Now You Can Have Sheer *and* Strappy
Is it just me, or is anyone else bored by all the plain mass market white wedding dresses out there? Maybe it’s just that I’ve been at this for years and years now, but I feel like all those gowns are bleeding into each other. Does a colored sash and some diagonal folds really make one strapless A-line wedding dress that different from another? I’d argue that, no, it doesn’t. It’s like there’s this basic wedding dress template out there and whoever is making the majority of the gowns you see is just moving a bead or adding some lace and a few gathers here and there.
I’m trying to figure out if it’s simply wedding dress fatigue on my part, because I know the gowns that are not part of the cookie cutter brigade are out there! I love, for example, these from the Fall 2010 Claire Pettibone collection:
I’d say it’s the little details that make these Claire Pettibone wedding dresses stand out, but I think it’s actually the big details – the English lace and silk ribbon ties, the pewter embroidery, the pairing of a 40s style bodice and a sheer back. Gowns like these are the antidote, as I see it, to all the yawn-inducing wedding dresses out there. I think boredom is the reason I am so quick to push having a custom wedding dress made, either by some high end house of couture if you can afford it or an Etsy seller or local seamstress if you’re on a budget. Why settle for something that’s basically indistinguishable from every other wedding dress out there when you can have something much, much more interesting?
I actually gasped when I saw that second gown. These are gorgeous! I’m in love.
Hey, don’t knock the A-line. At least that flatters most women (unlike the mermaid silhouette that seems to be all the rage with brides now – or the stiff strapless bodice that generally comes with both skirt styles).
I adore these Claires, but it doesn’t look like you could wear a bra with most of them. As dreadful as strapless bras are, I can’t imagine sewn-in cups are most women’s friends either.
@37ButterKnives: I don’t think the line was intended to knock the line, per se, but rather the fact that it’s darn near impossible to find anything else in bridal salons. If you like it and can rock it, go forth and do just that. Christa and I will absolutely support you in that. We just see so little of anything else these days that we tend to get a little excited. Variety is the spice of our lives.
As for me, I’m loving each and every one of these. Oh, and the bottom one is absolutely bra-friendly, while the other two would work just fine with a low-backed merry widow… or be great for a bride with a smaller, firmer bustline. You know, like me.
is anyone else creeped out by the fact that you can see the baseboard molding through the models’ dresses AND legs in all of the photos?
Some models don’t eat much, so they tend to go kind of transparent.
I tell you both truly, I most definitely sympathize with the need for a bra and envy all the gals who don’t really need them. Too often I post wedding dresses that I know I could never wear because they would not accommodate, er, me, but I adore them anyway. Adore them from afar, that is. I def had to choose a wedding dress style that allowed for a bra – as with everyday wear, one made out of rebar and other construction-grade materials.