The Blogging Bride: Finding the Perfect Wedding Dress
Filed under: Weddings, Marriage
There are a number of pressing items that should fall before bridal fashion on your wedding planning to-do list. Booking the venue is one. Finding a photographer, another. But just try telling that to a bride-to-be. It's hard to figure out a vision for your wedding if you don't actually see yourself as a bride. For me, that didn't happen until I was in a bridal shop, standing in front of a wall of mirrors in a bridal gown and veil. It feels really good. I mean, I almost (almost) understand why Beyoncé felt the need to incorporate a crazy bridal outfit into her tour wardrobe.My mother initially convinced me to go to a few nearby bridal shops just to try on a few things and figure out which styles I like. Of course, I ended up not only finding the perfect dress -- one of the consultant's picks that I didn't even want to try on -- but I buying it two days later. As luck would have it, the store was having a trunk show for the designer of my dress, and it was 15 percent off. Who can argue with a sale? I had the best case scenario -- my dress shopping experience was short, sweet and relatively pain free. The second wedding gown I tried on turned out to be "the one," and, thanks to a trunk show, the dress ended up being close enough to my original budget that I didn't feel guilty about splurging a little. For those of you who are beginning the dress finding process, here are some tips and tricks I picked up along the way. BHM MEDIA NEW
While on a family vacation with Tom and Suri, Katie Holmes hit the beach near Rio de Janeiro in this blue one piece.
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Rihanna hits the stage at the NFL Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Concert in a pair of knee-high black boots. What do you think about the pop singer's look?
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