I don't have professional pictures yet but I'll post some guest photos of me in the wedding dress the day of after all the alterations!
I got this dress the day of my birthday. Brian drove me, Alice, and my friend Jackie to a place called Camilla's in Arlington. Please let me tell you, girls of Boston and surrounding areas, I adore Camilla's. They were so warm and welcoming and the shop is so stinkin' cute! Everytime I went back, they remembered my name, my exact dress and order, and they honestly felt like family by the time I got my dressed. Sappy but true! I heart Camilla's!
I'll just show you the collection of dresses I tried on. A majority of them were Mikaella dresses because I fell in love with one particular dress that Mrs. Expresso wore from Weddingbee. Alas, that dress looked much more spectacular on her than I. But that's ok because I got my own spectacular dress! :)
I thought I just wanted a plain, simple dress but this was a little too plain for me. I needed something with a little more bling.
This is a photo of the dress I initially thought I was totally going to get:
Totally gorgeous, right? On me? ....not so much....
Oh well, c'est la vie! More dresses still to come!
I know this dress looks horrendous because of the saggy boob area but that's just because I couldn't fill it out. Blame the girl, not the dress! However, the back and train of the dress were dreamy!
Look at the buttons and the lace at the end of the train! Imagine how wonderful that lace would look once the train was bustled. ::swoon::
THE DRESS! Yay!!!!!!!! drumroll please!
"Brianna" by Maggie Sottero. I wasn't going to initially try this dress on but the beading on the bodice caught my eye and it was the last dress I pulled off the rack to try on. It was also the last dress I tried on because I was so certain I was going to love another dress. But I was so wrong and I so loved this dress. It was perfect for me.
Here are some of the photos of me on my wedding day with the dress fitted. I had a significant part of the train cut off because it was so long. However, there was plenty of train left to make a beautiful bustle. Violet, the seamstress at Camilla's, created a beautiful 8 point bustle.
