Vintage Bride Outfit at Php5000
08 Mar 2011 6 Comments
I so love Ebay—I can go window shopping in front of my computer, and I find the most amazing things. If I were to get married soon, I’d have my whole outfit in less than 5000 pesos. Look What I found on Ebay:
AUTHENTIC WILLIAM CAHILL VINTAGE WEDDING DRESS (Cahill of Beverly Hills is the premier wedding gown designer of the 1940′s until 1960′s)
Picture this dress with the sleeves removed:
The neckline is great, and so is all the lace!
Cost of Dress: Php2500
Shipping: Php200
Alteration: Php500
Dry-cleaning: Php500
Total: 3700
RED (not-so-vintage-but-OMG-I’m-in-love-with-them) SHOES:
Cost: Php350
Shipping: Php100
Total: Php450
VINTAGE HEADBAND
Cost: Php150
Shipping: Php100
Total: 250
VINTAGE LUCKY CLOVER EARRINGS (Something blue!)
Cost: Php70
Shipping: Php 100
Total: 170
DRESS: Php3700
SHOES: Php450
HEADBAND: Php250
EARRINGS: Php170
TOTAL: Php4570
Wow. You all had better start browsing Ebay.ph now!
Non-matching Bridesmaid Dresses
25 Feb 2011 2 Comments
in Wedding Fashion Tags: bridesmaid dresses, mismatched bridesmaid dresses, non-matching bridesmaid dresses, wedding fashion
In the Philippines often the couple getting married provides for the clothes of the entire bridal party, especially the bridesmaid dresses. Usually, matching dresses are custom-made. They can be uniform, or of the same fabric and color but of different styles:
In some cases, to save some money, couples provide the fabric and the bridesmaids take it to the dressmakers of their choice. They pay for their own dresses to be made.
It is fortunate that my grandmother is a seamstress so when my brother got married recently, all of the bridesmaids’ dresses were made by her:
However, it is not necessary that bridesmaid dresses match. In fact, by looking at the pictures below, you can see that non-matching, possibly store-bought dresses look just as great!
Just assign a color scheme to your bridesmaids and let them buy their own. Another good thing is that these bridesmaids can wear their dresses on other occasions as well. The dress I wore on my brother’s wedding will probably never get worn again.
Personally I fancy making my future bridesmaids dress up in little black dresses, or blood-red cocktail dresses. They can buy their own so they can pick out what they feel comfortable in.
But if you’re still interested in affordable, custom-made dresses for your bridesmaids, my grandma still makes ‘em! Contact me at katrina.carneo@yahoo.com .
Phots taken from here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
