Weddingbee Blog

One of my favorite parts of wedding planning is picking outfits for different events. With our engagement shoot coming up, I browsed my local stores looking for that perfect outfit. I was looking for three things in particular:

1. Slightly dressy
The mans and I decided to go the slightly dressier route for our e-shoot. We’re not going the evening gown and tux route, but think more autumn dress than jeans.

2. Autumn-appropriate
Autumn in NYC can be the most gorgeous weather ever, or it can be a chilly (make that freezing) affair. I needed an outfit that would keep me at least slightly warm while we cavorted around NYC for 2 hours. I soon found out that other than some super cute autumn coats (hello, J.Crew!), most of the dresses in stores were still very light and spring/summery. Boooo.

2. Bold colors, no patterns
When doing my e-shoot outfit research, I learned that patterned outfits can sometimes be a little distracting. I sadly ruled out some cute options like this:

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but decided to stick with a solid, bold color that would hopefully pop in the photos.

Three simple requirements + a girl who loves to shop. This was going to be easy peasy! Boy, was I in for a surprise. I don’t know if it was the self-imposed pressure of finding the perfect outfit or my nervousness about a whole bunch of picture-taking, but I found only 2 outfits that passed muster. Here they are!

Anthropologie 2 Button Dress

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DVF Victorio Dress

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Thoughts?

Did you ever have trouble finding the perfect outfit - how did you get around that?