Oh, well in that case, I like it too, but it would have to pass the swishing around test. 
Lissa wrote:
That’s nice. It’s so rare to hear about brides soldering their own wedding gear these days…
Thank you! it’s hard to tell in the pic but it is covered in little shiny sequins and beads. When I spin it’s super sparkly, which made me love it even more!
My dress 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.
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? 
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When my husband and I started planning we still had big plans, including a real Dress. But in the end, we didn’t want all the hassle. So we had a short ceremony at the courthouse, with just my husbands father and his ladyfriend present, and two of my friends. I wore what I think of as “nice office clothes for a pregnant lady”. 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.
Was it made by Yosa? That’s another site I love.
I think I remember you posting those pics over at Sensibility, or am I going nuts?
Yes ma’am, she does exquisite work.
I’d love to see if she could do a Russian court dress.
If I could get that in a green, I’d almost get married.
I’ve finally found a guy I want to spend my life with–but I’m one of those women who have just never fantasized about the ‘perfect wedding’. Mostly b/c I look like I’m dying of jaundice in white.
Also, that’s a lovely dress and bride.
I wore a yellow hippie dress and green tapestry vest, with sandals and a green felt bowler. I love my wedding pictures - they don’t look like anyone else’s.
Here’s my wedding dress. I think it was a McCall’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 70’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.
I wore a pretty simple floor-length dress, white silk, with a lined, hooded cloak over it. It was a long time ago. It’s very close to this, Hooded bridal cloak 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 bridesmaids’ dresses, my mother’s dress. I got fed up of sewing something terrible.
That was a long time ago. This summer I’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!
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 who’s getting married and I (of course!) tried it on first. It fell off. Slipped right down. I laughed and laughed and laughed!
Front
Embroidery detail
With veil
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.
No, I was the fattest bride ever!
Were you tied to the tracks moments before and he saved you??
Don’t be silly. He’d be wearing a Mountie uniform in that case.
Maybe he was the one tied to the tracks and I saved him? 