It’s really difficult to blindly make arrangements for a wedding. Make a dress, choose a hotel, make a guest list, choosing a church and hundreds of little things. I think that’s why people have themes and colourboards. I envy those people who have the opportunity to be who they are on their wedding day and choose to do what they like. Sadly I will not be able to elope or have a retro-geeky wedding because all the old people would go WTF? Normally I couldn’t be bothered, but all this catering-to-old-people traditions is very important to the Chinese, and I respect that. But there goes the Kraken on my wedding card.
Anyway, I’ve been looking at wedding gowns (because thinking of the other things makes me nauseous) and I have a few that I like a lot. Initially I wanted a vintage look, but I don’t know.
Initially I was in love with the back of this dress. But when I finally saw the front I was…underwhelmed. I did not want to look like a tree trunk from the front on my wedding day.
Oh, such loveliness! I don’t know if it’s possible to find such lace, and while the butterfly jacket is lovely, I don’t know if I want fiddly things on my dress.
I like everything about this dress – the cut, the fabric, the cute cap sleeves and old romantic feel. But it doesn’t really pass the imagination test – imagine yourself standing at the beginning of the aisle. Does the dress make you look like you’re wearing a fancy dress or a wedding gown? Yet I don’t know where I would ever wear such a fancy dress. Sigh.
Seth and I both liked the bodice of this gown. It’s adorable. But I don’t want no poofy skirts. I will never have this body again, especially once I pop out kids, so I don’t see the point of covering it up. Also poofy skirts would make me look frumpy and ridiculous.
I don’t know if I like the dress or the girl, because I just realised I saved another similar dress with her as well. It is a nice dress, but doesn’t pass the imagination thing again.
This dress for now is the most likely. Except I want delicate little cap sleeves. Nyeknyeknyek. Also, I don’t care if Seth thinks it looks like mosquito netting. If men dressed their brides, they’d all look like strippers.
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