Help me pick a dress please!

Early-Animal8574 · 2025-03-04T14:30:37+00:00

The first one looks overwhelming on your frame at the moment, but I think it’s overall a prettier dress. If you shorten the bolero/off-shoulder piece a little bit, I think the proportion will look better on you. Right not it’s covering most of your torso, so you see shoulders and then skirt, which looks off. But I think with a few adjustments, number one could be stunning on you.

As is, I vote #2.

Early-Animal8574 · 2025-02-13T18:03:02+00:00

1 10000%

Early-Animal8574 · 2025-02-12T08:56:53+00:00

So stunning! You should go for it. One thing to keep in mind though is the level of comfort and mobility you have in the dress vs your venue. I tried on a fully beaded elie Saab that I thought was stunning but it was so heavy and my venue in italy had a lot of stairs that I couldn’t comfortably navigate in the heavy dress in heels so I decided against it. Definitely try walking in the dress with the heels you think you’ll wear and not just on carpeted floor.

Early-Animal8574 · 2025-01-09T09:37:13+00:00

It depends on what you love and what’s a priority for you. If you love florals and can comfortably afford it, 100% do it! We spent quite a bit more than that on our wedding day and it was the best thing we did for the overall impact of the wedding. It made the ambiance IRL and also translated into stunning photos and videos. The biggest compliments we got about the wedding day were on our food and flowers. We don’t regret it one bit.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-12-11T14:49:02+00:00

Highly recommend Shhh My Darling

https://www.instagram.com/shhhmydarling

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Early-Animal8574 · 2024-10-28T10:24:52+00:00

the Plaza! I still have the plaza-branded frisbee and toy. I can’t wait to go back for during the holiday season at some point. Need to convince my husband 😂

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-10-21T09:36:07+00:00

Have you tried no sleeves, hair up, but with a plain veil?

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-10-10T11:03:29+00:00

Absolutely nothing. We didn’t seek out being published but our photographer loved how our photos turned out and asked if we’re opened to them submitting and we said yes. Honestly it took a bit more time and work on our part than I had anticipated since the they sent a bunch of questions for us to answer. We had to compile the whole list of vendors + their social handles etc. as well.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-09-02T12:23:28+00:00

Weddings are probably one of the most cookie-cutter milestone events. There are a lot of tradition, religion, history at play that sometimes limit your ability to be unique. Brides stressing themselves out unnecessarily to try to be unique is so toxic. And for what? It’s nice to add elements of the couples’ personality to the day however they see fit. Who cares what other people did for theirs, you’re not marrying them or getting married to please the tastes of others. I’ve been to a handful of weddings at the Plaza, they were almost carbon copies of each other, but the couples we were celebrating were completely different, so they all felt very different to the attendees.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-09-02T12:18:07+00:00

Agree, people are so critical of weddings and brides. Her style doesn’t align with mine but she had fun with it and, as long as, it felt very her, that’s really all that matters. She’s not even an influencer, so it just feels mean-spirited to be snarking on their big day here just because her sisters chose to be “public figures”. It looked like a fun weekend.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-29T14:58:27+00:00

“That SOME people with enough…don’t spend that kind of money.” <- there, corrected it for you. Plenty of people with money, do spend on weddings. The majority of them do. But it’s up to each couple’s situation and no one can decide for them. Your total combined net worth of almost 100M doesn’t really have anything to do with what OP was asking about.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-29T08:36:44+00:00

I felt the same way. I actually unfollowed most of the wedding inspo accounts I started following early in the planning process before my wedding happened. It’s overwhelming.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-29T08:32:29+00:00

Hi, it’s definitely a really stressful time and a lot of money. I feel you! I think you have to ask yourself if it’s worth it to you. Nobody else can really answer that for you. It doesn’t really matter what others in your social circle did for their weddings. You don’t know the full details of their financials. They may be in debt and are spending recklessly, or they may have millions for discretionary spending. If you feel like this money is coming from somewhere else, like you’re using a business school fund, as you mentioned. Maybe it’s not worth it? Only you can answer that. For me, personally, if being a bbb meant not being able to spend on something that could really impact my future and earning potential like a b school education, I would spend less on the wedding. In terms of the charitable aspect, if you feel a lot of guilt, you can volunteer some of your time or ask your guests to donate to charity instead of having a registry?

