Weddingbee Blog

While on my quest for the dress, I felt like I was struggling. I couldn’t find any dresses that really stood out to me. I kept coming back to dresses with four characteristics, although never on the same dress: cap sleeves, lacey, flowy, or flower details.

After a year of looking, I felt like I was never going to find “THE DRESS”. Then, I went to a Wedding Show in Boston and came across Madeleine’s Daughter, a boutique in Portsmouth, NH. It was a little out of the way for me, but they had this dress:

I was instantly in love.

I loved the lace and the flowy bottom. I’m partial to empire waists, so it had extra appeal. Shortly after the show, I had booked an appointment a state away. I dragged Starfish Mom and Sister Starfish along.

We got there and I wasn’t impressed with the dress. I liked it, but I didn’t LOVE it. I also was annoyed by the silver sequin swirl on the top of the dress, it seemed out of place and it really bothered me.

I told my sales assistant Kerry my budget and the four things I liked about dresses. I showed her some pictures and pretty much said everything I liked and didn’t like about each one. She ended up showing me dresses I never would have thought of and I was starting to actually think I’d find “the dress”.

She brought out dresses with cap sleeves, lace, flower details and dresses that flowed:

She brought out one dress with amazing flower details, but it was less modest than I would’ve like. I realized quickly that I did not want a V-neck. The dress was shot down, although I really love the flower details on the top:

I then tried on a dress with cap sleeves. I loved the top of this dress, but wasn’t crazy about the bottom. It was too formfitting for me, although I did love the laced up back. I thought it was different.

I then tried on a flowy dress. It was a dress by Emerald Bridal. They were having a sample sale, so the dress would be 15 % off and under my budget. It was simple, and I loved it when I tried it on in the store.

I thought it was the one.

By the end of the day, I thought a couple dresses were the one. I went from having the dilemma of not loving any dresses to having the dilemma of not knowing which dress to choose.

Did you try on dresses that specifically fit your criteria, or did you let your bridal consultant give you dresses that she thought would look good on you? Did she pull anything you thought you’d dislike, but were surprised to like?