Dress 8 takes the cake

This dress doesn't even need me in it!



Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Yes, it can actually stand under its own power... the dressing room was quite small, and so I had to stand the dress up, unzip it, and leap (yes, leap) into the center opening. It is also MIGHTY heavy. And the best part (aside from the silver sequined bodice, of course) is that it picks up all kinds of dust bunnies and fibers from the floor. I'm wearing a giant swiffer!



And of course when I kneel I look like a cupcake. (I'm the candle.)

One of the David's Bridal employees came around the corner and saw me in it and was like, "Oh my god that's so gorgeous!" Honestly, who ARE these people??

That's it for the David's Bridal Adventure. I'm checking in to having a dress made. Or I'm going to splurge for an Amy Kuschel dress.

Dresses 6 and 7

Numbers 6 and 7 are sort of more of the same...

Weird not-quite-empire waists with really wide belts of beading, huge triangles of busty fabric, and long, unbelievably unweildy trains...



#6 back...



And, we decide it would be ok with about half the fabric at the top...


Number 7:



This is me saying, what is all this going on at my hips? (Notice the rumpled extra fabric and strange darting seams.)



Who likes scalloped necklines, anyway?

Dresses 4 and 5

Both these dresses are tea length...



C & M really really liked this one. I just didn't think it was *me.* (though looking back at it...) I mean, it's fine (except for being a 50-50 poly cotton blend -- ooh, I'm such a snot!), but not me... Now when I say they loved it, I mean they imagined an entire wedding in Rome scenario, daisies in hand, maybe even vintage 60s gloves and shoes, Audrey Hepburn-style sunglasses, etc, etc. I think I'm imagining more flowy and fitted dresses. But they had fun bonding over a love of Annette Funicello. (sp?)



Here's the back. (They didn't like the bow.)

Here's Number 5. (what is with this almost-drop waist? why can't they get their waists right??)





Does this giagantic pink sash make my butt look big?

Dress 3

With this dress I emphasize a rather odd quality of David's Bridal dresses: the, how shall I say, ample busom. That's boning, ladies. I could fit all kinds of things in there. (Boning! Very expensive to alter!)


Probably also explains the ample "full coverage" triangles of Dress 2. And, somebody explain to me the not-quite empire waist which is just above the natural waist?



Statler and Waldorf really liked the back, which was gathered in sort of a radiating star pattern. I think the best part about that dress was that someone's mom came across the partition and saw it and was like, "oooh, that IS a great back!" and no doubt made her darling daughter try it on.

Dresses 1 and 2

So, I pretty much knew it was over as soon as I realized the dresses were polyester and the beading was plastic. But I'm a good sport.

Number One:


Me, being a good sport.

I did like this one in the brochure - I thought the cap sleeves were cute. But in reality the dress (and the sleeves) just kind of fit strangely. Actually, ALL of the dresses fit strangely. I think they do that on purpose -- there's an alterations price list IN the fitting room, and there are a lot of things on these dresses that would need altering!

Number Two:

Look at me, I'm a geometry project! This week: triangles.

Number Two Back:





So, I did like the back - it has a swath of chiffon running down it. (Anna, I think you sent me this one.) In the brochure it's photographed from the back. Probably because the back looks great and the front looks like triangles.

Statler and Waldorf didn't like either of these... they didn't like the thick empire beading.

The David's Bridal Adventure

So on Friday the 17th, I went to David's Bridal. The bottom line is that the best part about David's Bridal in Pinole is that it is right across the street from an In-N-Out Burger. Yum.

I have two words for David:

Polly. Ester.

Yes. As soon as I realized that, I knew it was over... but good sport that I am, I shimmied (in some cases, lept) in and out of dresses for about an hour.

Funny that they claim at David's Bridal that, in your 1 hour appointment, you usually have time for 3-4 dresses. I tried on 8. (I tried on 13 in an hour and a half at Amy Kuschel!) What's the hold up here, people?? I just don't get it.

I had Statler & Waldorf with me, which kept things lively. :)



on to the dresses...

Bridesmaids dresses from hell

Ever wonder what you get when you google "bridesmaids dresses from hell"?
You get this.

 

Yikes! 

the question of the poofy skirt...

In answer to Anna's comment.

Short answer: I don't know. :)

Long answer: I like the idea of lots of swishy fabric - it says to me things like soft, romantic, sort of Victorian, etc. Problem - lots of swishy fabric racks up the price, if it's nice fabric. The skirt of "princess dress" no. 5 does look ok, but remember too that I am standing on a box (probably about 6 inches), which is why I don't look short. Any poof wedding dress would obviously be hemmed to my height, but it's still tricky.

IF I were to go with a poofy skirt, I would want A) a type of fabric that wasn't scratchy netting (either going more flowy, like georgette, or more structured, like organza, but not something like tulle. well, unless it was nice tulle.) B) a style that didn't give me poofy hips. Note below:


This dress being ostensibly Melissa Sweet, probably around 4 grand, from the Fall Martha Stewart Weddings.

Keeping all this in mind, if I were to choose a style right now, it would probably be the empire waist/fitted through natural waist look of the Amy Kuschel drawings, because of the potential for poof to go very, very wrong...

Boo on Poofy Hips!

I should really be reading.