First a little update on my fiance's outfit... he decided that he had settled on something that he liked... only it doesnt exist!!! lol
It is just a 2d design of a gothic waistcoat printed onto a tshirt?
Well - I spoke to a designer here in West Yorkshire about making this wasitcoat last friday, she asked me to post the design over, which i did the same day... woke up last Saturday (1day after) to find out that Halifax had been flooded badly and the studio was under 3 foot of water... machines, fabric and template designs all ruined!
so now i am waiting to hear back about whether they will be up and running again in time to make this for us by October...
Ok - I have a dilemma!! and it is one that I never thought i would have!
I have always loved this dress:
as you saw on page one... but I have never tried it on or even been to the shop, it is in london (which is quite a distance) myself and my bestfriend were planning to go down on a train, spend the night in London (which would be costly) early August - this has never been up for question, at all....
BUT THEN.....
My Mum (who is trying to wiggle her way back into my good books) called me all excited on Monday... she had won a competition to get £500 off of a designer wedding dress from a new bridal shop that just opened 10 mins drive from where I live and she would like me to have it, Mum said if they didnt have anything that I liked that I could buy a heavily discounted dress - sell it - and put the money to my dress, or sell the competition prize for £100 to someone who would use it and put that money towards the dress
I spoke to the shop owner who was lovely, she said that she only did traditional wedding dresses, but that she would try her best, I should make an appointment to come and see her and she would shut the shop and we could play with wedding dresses as much as we liked in the hope of finding something... so I gathered the troops (my Mum, my wacky best friend and my youngest daughter - eldest is away on a school trip at the mo) and booked an appointment for yesterday... we thought it would be a good girly day if nothing else
I arrived and the lady had picked out a dress which was nothing to look at
Ivory and oyster - not a stitch of black or red
she said that it was a Morticia style (wiggle/fishtail) design and this was as close to gothic as she could get.... i decided that today wasnt going to be as much fun as i had thought....
But then.....
I put the dress on and it was PERFECT - fitted me beautifully and made my figure look brilliant (no mean feat after 2 kids - honestly ****s, waist, bum all looked great!) we glammed it up with long black satin gloves (mine) a little tiara (shops) and a feather wrap (shops) and it was just gorgeous... I was shocked!!! stood there in Ivory... ME?!?!?!?! I only had to put £250 to the dress and it would be mine...
I stood there feeling WOW and feeling ubber glamorous...
We tried on 4 other dresses - but I just wanted to put THE dress back on...
DILEMMA - here are some (rather rubbish) shots from my mobile... opinions please x
sorry about the picture overload!
What do you guys think?