Woah.
Intense. In a good way ;)
BM Lyds and I started off by visiting Sherezad Silks in Wellington. And making fun of the numerous horrific fabrics in there. Rather loudly. What a great start to an afternoon!
We were met by MoH Teia and BM Dee's mum Mary and sister Mim. Oh, and my mother as well. We looked at pre-made dresses and at fabrics. Because this is one area where I'm being rather indecisive.
I couldn't decide between buying dresses already made or to try and find fabric and a pattern and have them made. Which is easiest? Because that's rather important criteria. With me in Brissy, 2 girls here and 1 in Canada, easy is a big deal.
I couldn't decide on a style. I know that I don't want them to all be exactly the same. They should co-ordinate rather than match. Happily, I have wonderfully diverse friends, and this is reflected in my special girls. They're all quite different in body shape, fashion tastes, colourings and, of course, in personalities. So, it's important to me that they're comfortable. If that means they wear different dresses, or in different colours, I'm happy with that.
A rather heated discussion last night was who should like the dresses more - me, or the girls. Reasons from the "me" corner included the fact they'll be in my photos and it's my day. And no, I don't want to look at dresses I don't like in our wedding photos for the rest of my life. In the "girls" corner was the fact they'll be paying for them, wearing them all day and then having to smile and look happy and comfortable in photos. All day.
I couldn't decide on a colour. I think I may have made some people grumpy when they asked "what colours?" and I replied "Ummm black or gunmetal grey, maybe yellow or peachy-orange, or a champagne?" ... hehe oh dear... I'm sorry :( but it's true, I don't really mind what colour they wear as long as it looks good on them and they like it. So, I purposefully kept my mind open on colours until we found something that they liked.
To the wonderfully patient and giving Mary, our fabulously endearing Mim, ever-wallet-ready and decisive Mother and of course Lyds and Teia, without whom I would never laugh as much, thank you for a rushed but surprisingly productive afternoon. Thank you for sharing opinions (even though I had to remind a certain someone she had promised a Decisive Day ;) hehe), critiques, options and listening to everyone else's.
In the end, we found a nice style dress that we think would look good on all 3 girls. We also found a gorgeous gunmetal grey fabric that is lovely and slinky and shiny, along with a perfectly bright yellow chiffon (for a sash maybe?). We also found pretty polkadot ivory satiny fabric for a party dress, maybe? Hmmm....?
Anyways, I had already had a chat with BM Dee via fb chat (love technology!) and we'd gone through some simple LBD style options at stores like Stax, Supre, Glassons, Principals. And so, in the next instalment of the BM Dress Hunt we'll be going to a Westfield to try a zillion things on and also look for a pattern. Wish us luck ;)
*love love love love love*
Kiwa.
Kiwa.
