I love my wedding dress! (Wedding Dresses)

Member Name: Rosani

Product:	Wedding Dresses
Date:	01/11/01 (2306 review reads)
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Advantages: It made me look great, I used it twice, It was a bargain

Disadvantages: What do I do with it now?

This isn't so much an opinion as a nice story about my wedding dress - I got married nearly 5 years ago and I originally wanted to rent the dress, as it would only be used once, didn't want to spend ridiculous amounts of money, didn't want to keep it just in case my daughter wanted to wear it (I certainly didn't want to wear my mom's so why should she?) etc. But circumstances forced me to buy: I got married in Mexico (where I'm from) and then we would have another reception in the UK so I would need to own the dress, but at least I got to wear it twice (and it got washed twice).

So the day after David left Mexico after proposing me and my mom went to have a look at a boutique that sold handmade wedding dresses, just to get an idea. You know what happened next - I found the right dress, the first one I tried on!

Because the shop was fairly new and the dress was already made and the alterations would be minimal, it cost me a whooping £310(consider this was a purchase in a foreign currency but even then it was not expensive for Mexico either!) It included the veil, hair flowers, petticoats, all alterations and garment bag. I gave a deposit on the spot and even after looking some more (one of my friends was also getting married and I went along with her) I still didn't like any dresses more than mine.

I love the dress because it didn't cost me a fortune, made me look fantastic, I got to use it twice (!) and was extremely comfortable to wear, even considering Mexican weddings don't end until everyone's had breakfast the next morning! The only thing is that now it sits up on my loft in it's garment bag, awaiting for me to decide what to do with it. I should really sell it or something but I am still illogically attached to it... does anyone want a twice-used but very clean princess cut, full skirt handmade wedding dress with a bow on the back and a light pearl and lace embroidery on the top?

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