Weddingbee Blog

Okay, ’bee readers. I need your help finding a reception dress.

…which is hard for me to admit. I consider myself a talented shopper. Even if I invent an item in my head, I will find it. I thrive on the HUNT in shopping, so I know my way around everywhere from the best consignment shops and outlets to ring-the-doorbell, high-end retailers. I do the whole internet she-bang: Rue LaLa and Gilt, net-a-porter and outnet, Shop-It-To-Me round-ups, ShopStyle and Bluefly and ASOS, Etsy and eBay, along with Pre-Owned Dresses and Once Wed.

And I cannot find the stupid dress that I invented in my head. I don’t even NEED a reception dress (of course I don’t) but I really want one on-hand for if we high-tail it to the English pub post-reception. (Given my family and friends…highly likely.)

There are two dresses that I was in LOVE with prior to get engaged. (Not that I, uh, looked at dresses before then…)

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[Priscilla of Boston perfection]

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[I wanted to marry this Vera Wang dress, but I cannot find a place that still has it for the life of me.]

Basically, I’d love to find something like these two dresses. Criteria:

• At least cocktail/formal
• Preferably a matte satin material—not cotton or brocade, etc.
• Short or 3/4 sleeves (sheer is okay)
• 34″ length or longer (AKA not a butt-grazing mini)
• I’d prefer a fitted, pencil shape for the skirt (as opposed to a wide, circle skirt), as it suits my frame better. But…beggars can’t be choosers, people. I’ll take what I can get.
• I’d rather be able to return it (i.e. not all Etsy/eBay things are an option)
• Price = I don’t care. I’d probably sell it post-wedding anyway.

So I ask you: have you seen any thing that sounds even remotely like what I am describing? Do you have any secret, gold mine websites? The desperation compels me to look at every link you have for me, so give ’em up if you got ’em!

And for the love of PETE, has anyone in bloggyland seen a sneak peek of Anthropologie’s forthcoming wedding collection? PM it to me! Nobody has to know…