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 :-(

Updates!!!

Wow! Time flies so fast....Seems like it's been ages since the last time I posted an entry. Well, it's 40 days to be exact. hehehe.

Ok. Many developments has happened. We booked our last batch of suppliers at Wedding Expo at PICC last Sept. 5.

Invitation Supplier: Booked, Down Payment made. We chose Impress Prints by Calliope Printing. The first time I learned about them was from a fellow W@W sister Hazel. Luckily, they were part of the wedding expo. Yes, they offer very reasonable rates. And they were very accommodating as well. To date, they are working on our layout now. It should be done this month so we can release them by Nov.

Ring Supplier: Because of the very good discount being offered, we decided to change supplier. Our first supplier was a good friend. No bad experience or what so ever. The compelling reason was just BUDGET....MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!. We just need to slash funds and save as much as we can. Ofcourse, in due respect, we informed our friend that we found a great deal and asked for her permission. She's very understanding and gave her blessings so that's it. We then signed with My Diamonds. How can you say no to a 50% discount??!!!!!
Happy us, Happy wallets!!! ^__^

Souvenirs: We decided to add tokens for the Ninangs. Another item to match the first one we bought. Ofcourse, it's from Eventi again.

What other activities we had?

• Pamamahinkan = DONE!
  
• Girls of Bridal entourage has taken their measurements
• Adrian had his confirmation at Loreto Shrine in Sampaloc.
  
• Adrian's Birthday celebration!!!! = fun! fun! fun!
• Application for marriage license certificate and Family Planning seminar
  
• A's mom has taken her measurement as well.
• My Bridal gown first fitting = DONE!!! ^__^
• Marriage License Certificate = DONE

The first one happened last Aug. 22.It was my Mom's birthday. We held it at Bagoong Club Resto in Q.C. The second one happened last Aug. 29. The 3rd happened last Sept 13. The 4th and 5th happened Sept. 18 which was so much fun! Hahaha. Hope the other seminars will be that fun too. While 6th and 7th happened last Sept. 26 when Ondoy has spread his angst in Metro Manila. :-(
I had my own share of story about Ondoy. Really really sad on what I witnessed on that day.
The last happened Sept. 28.

Here's to share some pics taken from our couturier's shop, Noe Reyes.

(My BF, Lady)

(My Cadz, Chinkey)

(My cousin, May)

(A's Tita, Tita Nora)

(My Niece, Tin)

The Girls!!! Girl's talaga lahat

Chinx, Me, Lady

I wish I had the time to "kwento" each detail that happened on each milestone we had for preps. For now, just to catch things up, i think this will do. Nakaka-addict kasi ang mga games sa facebook! hahaha! Yun ang reason why delayed ang mga posts. *wink*

Time to sleep! Zzzzzz in a while.

This is what I will wear on the Big Day

Finally, I have it with me. Though this is NOT YET the final as in FINAL sketch.
But just like any other brides, I am so much excited to post it. Honestly, I have the first sketch since May. But then i felt that it was not really my dress. I read from the book "shopaholic ties the know" by Sophie Kinsella that "you will know...you'll just know" if a wedding dress is yours.
Seing the first sketch was sort of just "ok". The sketch was pretty. It has the elements of the gown inspirations i sent. But there were no jump-of-the-heart or what-so-weird-feelings that some brides normally can't explain when they share their story of their bridal gown.

(1st sketch: front view)
Our motif is Fuchsia Pink and Mocha Brown. I want my gown to be neat and simple. Skirt should be plain and not too heavy. Since the skirt of the gown is plain, i want the design to be on my veil. And since I love butterflies, my veil will be decorated with butterflies and little flowers to add drama.

(1st sketch: back view)
I want the back of the gown to be sexy but not so bare. There will be a transparent cloth on the back with some beads or embroidery as design.

3 weeks after, I bugged A. Told him that I'm not happy with my gown. It's not me. The halter thing is not my style. So we visited Mr. Noe Reyes (our courturier) just to vent out that He need to redo the sketch of my gown. Because i can't see my self on that dress. hehehe.

So the 2nd sketch was born. This time, I'm settled.

(2nd sketch: front view)

Since I was not comfortable with halter style of 1st sketch, the 2nd sketch has an asymetric strings with butterfly on the right shoulder. Hihihi. Ayaw ko ng butterfly noh? The veil will be the same. With butterflies and tiny flowers as design.

(2nd sketch: back view)
See the revision of the back? It will still be transparent skin-tone cloth with few beads and embroidered designs

But last month, we visited Noe again to let him know that we've decided to let him do the gowns of the female members of the entourage excluding the Ninangs. To our surprise, Noe handed me a revised sketch. It has a removable train that adds drama to my simple dress. My eyes instantly glittered. Hehehe. I was ecstatic. So that's the sign of "This is it."

