The Perils of the Plus Size Bride

Zomg!

2009-12-14T11:25:00.000-08:00

I found the black version of that dress I was looking for completely by chance!!

How awesome!

Found A Few Things...

2009-10-22T18:32:00.000-07:00

This is a black dress from Younkers that I absolutely love. However a dress that's more fitting to my dear cousin's personality is :

Which is available at Nordstrom.

Now my cousin is one of the very few people who could absolutely rock this dress. I'm proud of that fact because it's an exquisite little piece of artwork!

Not exactly the dress I was in search of, but even better in my opinion. Now onto the other bridesmaids!

The case of the little black dresses...

2009-10-03T09:08:00.000-07:00

Okay, so maybe my bridesmaids to be aren't exactly plus size. In fact, maybe my cousin is more like a size 6 or 8. But still, I'm on a mission to find THIS DRESS:

But in black. I love everything about the dress, but tan plaidy-lookin' just doesn't fit my theme! And she'd rock that dress, let me tell you.

So here's what I found so far:

Which would be perfect, too, but holy CRUD! It's $500.

So what next? Will I find the perfect dress for my darling cousin? Stay tuned.

I found a dress I love...

2009-09-09T18:46:00.000-07:00

The Perfect Dress

And I'm typically a size 28. I was thrilled to see that the dress was available in a 28 and in a store in my area! It's relatively cheap, too, since it's supposed to be a bridesmaid's dress. I emailed the store and asked a few questions about it and turns out the dress I wanted was a *small* size 28 and that's the largest size they make it in.
By looking around online, I was hoping to have either just one dress to try on in-store, or maybe a specific list before I made my decision, but I've had a decent experience with this place communicating via email, so I'm inclined to go in and take a look around and see if I can find anything there that's very similar.
Not sure when I'll be doing that, but hopefully in the next week or two.

Success!

2009-09-07T20:48:00.001-07:00

Strapless, trumpet silhouette, beaded, sequined, belled AND whistled! There it is, and available in sizes 2 - 32 at THIS WEBSITE.

Okay, so maybe this one was relatively easy, but that's the kind of thing I want to do with this blog. Let me know what it is that you can't find and I'll find it! Let's prove that you don't need to look like an old lady when you dress up or down.

Oh, to look beautiful on your wedding day...

2009-09-06T19:28:00.000-07:00

Picture it ladies: The Dress.

You've been imagining this dress since you saw your first Disney movie. A wedding cake in motion; strapless, beaded, bustled, six feet wide, and a veil so long it doesn't even make it all the way in the door for the ceremony.

Your man pops his question and you're SO excited. You can see yourself wearing it already. And so you begin to search for ideas.

"WOW these dresses all look so good! It doesn't matter that the dresses I'm looking at here only go up to a size 8. I'm only looking for now. Hmm, These ones only go up to a size ten. Oh, well."

Give it a few months and you've found this irresistible sequined trumpet dress and you're sure you would look fabulous on you.

"But it only goes up to a size 16!"

So you hit up Google. Google knows EVERYTHING after all!

"Okay, searching for 'Plus Size trumpet wedding dress.'"

And you find a few things that look pretty close. One is about right, but it has these ugly sleeves, another is really nice, and comes in a size *gasp* 26! But you need a 28 or 30 or 32.

So now what?

"I don't know. I really wanted that dress, but if it's not in my size.... I guess I can find something else."

EXACTLY!!!
That's the problem I'm hoping to solve by starting this blog. Yeah, that was a rather round-about way of saying it, but there are so many girls out there (and boys!) who can really identify with this issue.

I don't want you to have to find something else. No more compromising. I know there's SOMEONE who makes a size 30 trumpet dress out there, and I aim to find them. You just watch. My next post is going to be my proof that ANYTHING is possible if you just spend a little time searching around.