More shopping

Went to a store called Katie's formal wear, owned by a little Chinese lady and her pug.




At La Belle Elaine's. You should go here if you want to feel like a supermodel. They have a big, lighted runway in the middle of their store! (which I did not use). I also liked their nice big dressing rooms, but they also had very bright, unnatural lighting =\ The sales ppl weren't very helpful so I just tried to pin the dresses myself.

Dessy 2032
Same dress that M, J, S tried on in the previous posts. Still like this a lot. I looked at the teal in the same fabric but didn't really like it.
$180 in store, $120 online


Watters 5480
Love love love the silk dupioni fabric. Don't love the price so much. $280 in store, $180 online.
The color is a bit darker than in the pictures.
Link to website: http://watters.com/product.php?style=5480

dessy dresses

dessy 2032
new garnet renaissance satin






dessy 2048
teal renaissance satin





the lighting in the store that i went to seemed to add blue & saturate the colors. the teal is more green & washed out

Ok, here they are

Contender #1
Dessy 2032
Color: New Garnet
Fabric: Renaissance (wtf does that mean?)
Straps can be added.






Contender #2
Alfred Sung
Color: Silver
Fabric: Silky Satin

Side by side




According to Dessy, this is what Teal looks like in Renaissance

we found a nice one!

it looks kind of slutty in this picture. but it's actually really nice. haha. (it comes with optional spaghetti straps too.)

dessy #2032 $180

the red was really nice, we've yet to see what the teal looks like. maybe there are some floating around in Cali? see if you guys can track it down and try it on.

this one was also nice in person:



diana's got the pics of us trying them on. :)

one of my top five

my fav jim hjelm dress:

(love the back)

online it's $230 which is pretty pricey. 

diana, jade and I will be shopping for dresses tomorrow. i'll bring my camera and post pics!

dress shopping

lessons learned:
- try not to shop for dresses during prom season. frantic high school girls & their mothers abound.
- check swatches before you fall in love with a dress. teal is a hard color to find!

teals that do look nice in person:
- dessy/after six - ocean blue


- alfred angelo - tealness

dresses that i tried on (note: dresses were too big, so i was trying to hold them tight while taking a photo):
dessy 2525



after six 6531



bill levkoff 613
- v neck is pretty low
- indigo color isn't quite teal -- dark slightly muted blue with a hint of orange

Shara and I are going to shop a little on Saturday. Hopefully it goes well!

other dresses

dessy

http://www.dessy.com/dresses/bridesmaid/2515/

style 2515 - stretch charmeuse






pretty maids

http://bridesmaidsandflowergirls.com/season_s08/pages/4071.htm

style 4071 - taffeta






raylia

http://www.rayliadesigns.com/detail.php?id=337

style lily - chiffon

bill levkoff dresses

http://www.billlevkoff.com/collections/index.asp?collection=1




style 613 - back - tissue taffeta ~ $145







style 806 - tissue taffeta ~ $140






style 873 - tissue taffeta ~ $160






tissue taffeta color swatches - indigo isn't quite teal...

bari jay dresses

http://barijay.com/salon.php?coll=barijay



style 300 - starlet taffeta with beading





style 327 - starlet taffeta





style 427 - bella chiffon

alfred angelo dresses

http://www.alfredangelo.com/Company/HomePage.aspx



style 6223s - satin





style 6471 - chiffon, satin

after six dresses

http://www.dessy.com/bridesmaid-dresses/aftersix/

style 6279 - taffeta





style 6504 - matte satin




style 6517 - matte satin





style 6528 - renaissance satin

even better than gmail's clustered convos?

hey girls,

i figure with all this corresponding back and forth, we should have one place where we can look back on images of dresses, and wedding info... instead of digging around in our inboxes.

sound like a good idea?

we could post our top fives here.