is the Shayne. I of course, love the pleated tulle at the bottom with all my heart, but I am thinking that the twins would be saying hello quite frequently in something this low (I am quite blessed in the chestal area). I like that it has straps! I didn’t want to be modeling anything that I would be uncomfortable in, since I don’t ever wear strapless things.

The Isabella was actually a contender for a while, and at one point I told Millie it was what we were going to go with, but something with a little bit more me won out in end.

Sadly, the Tyla had to go because she didn’t have a train. My Mom requested a train so I could throw it around and pose. I think she would give me such a nice long line though.

The Miranda is actually my favorite dress. I love love love the crossover bodice! She had to be eliminated because of the low back. I would be wearing a bolero for most of the photos, and we couldn’t have a space between the bolero and the dress. That would just look plain silly. Plus, I think a back that dramatic needed to be shown off, not covered up by a little jacket.

Which left me with…

The Aurora!

My Mom loved her because she would be uber-dramatic in front of places like the Trevi fountain, and I loved the sweetheart neckline! The asymmetrical dropped waist looked flattering, and the back was high enough that a bolero met it. I am just over 5’2″ so a dress like this, with its floaty bottom looked fine un-hemmed.

Anyone else have a dress from a less well-known designer or know of some other affordable gowns? Let’s get a list started and add it to the wiki!

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