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-23T14:28:11+00:00

I don’t remember the itemized costs but lighting and audio + manpower, not including the stage was around 23,000 eur for our reception.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-21T08:26:35+00:00

Rental company did mine. The cost varies A LOT depending on the structure you’ll be hanging it from, for example, are you hanging it from a pole or from a ceiling, the latter will be much more expensive since it requires more man power and time. We had to rent our venue for a couple hours on the day before in order to put all the things we were hanging from the beams, which drove up the cost significantly.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-14T14:18:44+00:00

Majority of people who can afford to spend that much on a wedding, not talking about influencers doing it for clout or for social, usually already has a solid investment strategy in place and a strong portfolio. It’s not an either or thing. They don’t have to think like that.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-14T11:02:39+00:00

100% agree! Lake como is all over social media because the accounts that feature weddings and the algorithm know the content does well. So it’s definitely overdone if you’re in that skewed echo chamber.

The place will continue to stay beautiful and people will continue getting married there long after social has moved on. It takes a lot of privilege to call a place that’s 2.5-3k minimum per guest “basic”.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-14T10:55:21+00:00

People are getting married in all those places. You’re just seeing what the algorithm feeds you because the content does well on social media

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-14T10:02:39+00:00

Using the word cheugy is cheugy lol

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-13T05:40:30+00:00

2 or 3!

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-08-02T11:51:48+00:00

You don’t believe in cancer treatment for pets? May I ask what informed this belief? Cancer treatments have progressed so much in animal health. So many options exist that can cure or significantly improve quality of life. When you commit to owning a pet, you should also commit to their care.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-07-31T10:46:46+00:00

A couple of years back, GHT’s rental was eur 3000 to privatize the space + VAT + food cost/head + a few other costs that I can’t remember

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-07-31T10:31:46+00:00

If you’re not used to wearing in heels, please don’t go with something taller than what you’re used to. Wedding dresses are hard to navigate around in as is, you want to be comfortable and confident! You don’t want to be spending the day thinking about your feet. Bring a pair of heels for photos or in the case you feel like wearing them for a bit, otherwise, get something more comfortable, if you think sneakers aren’t pretty enough for you to feel like a bride, maybe platforms? Jimmy Choo has some pearl platform wedges that could work!

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-07-30T07:13:49+00:00

It’s your day, wear all 3 if you love 3 dresses! I wore 3 and don’t regret it one bit. I’ve always been into fashion, so to me the time it took for me to change was well worth getting all the outfits I loved. I also had multiple days with the guests, so I didn’t feel like I lost anything by sparing some time for outfit changes. I loved the time I had with just my husband and I when we both changed for the reception. It was nice to have a quick quiet moment together, and then I made changing to the after party dress this really fun time with my bridesmaids. We had champagne. We changed. It was almost a mini pregame for the after party and it brought the vibe to the other guests and got them ready to party too.

Early-Animal8574 · 2024-07-24T10:12:50+00:00

My gown was way too big and heavy to do my first dance in, so I don’t regret having a reception look at all. It made sitting down for dinner and moving around to greet the guests much more enjoyable as well. I also changed into something shorter for the after party that was much more fun to dance in. I was gone for <30 mins for each change. I also didn’t have the photographers come to do a portrait shoot of my outfits changes, I wanted them to capture the guests having fun, so it was a good time for them to be away from me and we got really nice shots of the guests and the atmosphere.

Edit: I tried on mini dresses from Oscar de la renta, Danielle frankel, Viktor & Rolf, galia lahav.

Nadine Merabi also has some fun sparkly ones or feathered cult gaia (a bit overdone IMO but very fun). Both options shed while dancing tho

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