Saturday Bridal Drive

My first excursion of dress shopping! Happened down south, we popped into the following stores

• Curvaceous Bridal
• 136 Oak Road, Kirrawee 2231 NSW Australia
• Nice shop, lovely ladies who helped me into some boofy pieces. However they nailed the dress first time round with a Brides Desire dress called Melissa. Made with Thai silk, with a heartshaped cut, ripples over the tummy, slight fishtail with a small train. Cant find any photos of it :( There were diamonds and crystals over breast and the back of the dress. Cost $2200. However I asked another bridal shop and they said it would only cost $1400. So it pays to get the designer and the dress name and ask around!
  
• DresSense
• This place was HECTIC 400 gowns and what seemed like 400 brides looking for a dress! I found the dresses were pretty much the same here. I wasnt keen. But Lu needed to buy some bling so we wandered around and look. Found nothing i would put on. and the extra pricing on plus size gowns was a turn off.
  
• Lu Elle Bridal
• This shop was downstairs. It was quiet, and we wandered in. And the gowns were so different! There were the normal princess gowns but there were aslo some corkers! I pulled out this halter neck with GOLD beading on white! hahaha! Kathleen's face was PRICELESS! I also found a two piece with sequined pastel flowers, mauve, pink, sky blue, on yellow cream! There was one trimmed with burgundy and there was even a BLUE wedding gown! Lu thought of big fat greek wedding! Lots of WAHH! OMG! (What were they thinking?) We picked 4 gowns.
  
• The gold beaded gown. Lace up at the back with shiny heavy satin. with a plunge that plunged.... Think of that free diving off the pacific islands.... it was THAT low.
  
• The 2nd was too big. but had a beautiful lace trim with a sweep from the bodice down. There was a sweetheart neckline along with off shoulder lace straps. It was HUGE the train was something magnificent! 2m long with beautiful trim and a seated diamond mofit on the back.
  
• There was a strapless pink flowers embroidered gown with rays of swarkovski over the stomach. It fitted perfectly! The flowers were beaded and very pink but it was soo cool! I would wear that for the fuzzy hong kong shots. Steph would be in a white tux and a pink tie. (I doubt i could keep a straight face.) Im going to go back in July and if its on speical - i'll buy it for dress up parties!
• The last gown was near full lace, with a straight cut and A gown. a bit too much boof, would have to have the tulle lowered a bit so there was a bit of hip clinging. The train on this was just as pretty too!

Verdict. 4th and 2nd Gown made me feel like a bride. The Pink was fun to wear. But all the gowns were at $1800 which is a little over my budget. But this was the most fun i have had!

When i find photos of the gowns ill post them up for all to see!

Sucker for lace trim.

I'm a sucker for a lace trim.

Today I wandered into Mallani on George Street to ask about a few gowns i saw on their website.

They had a sale on the floor stock too some up to 75%! If youre a size 8 - 14 pop in for a bargian!

The gowns were a little too OTT for me, but they do have some really nice full lace offerings.

One that caught my eye was Pandora which was full lace dress with a beautiful trim which arched over the sides and up over the stomach. There was also lace "ribbons" on the side and back. to give the illusion of folds in the dress The collar was lace boatneck, with a sweetheart edge inside. It was a beautiful old ivory colour.

Likes
The LACE Trim
The highlights
Not too much sequins/beading
Boat neck Collar
Fishtail.

Dislike
Maybe a bit too much lace
Sample didnt Fit
Price $2400

The other one was a off white (but they say ivory) strap dress with heavy sequins and lace bodice and pretty lace trim with biggish train

Likes:
Lace Trim
Price $1600

Dislikes
Bit boof.
Colour
The Bling factor

Work that Camera

or maybe not...
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Crossed off.

I tried this gown on.

Liked:
The fit, i had hips!

Dislike
Lots of fabric - huge train.
the sequins on the ripples were off-putting.
The sleeves were in the wrong spot and made my arms look wrong.

Photos I'm NOT taking at my wedding

Cake Slide Show

I've run out of room on the side so I've put it up as a blog

Cake Slide Show

First Appointment Booked

I have booked my first wedding gown appointment.

Its really for Winnie, who is also getting married the same year as me, but she works all the time including weekends, she hasnt had any time to focus on her wedding. And cos i work Mon - Fri, I cant escape too far for a fitting.

So Brides of Sydney, well see you next Monday!