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AlohaBird

Two stores, three attempts and I said YES to the dress!

I went to two different bridal shops, the first one was very anxiety inducing, but the second one was AMAZING and so laidback. Not only did I find a dress I liked, I found 4 dresses! This is the one I chose. It's perfect for me and my destination wedding. And....because it's been discontinued it's $1000 under budget! It's a Maggie Soretto -the designer I've dreamed of wearing forever, well since I first saw one of her dresses years ago in pale blue. I never thought I would actually get a strapless dress, but I guess you never know until you try them on. http://imgur.com/a/kOpbN

Posted Oct 7, 2016, 5:34 PM UTC

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buhnyfoofoo•

Whoa. That dress is stunning.

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the_codifier•

It was a great choice and looks great on you. Where are you going to get married? And I suppose that you won't use too much accesories, will you? Congrats!

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AlohaBirdOP•

Thank you! Thank you! I love the feel and style of this dress so much! And it only needs to be hemmed and probably taken in at the hips.

We are getting married on Kauai in September of next year - I'm a little pro-active with all of the planning, I'd love to have everything done by the end of January.

I don't know about accessories. Everyone that came with me insists that I should have a back clip on veil, which did look pretty. I don't feel that I need any jewelry - my tattoo is more than enough and is has a very special meaning to me.

I have no idea about shoes- I might wear flats, we want to get married in a garden/orchard setting. I know most people think beach when they hear Hawaii wedding, but it's so beautiful inland on Kauai that when we went there last we only visited the beach once.

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salty_box•

BEAUTIFUL DRESS! Can you elaborate a bit about what made you anxious about the first places, but not the second? I am a bit anxious about dress shopping, so I'm trying to find ways to make the process easier for myself.

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AlohaBirdOP•

The first place I went to was a "higher end" store. I made an appointment and brought photos of dresses I liked as requested. After showing them to the lady, she overloaded me by showing me all the racks, including ones way out of my price range, then said to pick out a couple styles I liked. I had told her I didn't know what would look good so I wasn't sure, but I started at the closest rack. After I had picked out one dress, she went and collected dresses she thought were my style and had me try them on. They weren't my style, and even after say nope, nope before being handed them she kept me in the dressing room to look for more.

I felt very rushed and like I wasn't going to find anything that worked. When we hit 5 dresses that really weren't working -she kept bringing empire waist sashes dresses - I asked my friend to go pick one out. My friend lifted it off the rack while I was getting undressed, and she was reprimanded for touching a dress.

A couple ended up being okay, but it wasn't the wow experience I thought I would have. And the anxiety of it all made it an uncomfortable experience.

At the second place, they didn't take appointments and I brought my friend, my sister and parent. The owner showed me where the Maggie Sottero dresses were and said "feel free to look around and try on as many as you want. I was surprised and we even asked if we could touch the dresses. She said, "Of course!" We were there 2 hours, I got an idea of what I wanted and found 4 dresses I liked. The owner was hands off- no pressure, only helping if we needed it or asked. Absolutely no pressure. I had so much fun trying dresses on there.

I came back the next week and bought one of the four that I liked.

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