Adventures in Wedding Dress Shopping
This weekend my mom, two of my bridesmaids and I went wedding dress shopping in Chicago. We visited three stores- Priscilla of Boston, White Chicago (which you may remember from this post) and 826 Weddings. We had a great experience at all three stores. No pushy sales people and there were so many beautiful dresses to choose from.
Everyone says when you find THE dress, you’ll know. You’ll glow with happieness, your mom will start crying, your bridesmaids will cheer…well that wasn’t really my experience. I tried on 5-6 dresses at each store and honestly could have been happy buying any one of them! I had so much fun trying them all on.
Here are some photos of dresses that didn’t quite make the cut.
Although I really liked all of the above dresses, I found two that stood out among the rest and I am completely torn on which to get! One is a Carolina Herrera gown from White Chicago and is form fitting, glamourous and trendy. The other is by a local Chicago designer from Weddings 826 and is romantic, flowy and more traditional.
I’ve been asking my bridesmaids, family and close friends for their opinions and everyone have been split 50/50. The men I’ve asked have favored the romantic, flowy dress, while my girlfriends have loved the glamourous, form-fitting option.
I’m dying to post pictures of the two choices here on my blog, but can’t because then Luke would see them. Both dresses send completely different messages, so I guess I’ll have to do some thinking about how I want my wedding day style to be remembered.
What do you guys think- glamourous, form-fitting and trendy or romantic, flowy and traditional? Thanks!
When I saw the title of this post, I was thinking Liz is a crazy woman for posting her dress before her wedding day. Thank goodness you don’t. Whew! I was about to start throwing salt over your shoulder. I’m VERY superstitious about weddings.
Side Note: Wedding boutiques have changed a ton since I was shopping with my bff 2 years ago. They absolutely would not let us take pics.
Knowing your personality, I’d say glamorous, form-fitting and trendy is the way to go. I’ll be up to see pics on Monday though. So exciting!
These all look gorgeous on you!! Sounds like you had a great time. I’d love to see photos of the two you are trying to decide between. Pls send on. Have fun making the final decision!
Wow! If these were the rejects, I can’t wait to see what you go with. You look stunning!
I still can’t believe you’re getting married period haha.
All of these are absolutely beautiful! I would love to see pictures of the two you are deciding between. I found my dress over Labor Day Weekend and was also deciding between my “top two” – showing pictures to people really did help.
My initial thought would be to keep it romantic, flowy and traditional because it’s timeless and less chance of looking back on it 50 years from now and asking, “Why?” ;)
Liz – Thanks for posting the pictures. It’s so much fun to read your blog. I’m sure whichever one you pick will be lovely. :)
YOU LOOK STUNNING in these — wow — can’t wait to see what you pick!!! I have no reco — you look awesome in every style — if only we all could be so lucky. :)
Liz… you look GORGEOUS!!!!! I personally would like to see you in a glamorous form fitting gown– you’ve got the body for it, so you should show it off and be glamorous on the best day of your life!
P.S. Did you check out that Lazaro dress I was telling you about? If not, Please Please check it out…it is amazing…and it’s only one more dress from the many that you tried on already…Let me know how it goes! :)