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Published On: Jun 18, 2007 10:05 AM
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Published On: Jun 18, 2007 10:05 AM
06.13.07 : Dress Shopping
Last Wednesday I went dress shopping with one
of my bridesmaids Tracy, and two of the three women who work at Jennifer's
Bridal in Delaware: Jennifer and Debbie (the owner). I was so
excited for this day, it's been something I've been looking forward to for a
long time. I love fashion and shopping so wedding dress shopping at couture
designers in NYC is, for me, the perfect
day!
I knew we were going to have fun when we drove by Mecca on our way to our first appointment.
Tracy is on the left, with Jennifer in the middle and Debbie on the right in the backseat of our cab. Here you can observe the face of small business ownership: a cell phone permanently attached to your ear!
Our first stop was Amsale:
I tried on all these dresses! And I loved them all! What a decision.
Emily, who works at Amsale, is a goddess. She knew exactly what would look right on me and was really open to creativity with the dresses. I highly recommend paying her a visit if you are in NYC dress shopping!
After that we were on our way to Melissa Sweet
I was so overwhelmed by how pretty the salon was that I totally forgot to take photos of it! I did get a shot of the fabulous Melissa Sweet (on the right) and her right hand gal Joy (appropriately, on Melissa's right) with all the beautiful dresses in the background:
And our last stop was Birnbaum and Bullock, which is truly a custom shop in every sense of the word. All the dresses are chosen, fitted, sized and produced right there on the floor. Here is Robert Bullock explaining something to Tracy, Jennifer and Debbie (who are looking very fascinated with Robert).
Their studio reminded me a lot of the resourcefulness of a small business (like my studio!) using fabrics and textures to create space.
So throughout the day I tried on all these dresses:
but I didn't get any of them! I got a totally different dress than anything you see above.
Overall I found dress shopping fun, but extremely difficult - Melissa Sweet said something to me when I had one of her designs on that I think is very much true; "You are going to find a lot of dresses you like that work well on your shape so it's going to be a matter of which one is 'you,' which one represents who you are and what your personal style is." No wonder so many people find dress shopping challenging, it's like going to a spiritual self-discovery retreat amongst hundreds of yards of silk tulle and chiffon.
But I did find a dress that I think is very 'me' and I created some modifications with the help of the designer to make it truly custom. Tune into the blog after Feb. 2nd 08 to see what it looks like!
I knew we were going to have fun when we drove by Mecca on our way to our first appointment.
Tracy is on the left, with Jennifer in the middle and Debbie on the right in the backseat of our cab. Here you can observe the face of small business ownership: a cell phone permanently attached to your ear!
Our first stop was Amsale:
I tried on all these dresses! And I loved them all! What a decision.
Emily, who works at Amsale, is a goddess. She knew exactly what would look right on me and was really open to creativity with the dresses. I highly recommend paying her a visit if you are in NYC dress shopping!
After that we were on our way to Melissa Sweet
I was so overwhelmed by how pretty the salon was that I totally forgot to take photos of it! I did get a shot of the fabulous Melissa Sweet (on the right) and her right hand gal Joy (appropriately, on Melissa's right) with all the beautiful dresses in the background:
And our last stop was Birnbaum and Bullock, which is truly a custom shop in every sense of the word. All the dresses are chosen, fitted, sized and produced right there on the floor. Here is Robert Bullock explaining something to Tracy, Jennifer and Debbie (who are looking very fascinated with Robert).
Their studio reminded me a lot of the resourcefulness of a small business (like my studio!) using fabrics and textures to create space.
So throughout the day I tried on all these dresses:
but I didn't get any of them! I got a totally different dress than anything you see above.
Overall I found dress shopping fun, but extremely difficult - Melissa Sweet said something to me when I had one of her designs on that I think is very much true; "You are going to find a lot of dresses you like that work well on your shape so it's going to be a matter of which one is 'you,' which one represents who you are and what your personal style is." No wonder so many people find dress shopping challenging, it's like going to a spiritual self-discovery retreat amongst hundreds of yards of silk tulle and chiffon.
But I did find a dress that I think is very 'me' and I created some modifications with the help of the designer to make it truly custom. Tune into the blog after Feb. 2nd 08 to see what it looks like!
Posted: Mon - June 18, 2007 at 10:00 AM |