It's nice to veer away from the boring (and stressful) wedding logistics to look at the fun things. The thing that most brides do the second they get a ring on their finger (or before...I'm not gonna lie, I had bought a dress about a year into dating Mr. Boe...yikes! So creepy in retrospect!) is plow through bridal magazines looking for the dress. The dress! Tears and thousands of dollars and tens of pounds, all shed for that article of clothing you will wear once, get dry cleaned, and throw in the closet until you have kids to show.
But...it really doesn't have to be like that.
Let me go back to my creepy one-year-in wedding dress. I was sure Mr. Boe was the one. We already were talking about the rest of our lives together, so when I saw this dress in a little boutique in Canal Park, I really didn't hesitate. It was everything I wanted in a dress. It just LOOKED like the dress I didn't even know I was imagining. And at a $99 price tag, I was sold.
I bought it, put it in the closet, and took it out four years later (when I DID have the ring on my finger).
It was still as beautiful and wonderful and perfect as I remembered. But you know who wasn't too thrilled about it?
Everyone else.
I was the last of three kids to get married, so the idea of me getting married in an unconventional wedding dress was NOT my mother's cup of tea. But gowns are SO expensive and I was positive that a traditional dress was "not me".
Yada yada yada long story short, soul searching and weighing options. I let my mom buy me a more traditional gown. Was I caving to pressure? Nah. My mom is the single most generous person I've ever met. If it meant that much to her, and I could give something back to her, the least I could do was wear a gown for a few hours on my wedding day. The fact that she footed the bill didn't hurt, either. But I STILL got to put on my beautiful $99 dress after the reception had started, to breathe and boogie freely.
ENOUGH talking. Let's look at some "white wedding"-dress alternatives!
You've got classic courthouse dresses that can be as simple or as decked out as you want.
But...it really doesn't have to be like that.
Let me go back to my creepy one-year-in wedding dress. I was sure Mr. Boe was the one. We already were talking about the rest of our lives together, so when I saw this dress in a little boutique in Canal Park, I really didn't hesitate. It was everything I wanted in a dress. It just LOOKED like the dress I didn't even know I was imagining. And at a $99 price tag, I was sold.
I bought it, put it in the closet, and took it out four years later (when I DID have the ring on my finger).
It was still as beautiful and wonderful and perfect as I remembered. But you know who wasn't too thrilled about it?
Everyone else.
I was the last of three kids to get married, so the idea of me getting married in an unconventional wedding dress was NOT my mother's cup of tea. But gowns are SO expensive and I was positive that a traditional dress was "not me".
Yada yada yada long story short, soul searching and weighing options. I let my mom buy me a more traditional gown. Was I caving to pressure? Nah. My mom is the single most generous person I've ever met. If it meant that much to her, and I could give something back to her, the least I could do was wear a gown for a few hours on my wedding day. The fact that she footed the bill didn't hurt, either. But I STILL got to put on my beautiful $99 dress after the reception had started, to breathe and boogie freely.
ENOUGH talking. Let's look at some "white wedding"-dress alternatives!
You've got classic courthouse dresses that can be as simple or as decked out as you want.
So aptly named, Courtship to Courthouse?! This Modcloth dress is a steel. And you can go traditional designer with courthouse dresses, too-Here's a Jennie Woo stunner with a pretty big price tag on it.