Weddingbee Blog

You may remember my previous dilemma regarding this topic. I was in love with that gray dress (the one that didn’t fit) and lukewarm about the purple dress as a rehearsal dinner ensemble. I ended up wearing it to my San Antonio shower, (belted, as many of you suggested) and think it was perfect for that. But I was in San Antonio with access to my MOH (sista MB), another bridesmaid (little cousin MB) and Momma MB, and wanted to do some dress shopping. Since my wedding dress is being made by Momma MB, it’s the only bridal dress shopping I really get to do.

With all of this in mind, we set out to the San Marcos outlets. Now, I normally hate outlet shopping. It’s crowded and everything is always in disarray. But this time, we went in the middle of a weekday. Very few people were there and there were plenty of things to choose from. And the pluses of outlets are pretty obvious: there are tons of stores, really low prices, and I really don’t care if things are from last year.

I went into Neiman Marcus’ Last Call, and most of the dresses were still 2-300 dollars, so we walked around and found our way in BCBGirls. I’m 5’10″ and so is my sister, and ’girls’ usually equals way too short. But my cousin is 5’4″, so we thought she could find a cute dress for the rehearsal dinner there. Well, I picked something out just to try something on, and didn’t think much would come of it. Though I loved the pleats at the bottom of the skirt, I assumed it would be way too short. I tried it on, and that was it. After trying on one dress and forking over a measly 50 bucks, this trip was deemed a success.

Sorry for the bad picture, but I left the dress in San Antonio, so that I wouldn’t just have to lug it back later. The dress has pleats on the bottom, and the front panel of the skirt has straight layers of fabric that are the same width as the pleats. The top is blousy and has grey, black and teal in it. I’m going to wear it with my matte, grey, pointy toed stilettos. I’ll probably invest in some Spanx as well, but I like that this dress is fitted on the bottom, so I get to feel a little bit sexy during all this wedding business. With a large skirt in the wedding dress, I’ll get to feel pretty, but a little sexy never hurts.

Here’s the skirt portion of the dress. I’m so happy that pleats are playing a big role in this dress. I love pleats.

Any bargain shoppers out there? Do you guys have any tips?