I Love Vera, Lots and Lots of Vera
Yesterday I told you that I would post my favorite Vera Wang gowns for the 2007 season. Well, I seriously couldn’t choose. They are all GORGEOUS. Some are a lot more wearable than others, but they are all architecturally stunning. What struck me the most about this particular season, is the detail on each gown. Take a look…
The craftsmanship involved is completely incredible…in each gown, she manages to find the balance between timelessness and chic sophistication. Bottom line, Vera is amazing. Of course, the price tag is often pretty amazing too.
So now let me tell you the story behind my amazing gown AND my amazing price tag. I had exhausted just about every dress in the city of Houston before finally deciding on a super simple Ulla Maiji gown. I was happy, but not thrilled. I decided to ask the sales girl if she had ANY other gowns that I hadn’t tried on. She thought for a minute, then without a word headed into the back room. Seconds later she returned with what I will always believe was the dress of my dreams. A Vera Wang from her Luxe Collection. Yep, your heard me right. To make matters better (or worse if you are my dad), it fit like a well made glove.
Now here is the amazing part…the dress was purchased by a bride who that morning, had come in and canceled her wedding. Because it was sized for this particular bride, they were going to have a hard time selling the gown on the floor. They offered it to me at 50% off. Done deal. We handed them the credit card and never looked back.
Since this fateful day, I’ve told my gown story a handful of times. Sadly, more than once, someone has said, “that happened to me too!!” So now I’m thinking that perhaps there wasn’t a sad bride or a canceled wedding…but I don’t care. It was still worth every penny. Probably because they weren’t my pennies.
Here are some pics of me and my glorious dress…
Ahhh, the dress. Although it feels completely awkward posting pictures of myself, I do love this dress.
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Your dress is beautiful ... I am actually picking up mine at the store today! So it was perfect that you were blogging about dresses! It's all so exciting! We are having a summer wedding on August 4th and thus have so enjoyed your website!
you are stunning and glorious in your dress; the smiles are endearing!
i am glad you posted these.. seems as though you were 'styled pretty' that gorgeous day. what a lovely dress, beautiful bouquet (love the cocoa colored ribbon) and happy memories. blissful to get a glimpse of you in your moment. just fabulous!
You and your husband look GORGEOUS! what a perfect match. your dress is amaaazzzzing. i bet that day was perfect in every way!
what a gorgeous dress! cancelled wedding or not, 50% off the actual price is such a GREAT deal! and you look fantastic in it. what perfect timing! i hope that happens to me. i love vera, too. thanks for posting those photos!
Wow Abby, your dress is beautiful and so are you! I had not imagined such a gorgeous gal behind this blog. Your hubby makes some nice eye candy too!
I love your dress, it's exactly the style I originally wanted. Now, however, I am rethinking it because I want to be able to salsa dance for our first dance so I'm thinking of getting a more streamlined dress with no 'pouf' and no train - there is a particular style I love, but the style pictured here is still my dream. Did you find it hard to dance in? (Please be honest even if it's not what I want to hear - I'd rather know before I've paid gobs of money for a dress I can't dance well in!)
Thanks everyone!
There wasn't any serious dancing happening in this dress. Partly because I had lost some weight the week before the wedding and I was a little afraid that I would give the guests more than the came for, but also because a huge dress just isn't made for dancing. It was actually really light weight so in that regard, it wasn't difficult to move around in. It's just that most of my dancing happens below the belt, and with a skirt this big, it kind of looked like I was just bopping my head to the beat.
Well lets face it: you make the dress look stunning. Absolutly beautiful! I also got myself a vera lux from several seasons past (wedding was post-poned due to The Big K), it is Millicent. My heart was pounding when my parents bought the dress for me (I was very anxious about the price), but I haven't looked back. I really like how you have your hair up and then down. Love your site and you have a great sense of style!
Hi Abby,
You look so beautiful! I'm in a debate (with myself of course)about how to wear my hair for the big day. It looks like you had it up at first and then down for the reception (which would be perfect because it's the best of both worlds). Any advice for a girl who just can't decide?
I was really lucky in that my cousin (who was at the wedding) actually did my hair. So I basically had a personal stylist with me to "fix" the hair and make sure it stayed perfect. She somehow managed to put it all up, knowing that we would be taking it down later, so there was no frizz or hairspray issues.
I think that if you are going to do this, make sure that you have a hairdresser that knows what she is doing. I also think that you have to go with what your hair will do the best. I have naturally curly hair, so it held the wave really well. If you have short, or thin-ish hair...you might want to stick with one look, as you might need more hairspray than usual.
one more thing...I also think that the way you wear your hair is completely dictated by the style of your dress.
I love your gown! You looked amazingly beautiful on your wedding day. However, I think that many, if not most, of Vera's gowns these days look like crumpled bedsheets. And not in a good way. Even her models have giant bedheads in the ads. That's when you can see them through the arty haze. I understand that some amazing workmanship goes into them, but I have no desire to look like an unmade bed, however fabulous the linens, on my wedding day. Does she sell many of those dresses? Or are those just the ones for the ads and the catwalk, and then brides continue to buy the sorts of Vera dresses they always have. Problem with that is, more and more brides will only have seen the crumpled bedsheets, and her sales will fall. Or maybe she'll find a new vision.
your dress is AMAZING and you look so beautiful! ;)
-joy
I loooove your gown too - and your veil! Are both Vera Wang? What is the name of the dress and veil (style #)? I really want a 'poofy' gown and love yours! : )
Why don't u post pics from ur wedding, reception, details et al.
Do a real wedding on yourself..Yeaaaahh!!
sounds like a brilliant idea to me..
beadiful