So here's the 3rd sketch.

(3rd sketch: front view)
This i like more. SIMPLE.

(3rd sketch: back view)
This is the train Noe added. This will have the butterfly designs and some tiny flowers. The beads for the flowers will have a touch of colors of pinks to reflect our motif. Isn't it dramatic? Hehehe. Now this is really me. Hehehe.

Noe already got my measurements included A's last August 1. Have the sketches as well for the mothers, the secondary sponsors and the brides maids. Will post them in a separate entry.
Hay, I'm excited for my 1st fitting!!! Hihihi

Wedding Gown Inspirations

Here's my wedding gown inspirations:

The dress & length I like:





The neckline I like:



The Back style I like:




The Belo style I like:

Wedding Dress Quest #3: Jazel

Jazel. We met her last March 28 at Martha Stewart Bridal Affair at World Trade Center. We were a bit disappointed about the fair coz we expected it to be big with lots of suppliers similar to Wedding Expo held at PICC. So we roam around and looked for possible suppliers. One of our main target was a couturier.

Since we finished early at pass 1PM, we decided to visit the shop one of the participating couturier. It was in Makati. Just 15-20mins away from World Trade Center. She's pretty, young and sexy. We had the normal Q&A while she do her on the spot sketch. When she finished, I liked it. She knew what I wanted even w/o any print out of wedding gown inspirations. She's a big and possible supplier but it's still way out of the budget. So, we left the shop a bit giddy coz I can imagine myself with the dress on. However, the ka-ching-ching factor is still the most vital reason to consider her.

A actually liked her. When we left her shop, A was kidding that if we get her, he (take note HE) might visit the shop often as expected and just bring up reasons just to see her. *Toinkz* Good thing I was not the jealous type. But to be honest, I liked her too. Fashion is really her passion. I liked her trendy style and how she mixed her design with the design inspirations i have in mind. If we were not considering budget we might really go with her. But bottom line, the price should be right. *Sigh* Ang hirap magbudget!!!

Nonetheless, Here's her sketch of how my gown will look like. (If will book her)

Wedding Dress Quest #2: Veluz Reyes

Who will not love Veluz? If given a chance, i will really get her even if I have to work extra hard just to get extra cash for my bridal gown budget. But, i am be a Veluz bride, NOT! only in my dreams :(

Here's a re-post (imported from my personal blog):

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Friday, March 27, 2009

Search for my Wedding Dress

We've attended several bridal affairs since Jan of this year and I talked several friends who tied the knot for recommendations for their gowns. I phoned several local suppliers and grabbed almost every supplier brochures for wedding designers, couture, etc. Send several emails here and there. I even read entries on W@W. (but so many entries nakakahilo magbasa..hehe)

So, just last night...I was checking new pictures of Richard Buan and Paul Vincent. For the record, Paul Vincent was my favorite Photog. I've been a fan/follower of him for almost 2 years now. However, we settled with Richard Buan because of budget. I must say, Richard Buan though is equally talented. (I hope hindi magtampo si Richard if ever he reads this. :P )

Anyways, to continue my story..... as I was browsing Paul Vincent's site, I went to one of his links. Hovered my mouse to "The Veluz Bride". Instantly I was WoWed by her creations. It's beautiful. I browsed and browsed for older posts and every bride was amazingly beautiful with the her dress. I sent her an email asking for her rates, etc. then went to sleep.

So today, I was lucky to be home early. I opened my rig...checked emails to see if Veluz replied then visit Veluz' site again. Since there's no reply, I sent SMS to the mobile number posted on the site. As expected I got a reply but not from Veluz but from Gercel. Exchanged few SMS with her. I was already stitching thoughts of myself, with my gown made by Veluz when an SMS came from Gercel.

The SMS was:

Gercel: "Ms. Janice, sori po bt we r fully bookd na po on dat date..."
Me: "why? how many brides do you accommodate ba?"
Gercel: "Yes po, we only accomd8 4 brides in a day.."
Me: "Ganun? So quota na kayo? :-( "
Gercel: "Yes po, so sori po tlaga.."
Me: *sigh*

My dream dress from Veluz....Gone!!! :(

Wedding Dress Quest #1: CA

Cecilio Abad was W@W's 2008 Supplier of year awardee. Due to his popularity I hooked myself on his site and browsed all his gown creations. No doubt! He is awesome. So, I brave myself and asked him for a sketch with the help of wedding gown inspirations submitted to him. Then he came with this:





I instantly fell in love with it. However, price is to much and is way way over our budget :(