All About the Bride Part 3: The Bridal Gown

The wedding gown tells the personality of the Bride. It is one of the most important thing for the bride. To be at her best on her wedding day wearing her perfect "IT" bridal gown.

Me? I did have my gown. Got my own designer and entrusted him to make my "IT" gown.
Just to be honest, (with myself and to those who will ever find time to read this blog entry) my bridal gown was a bit of disappointment for me. It didn't turn out the way I want it to be. :-(

I always wanted to wear a simple wedding gown. No too much accessories, beads, ruffles, etc...I just want design on the breast area and no bead work from waist downward. Something that should look similar to this:

And I did get one...yes I did! But not that super simple that I felt I was wearing just a cloth. Very minimal bead work that was so so far from what my designer and I agreed upon. So simple that I felt gowns found in divisoria are far more sophisticated or stylish than mine. :-(


*Sigh* I will not talk about it anymore. I will spare the details. I don’t want to recall the feeling it brought me nor talk trash about my designer. I am now settled. But I think it would have become a gown that I envisioned and dreamed of if my dress was only given enough focus, time and attention. In fairness, He actually did a good job for my bridesmaids, our flower girls, our mothers and to my groom. Unfortunately, he failed to deliver what is expected on the gown of the supposed to be star of the day. I will just have to give another deep “SIGH” on this.


I loved the cut, the length, the way it fits my body....but it went a bit wrong on the finishing touch. The breast area is supposed to be fully beaded. But check it out, the beads were only found at the middle. The surrounding area was almost bare. :-(



See the style at the back...the cloth should be transparent like the cloth of the veil with sequence or small beads that should look like this:


But very far from what I want right? So I wasn't really comfortable about it that's why during reception, I just unzipped it and hide it inside that my back looked even better w/o that transparent cloth.



But luckily, I was able to pull the day and not allowed my gown mess our wedding day. Bottomline, I was still a pretty, happy bride. ^__^

pretty

happy....ME!

Supplier Rating:
Supplier Name: Noeh Reyes
Rate: For the Bridal gown alone, I have to admit and to be honest, It's
Recommendation: Ok sana, pumalpak lang sa Bridal Gown :-(

All About the Bride Part 2: Trinkets, Wedding Custom

"Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue"

This was a very old tradition that many brides follow. Even me! Hehehe.
And just to share, here is some trivia about this wedding custom:

The complete phrase is:

Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a silver sixpence in her shoe.

A sixpence is a coin that was minted in Britain from 1551 to 1967. It was made of silver and worth six pennies. So this wedding tradition is definitely English, and many sources say that it began in the Victorian era.

Each item in this poem represents a good-luck token for the bride. If she carries all of them on her wedding day, her marriage will be happy. "Something old" symbolizes continuity with the bride's family and the past. "Something new" means optimism and hope for the bride's new life ahead. "Something borrowed" is usually an item from a happily married friend or family member, whose good fortune in marriage is supposed to carry over to the new bride. The borrowed item also reminds the bride that she can depend on her friends and family.

As for the colorful item, blue has been connected to weddings for centuries. In ancient Rome, brides wore blue to symbolize love, modesty, and fidelity. Christianity has long dressed the Virgin Mary in blue, so purity was associated with the color. Before the late 19th century, blue was a popular color for wedding gowns, as evidenced in proverbs like, "Marry in blue, lover be true."

And finally, a silver sixpence in the bride's shoe represents wealth and financial security. It may date back to a Scottish custom of a groom putting a silver coin under his foot for good luck. For optimum fortune, the sixpence should be in the left shoe. These days, a dime or a copper penny is sometimes substituted, and many companies sell keepsake sixpences for weddings.

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So, What did I have for Something Old?

>>> I wore my old trusted and sexy bra. hehehe. This was not planned though. Because the supposedly built-in pads did not look good on my gown so we have to find another option. Good thing though, I brought extra undergarments as I always used to whenever i'm spending more than a night or two outside our home. See that protruding cleavage, it's because of the B thing! :P

What did I have for Something New?

