# What was your wedding dress like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803 "2008-06-04T22:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/61 "2008-06-06T13:15:06Z")
Oh, well in that case, I like it too, but it would have to pass the swishing around test. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/62 "2008-06-06T13:32:10Z")
**Lissa** wrote: > [@](#): > > Made the headpiece, too. I got to solder. Thatā€™s nice. Itā€™s so rare to hear about brides soldering their own wedding gear these daysā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Barrels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Barrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrels)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/63 "2008-06-06T15:47:14Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] **Barrels** , that is smashing. [/QUOTE] Thank you! itā€™s hard to tell in the pic but it is covered in little shiny sequins and beads. When I spin itā€™s super sparkly, which made me love it even more! ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/64 "2008-06-06T17:24:26Z")
My [dress](http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/katiecairnsirishgirl/?action=view¤t=leavingthechurch.jpg) was ivory, strapless, with some faux lacing at the front and some emboridery for embellishment. I had a short-ish train, and covered buttons up the back. It was a one-off, designed and made for me by a lovely lady called Geraldine. Apart from the scrunched up face in that photo, I think I looked pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/65 "2008-06-06T18:52:02Z")
[Me, the lady in red.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendyandrandy/234405426/in/set-72157594269308454/) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/66 "2008-06-06T19:04:13Z")
I love this thread, and I think all you ladies who posted pictures looked beautiful ! I married last january, pregnant, and with me and my husband suffering both from a heavy cold (romantic, eh? šŸ™‚ ) When my husband and I started planning we still had big plans, including a real Dress. But in the end, we didnā€™t want all the hassle. So we had a short [ceremony](http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-4R7MMKW4.jpg) at the courthouse, with just my husbands father and his ladyfriend present, and two of my friends. I [wore](http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-74CZXVEQ.jpg) what I think of as ā€œnice office clothes for a pregnant ladyā€. I took some pains blowdrying my hair, though. My husband also wore his office suit, with a blue tie matching my jacket which I bought him for the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/67 "2008-06-06T22:37:01Z")
[QUOTE=NajaNivea] [This is my dress](http://www.yosa.com/catalog/assets/images/navytempestregb.jpg), but in a dark blue satin brocade with silver and white cherry blossoms. The rest of the ceremony was really very casualā€“we got married in the courtyard at a little movie theater and showed The Princess Brideā€“but that dress was unbelievable. [/QUOTE] Was it made by Yosa? Thatā€™s another site I love. [QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] Made my dress. Cream and pale beige dupioni silk with matching braid, slight train, princess seams, square neckline, long belled sleeves. Made the headpiece, too. I got to solder. I just put a pic up on my blog. Canā€™t see it too well. Cripes, Mr. Lissar looks young. [/QUOTE] I think I remember you posting those pics over at Sensibility, or am I going nuts? ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/68 "2008-06-07T00:25:25Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] Was it made by Yosa? Thatā€™s another site I love. [/QUOTE] Yes maā€™am, she does exquisite work. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/69 "2008-06-07T23:22:03Z")
Iā€™d love to see if she could do a [Russian court dress.](http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/ctcostume.html) ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/70 "2008-06-08T01:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=Apollyon] Medieval wedding. My wife designed and made [her own dress,](http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=weddinges4.jpg) based on dresses painted by [Cranach (the Elder)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder). (She also designed the bridesmaids dresses, and my similarly themed early C16 germanic outfit). [/QUOTE] If I could get that in a green, Iā€™d almost get married. Iā€™ve finally found a guy I want to spend my life withā€“but Iā€™m one of those women who have just never fantasized about the ā€˜perfect weddingā€™. Mostly b/c I look like Iā€™m dying of jaundice in white. Also, thatā€™s a lovely dress and bride. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/71 "2008-06-08T03:14:41Z")
I wore a yellow hippie dress and green tapestry vest, with sandals and a green felt bowler. I love my wedding pictures - they donā€™t look like anyone elseā€™s. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/72 "2008-06-08T04:43:11Z")
Hereā€™s my [wedding dress](http://www.flickr.com/photos/16840344@N05/sets/72157605489763694). I think it was a McCallā€™s pattern, and I made two of the bridesmaid dresses as well. The fabric was a Quiana knit with a bit of shimmer to it. The dress was supposed to be long-sleeved, but during the fitting, in the un-airconditioned days of the late 70ā€™s, I decided to go with sleeveless instead. I loved that lace train. I wore the dress, with different shawls and jackets, to a couple of formal events when I was a military wife, so I think I got my $50 worth out of it. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/73 "2008-06-08T05:26:19Z")
I wore a pretty simple floor-length dress, white silk, with a lined, hooded cloak over it. It was a long time ago. Itā€™s very close to this, [Hooded bridal cloak](http://www.cloaksofireland.com/wedSinead.htm) except that the cloak was shorter-- it trailed only about a foot and a half to two feet on the floor. I made it myself, and made my bridesmaidsā€™ dresses, my motherā€™s dress. I got fed up of sewing something terrible. That was a long time ago. This summer Iā€™m going to help my sister and her daughter (my niece) shop for a wedding dress, so this thread is a treasure trove. So many beautiful brides, what a great idea for a thread! ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/74 "2008-06-08T11:38:37Z")
Forgive me. It was the [nineties](http://image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.24183194.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/75 "2008-06-08T15:18:11Z")
My wedding dress was by Alfred Sung (which I know means really nothing to any non-Canadians). I made the veil. I was the fattest bride ever. I recently sent the dress to a friend of mine whoā€™s getting married and I (of course!) tried it on first. It fell off. Slipped right down. I laughed and laughed and laughed! [Front](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3094/2560644425_75dc9dc20a.jpg?v=0) [Embroidery detail](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2560644569_df80e22e83.jpg?v=0) [With veil](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2560644325_5c049f7261.jpg?v=0) ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/76 "2008-06-08T18:15:23Z")
I love Alfred Sung, one of my favourite designers, Ginger! That is a lovely dress, I like the 3rd pic the best, showing the lines of the dress and the distribution of the embroidery. Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/77 "2008-06-08T18:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] I was the fattest bride ever. [/QUOTE] No, **I** was the fattest bride ever! [![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/sandra_nz/218.jpg) ](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/sandra_nz/218.jpg) šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/78 "2008-06-09T01:27:08Z")
[QUOTE=sandra\_nz] No, **I** was the fattest bride ever! [![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/sandra_nz/218.jpg) ](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/sandra_nz/218.jpg) šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] Were you tied to the tracks moments before and he saved you?? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/79 "2008-06-09T15:53:20Z")
[QUOTE=Nawth Chucka] Were you tied to the tracks moments before and he saved you?? [/QUOTE] Donā€™t be silly. Heā€™d be wearing a Mountie uniform in that case. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803/80 "2008-06-09T15:56:02Z")
Maybe **he** was the one tied to the tracks and I saved him? šŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-wedding-dress-like/451803.md?page=5)