I think that dress shopping was, by far, the most stressful part of wedding planning. Not only had I shopped for and worn quite a few formal dresses in recent months for West Point events (which I think made things more complicated, because it felt like I was just shopping for another dress), I also had pretty much ZERO idea what I wanted in a wedding dress. To me, they all just looked like white dresses. I felt like a failure as a bride.
I also put off wedding dress shopping. NOTE TO FUTURE BRIDES: Do not put off wedding dress shopping! I had no idea what I wanted, so I looked at pictures online for a couple of months before we even went shopping. Dresses in real life look NOTHING like what they do on the models...and that's a good thing! I wish I had just gone and tried them on! By the time we started looking, I was already feeling the time crunch. I had no idea dresses would take 6-8 months to come in! With an 11 month engagement, I should have started looking right away. You know what they say about hindsight. :)
I tried on probably 20-40 dresses before I found "the one." These are some of the dresses that just weren't quite it...
Sottero & Midgley SSM5210CS
Not sure what this one was, but it is NOT flattering in pictures! :)
Paloma Blanca 3906 w/ a jeweled belt that was way too expensive!
This last dress almost fooled me into thinking it was "the one"...until I realized that I had fallen in love with the fit, rather than the dress itself. Lace is not my style at all!
So back to the drawing board it was...
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