>>> Well....many!!! Majority of things I wore obviously were all NEW! :P One of my ever favorite was ofcourse another butterfly!!!! My butterfly bangle. I've been really looking for a nice bangle as my accessory for the wedding. I don't want a necklace, nor a dangling earring. I just want my look to be the simplest as possible. But as the bangle/bracelet person that I am, ofcourse, I should have to and need to have one. And it must not be just any bangle but a really "IT" bangle. So I searched and searched for a trendy, elegant and so-it's-me-bangle since Q1 or Q2 of 2009. But nothing I found that matches my taste. And as the wedding comes nearer and nearer, I kinda convince myself to just settle for what was available that was closest to my taste. Can you feel my disappointment during that time? hehehe. But I think, God really loves me because, as I walked to another stall in Trinoma, the Pop Culture section at the 2nd level named "Girl Shoppe" (i guess), and there!!! I finally found it! It was a beautiful butterfly bangle waiting for me at the shelf. Hehehe. It felt like I won a lottery when I found it. (exage!!! hahaha)

What did i have for Something Borrowed?

>>> A diamond earring from my Office mate turned God Mother, Monette! (Thanks Mother!!! Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!) Oh yes! She was so generous enough to lend me one of her diamond earrings. She even got them out of the deposit vault from the bank. So, aren't they simply gorgeous? And I'm sure even without so much bling and glitzy beads on my gown, I'm sure apart from eyes, I twinkled and sparkled with those earrings on me. :P

What did i have for Something Blue?

>>> Another undergarment! Hahaha. Ofcourse! I just can't wear any Blue that was visible by sight! Why? Obviously, our motif was Fuchsia Pink and Mocha Brown. How on earth will Blue fit those colors. Simply out of tune right? So, just to follow that wedding custom, I simply had another undergarment of shade of blue. :P (well well well, I am not that eccentric to post a picture of that actual undergarment here. NO WAY!)

All about the Bride Part 1: The HeadDress

As promised, i will be sharing with you bits and pieces of what has transpired on the 19th day of Dec, 2009. How we dressed, our suppliers, how things went, how we felt, People who joined and celebrated with us, etc. So let's start with the Bride, ahem! Ofcourse that's me! ^__^ hehehe. I am the main author of this blog, so it will be much easier for me to write and tell stories.(Hihihi, palusot! Later na yung entry mo honeyko!)

Ok. As for my HeadDress, I got three. Why Three? Because...i used

1. Hair Vine
2. Hair Pins, and ofcourse
3. The Veil! :P

Allow me to discribe each of them:

1. Hair Vine: This was included from my wedding gown package c/o Noe Reyes. Originally, I do not want to use it for I would like my hair pins to be more visible on my hair. However, since my stylist, Lito Punzalan, insisted to put it on so we can make use of it (sayang nga naman if hindi magagamit) so there! It was placed on my head and it looked nice actually! :P
Thanks Lito!

2. Hair Pins: Oh I so loved them. Got them from Wedding Library at SM North, Edsa. People who are close to me will re-affirm that I am a butterfly fanatic. I so love butterfly so obviously, my attire will never ever be complete without one.


3. Veil: Included in my wedding gown package c/o Noe Reyes. At first, the agreement with Noe was

a. longer than my trail = CHECKED.
b. with butterfly and flower design that should look similar like this: an inspiration i got from my ex-officemate Julie! Her mother-in-law did her bridal gown. In fact I even considered here mom-in-law to do my gown too but I ended up with Noe Reyes because her mom lives in Antipolo which obviously will not be very practical for us who lives in Caloocan and Valenzuela respectively.

~*this was not my veil*~

But going back to my supposedly-veil-style, it never happened. Why? Maybe because I was brain washed that my veil will be much easier to carry if I walked down the aisle with my veil as it is. Just the cloth. Simple yet elegant. My designer, Noe, said the accessorized veil might pull my hair and or might adhere unto the church carpet so will make my once in a life time grand bridal march a disaster. Ok then. I bought that idea so I just had a plain, transparent, long veil. Bottomline, I liked it.

~*this was my veil*~
(Yes, it was long)

Hair wire + Hair Pins =
ACTUAL HAIR LOOK: This was how my hair looked on our wedding day.

Yes that was me....^_^