At Bridal Details:
Da Vinci
This dress was very pretty, but there just wasn't anything interesting about it. The pics are pretty funny, though. ^_^
^Girly moment
^Akward squat so the lady could plop a veil on me, aka my ANTM pose.
^My badass bridezilla pose, aka pointing at another dress in my room. ^_^_________________________
I don't remember what this dress below was, but it was very pretty. I liked the shape but ultimately it wasn't a winner because I didn't like the bling on the butt.
^lol. Manatee!
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Mori Lee 2322
This is a really new dress, actually, and I really liked it. A portion of the proceeds of every Mori Lee 2322 goes to support breast cancer research. And at about $750, it's charitable AND affordable. ^_^ It was dubbed the Art Deco dress by MoJo and mom.
^I was pink and frankly rather sweaty by this point.
^*Ahem. MoJo failed in her train-fluffing capacity but made up for it with taking a ton of pics. ^_^
^Ok, the sample is a little small for me. When it fits all the pleats lay down flat with no puckering (at least, according to the model picture on morilee.com)
^Again with the lack of train and skirt fluffing. ^_^ Tsk tsk.So pretty. So unusual. So hard to make a decision.
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So currently I am torn between 2 Mori Lee dresses. The Art Deco dress (2232) and the silk satin (Mori Lee 4501)--the sweetheart, ruched gown from my previous post (with the horribly blurry pic that doesn't do it or me any justice).
Pros and Cons
*I love how unusual 2322 is. My coworkers have all seen a million dresses and this dress is a bit of a showstopper. However, 4501 is arguably a showstopper as well with the dramatic ruching and bubble train.
*4501 is a corset back and honestly I could walk out of the store in the sample tomorrow. It fits like a glove. 2322 is a zipper back and as I am now, it would have to be ordered a size up and altered back down after (god, hopefully) I lose a bit more weight. And frankly, I'm worried about how difficult it would be to make alterations with all those pleats. Also, it's a fact that corsets fit better, allow you more leeway (just in case! ^_^) and help everything stay where it's meant to be, aka boobage.
*Price. My budget was to ideally stay under $800 (yes, that's a very low number for a wedding dress, but I'm paying for part of the wedding myself and in Nebraska dress prices don't seem to be quite as inflated as in other areas.)
2322=$750
4501=$569
And this isn't counting alterations. Which, again, 4501 would not require any (unless I lost like 50 pounds and that will never happen, nor does it need to ^_^). 2322 could potentially require a lot AND might be more expensive due to difficulty.
So currently, due to ease of ordering, potential comfort and price, I am leaning towards 4501.
Sheesh. What an ordeal. ^_^
