I am seriously struggling with a dress style. Mom and I are scheduled to go try dresses on the first weekend in October - there's an outlet just north of Denton and a resale shop in Dallas a friend told her about. I'll try to get the name, Lyn, if you're interested.
Generally, I'm leaning towards simple dresses, with clean lines. But not strapless. I am NOT as brave as Jules!
Here's the links to a few style I like -
High Neck - probably my favorite
Scoop neck, halter - probably too heavy to wear on the halter, but I like the fold of the neckline
High neck, striking back - don't think I could pull this off
Simple - I like this because it's SO clean
That girl in the last photo looks like her head does not belong on her body.
Posted by: Leia | September 16, 2003 at 04:37 PM
She's a robot.
Posted by: Julie | September 16, 2003 at 04:48 PM
Yes, very I'm interested in resale. I haven't decided if I want to trek to the Denton outlet myself.
Here's some interesting sources for more-coverage dresses:
Latter Day Bride:
http://www.latterdaybride.com
Modest By Design (less formal, not as bridal):
http://www.modestbydesign.com/Formal_Gowns/
Yep, Mormon wedding dresses. There's some good looking dresses there, and the prices are right.
Posted by: Lyn | September 16, 2003 at 05:31 PM
Thanks for those links, Lyn. I hadn't found those - and I'm definitely thining I will go with a more coverage style.
Posted by: karen | September 16, 2003 at 06:49 PM
you will find that the simpler the dress, the more expensive it is.
Posted by: denise | September 16, 2003 at 09:37 PM
I've seen some truly amazing wedding dresses at Clothes Circuit. It's where all the Highland Park women go to resell their clothes.
http://www.clothescircuit.com/
Posted by: Katie | September 17, 2003 at 07:24 AM
I like the simple one the best! Happy dress shopping...
Posted by: cybertoad | September 17, 2003 at 01:39 PM
What style to choose is totally a science, and your choices are totally dependant on your body type. Unless you are thin *and* curvy, in which case I hate you. :)
You know what I loooooove? The use of sheer. Like, there is this gorgeous dress that's just a tube around the bosom - you've seen them, I'm sure - the strapless kind. And I'm all like "lovely, but I'm not showing my armpit blobs! No way!" but then I saw one that had sheer 3/4 sleeves and sheer up-to-the-shoulder over the tube and I was like "omg! it's like a strapless without the blobs!"
What was the point? Oh yeah, use sheer to hide those less attractive bare areas!
Posted by: Alexis | September 17, 2003 at 04:57 PM
P.S. You might also want to check Eden if you haven't already - they make reasonably priced, reasonably elegant dresses.
http://www.edenbridals.com/
Posted by: Alexis | September 17, 2003 at 05:00 PM