Looking for a wedding dress and live in the NYC or Beverly Hills area?  Want a designer dress but don’t know where to start?  Then you might want to check out the Saks Fifth Avenue Bridal Trunk Shows!

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I love this time of year (and September too) when the fashion world is buzzing with hot ready-to-wear looks for the following season! Back in the day (when I could handle standing in 4 inch heels for 10 hours straight) I used to be a part of that world. For years, I was up close and personal with some of the most beautiful collections, producing some of the hottest shows… now I am resigned to sitting at my computer all day refreshing nymag.com to see the latest looks to hit the runway.  Not that I am complaining, my life is much quieter now… and my feet, back, neck and blood pressure definitely thank me!

I was perusing through the latest from NY Fashion Week and thought I would throw some inspiration your way.  Who knows, maybe some of these designs will inspire your dress shopping, or they could be a great starting point for those who have the option of custom dress making!

Dresses left to right: Carlos Miele, Tadashi Shoji, Marchesa and J. Mendel

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I recently attended a bridal show and it was so much fun!

I wanted to share some bridal show tips with everyone that I learned.

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While searching for “The Dress”, Moon Dude and I traveled to a wedding of one of his groomsmen on Long Island, NY. On our way home from the wedding, we stopped in NYC for the day to enjoy its sights, sounds, and flavors (Me: more the sights and sounds, Moon Dude: more the flavors). Ok, confession-time: I had (have) a slight addiction to “Say Yes to the Dress”, and although I love the show, I felt it left me with a great pressure to find “The Dress”. It also led me to fantasize about going to Kleinfelds. However, my wedding budget wouldn’t let me (and also maybe a little bit because they had no appointments on the weekend we were in town, but who is checking anyways?). So upon more research I found an interesting alternative.

The Bridal Garden

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The day after the Seattle Wedding Show, I ordered my dress at La Belle Reve. I’ve been so busy working and organizing the house that I wasn’t able to order the dress earlier this month. However, I did it today! While I was ordering my wedding gown, I remembered that today is my three year anniversary with Towie Bear. I felt a symbolic moment going over my spirit as I submitted the order.

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I really hate admitting when I am wrong (yes, stubbornness runs in my family), but when I am wrong I will say I am wrong… and boy was I really wrong when it came to the dress search!  I spent last weekend in Atlanta searching for my dress with my family and MOH, and was shocked to find out that I was WAY off when it comes to what I want! I had appointments at both Bridals by Lori and Wedding Angels, both of which are fantastic places, but thank goodness for Flo at Bridals by Lori.  She really worked to help me break out of my mold and try on new things….and what do you know, I ended up with a dress I never thought I would buy.  (She also was great with staying in our limited budget.)

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I have now moved on to the dress finding portion of this crazy journey and I have a slight problem… I have NO idea what I want in a wedding dress! But, there are 2 things I know for sure:

1. I won’t do a ball gown style.  Too much dress + too much sand = not a happy me
2. God blessed me with hips and a butt that even the dancers from “Baby Got Back” can’t touch, which I think means that mermaid and drop waist are out!

Now that I have moved on past that, it’s all still very overwhelming! That is why I was so excited when I ran across this great little dress designer application on the Pronovias Website.

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I, like most people these days, try to be as green as possible in my daily life.  I reduce, reuse and recycle as much as I can… but never did I think you could find a wedding dress designer that is not only eco-friendly but makes fabulous gowns.  I ran across the Natural Bridal Collection on one of my many nights perusing Etsy.com.

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Yesterday I went to my third bridal gown appointment. I visited a boutique from Edmonds, WA called Cynderellies Closet and it was a lovely store with awesome staff. However, I’m still not sure of what I want. I still remember that dress that I loved in La Belle Reve Bridal from Bellevue, but my heart is still not complete. That’s when I realized that I need my mother’s approval. I live in WA State and my mother lives in Spring Hill, Florida. Therefore, distance is an issue.

Today, I made the reservations to go visit my parents’ right after the Holidays. I got the style number of all of the dresses that I love and hopefully my mom will channel the same feelings I have about a couple of them…or at least one of them. The only time that I’ve dressed in expensive dresses was when my father purchased them for me. This time around I am purchasing my bridal gown, but I still need my mother’s blessing. It would be absolutely devastating to not have her approve of my wedding attire.

That is why I feel that this is the best decision I’ve made in regards to my bridal dress search. At the present, the designers that are listed as the front runners are: Casablanca and Maggie Sottero.

This image was also found at BravoBride.com This is a V-neck, A-line Ivory dress designed by Casablanca.

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Lately I’ve started looking at wedding dresses, which is a really fun, but confusing process. Somehow dresses I thought I would like do not look that great on me and those dresses I would never have imagined myself in are actually decent – weird.  But, the point of this post is to share some information I’ve uncovered in this process – the used wedding dress ‘industry’ – can I even call it an industry?  Well, whatever it is, it’s actually something I’m considering more and more.  For those who do not already know, sites such as PreOwnedWeddingDresses.Com and OnceWed basically allow recently-married brides to sell their wedding dresses (most of which have only been worn for like 8 hours) and veils.

Just browsing through this site, I’ve been really impressed with the quality and brands I’ve come across.

Take this Vera Wang for example -  selling on PreOwnedWeddingDresses for $2100

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