Counting the days to our BIG DAY...

Friday, August 18, 2006

well, no bride-to-be will anyhow dress on her ROM rite??? so how to find THE DRESS for the occasion... either to buy off-the-rack (otr) or made-to-measure (mtm). looking at my own figure, tink better mtm ba... else how to hide the fats and look nice at the same time. LOL!!!

since feb'05 , i had joined a couple of wedding forums (those mentioned in the earlier post). got to know a couple of forum pals who ROM-ed the same month as me, may'05. so of course we'll all discuss abt where to get this or where to get dat. most of us had heard dat a particular "bridal boutique" Jess Haute Couture which was quite good. though it's a small small shop with a one-woman show, but the owner Jessica does really design nice rom dresses, wedding & evening gowns. sometimes we even see her been featured in the bridal magazines. her ROM package was also quite reasonable.. comes with a mtm ROM gown to keep, a bouquet of roses and make-up.

so a few of us meet up (separately) with Jessica during mar'05 and decided to sign up for her ROM package.. tink it was SGD300. when i went for my first appt with Jessica, she had asked me what kind of design i had in mind. i've flipped thru several bridal magazines and told her that i wanted a strapless gown but muz haf an extra jacket (for covering my big arms). she persuaded me to get a scarve instead as it looked more fashionable, i agreed and so there goes another SGD30 to add into my package.

the so called IN colour for that particular season was either silver grey or champagne, i chose silver grey as it will look better against my skin colour. she gave me her textile swatches and i was overwhelmed by the many different types of textiles and colours. i'd wanted to choose satin but it wun look good on me as i was quite big, so i was recommended shantung silk or duchess satin. end up i had shantung silk for my ROM dress. the design was agreed to be a strapless knee-length dress with a matching scarve. but after a few days, i changed my mind and had the design changed to sleeveless with 2 straps. the front was with over-lapping v-neckline. paiseh ar, no confidence so muz change design.

it takes abt 1.5mths for the dress to be ready as Jessica had many customers... whoah.. the pros n cons of one-woman show. sometimes she can be really busy. The next time i meet her was end of apr'05 liao, tis time i brought along my hubby to show him the dress (he has no idea of the design as it was my sis n mum who went along wif mi when i met Jessica). my main idea was to let him pay for the dress, kekeke. lucky he said it's nice or else....

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