So Ailsa and Rhona were down to visit me this weekend. This meant lots of cocktails and lots of shopping! But before we hit Oxford street on the Sunday we had an appointment for them to try on some Dessy bridesmaid dresses at a bridal shop in Canary Wharf. Gerard came along with us. He was keen to see the dresses so he can begin to get a vision for the day - and to make up a bit from not knowing anything about what I'll be wearing.
I've been looking on Dessy frequently and I love the amethyst colour which is a sort of dusky purple. I'd also already decided that I wanted long dresses so the girls can wear whichever shoes they like underneath and that I particularly liked chiffon as the material. I rang up the shop beforehand and the assistant had looked out a selection of dresses which I had seen online.
Rhona came out of the changing room first, wearing a high necked dress in the right colour. Both her and Ailsa were very enthusiastic about the colour choice - though Gerard seemed less certain. To allow him the benefit of the doubt I let him look at the rail of dresses and pick a colour. Gerard picked a rather bright blue which didn't look quite so good on the girls and was quickly dismissed. Sorry Gerard. He had been hoping to match the colour to my ring but it would have been too much with four bridesmaids. Rhona looked fantastic in this first dress. Ailsa then came out in a dress with two wide straps which met in an empire line underneath a satin band. The dress was in a champagne colour so was quite a feat to imagine it in amethyst but she did look stunning and chic in it. Other dresses included another high-necked dress with some sequin detail, a one shouldered dress, and a few strapless ones. After much deliberation, and lots of swapping of dresses between both girls they left the shop both preferring the ones they had first had on.
As it had been tricky to imagine the other dresses in the correct colour we went home and looked at the website which shows them properly.
I have another appointment booked for the weekend when Nicky will be here and I hope Hannah may be able to make that appointment too. We think that to have the girls in different dresses they will all have to be in completely different ones, or be two and two so that could be interesting. Watch this space...
I've been looking on Dessy frequently and I love the amethyst colour which is a sort of dusky purple. I'd also already decided that I wanted long dresses so the girls can wear whichever shoes they like underneath and that I particularly liked chiffon as the material. I rang up the shop beforehand and the assistant had looked out a selection of dresses which I had seen online.
Rhona came out of the changing room first, wearing a high necked dress in the right colour. Both her and Ailsa were very enthusiastic about the colour choice - though Gerard seemed less certain. To allow him the benefit of the doubt I let him look at the rail of dresses and pick a colour. Gerard picked a rather bright blue which didn't look quite so good on the girls and was quickly dismissed. Sorry Gerard. He had been hoping to match the colour to my ring but it would have been too much with four bridesmaids. Rhona looked fantastic in this first dress. Ailsa then came out in a dress with two wide straps which met in an empire line underneath a satin band. The dress was in a champagne colour so was quite a feat to imagine it in amethyst but she did look stunning and chic in it. Other dresses included another high-necked dress with some sequin detail, a one shouldered dress, and a few strapless ones. After much deliberation, and lots of swapping of dresses between both girls they left the shop both preferring the ones they had first had on.
As it had been tricky to imagine the other dresses in the correct colour we went home and looked at the website which shows them properly.
I have another appointment booked for the weekend when Nicky will be here and I hope Hannah may be able to make that appointment too. We think that to have the girls in different dresses they will all have to be in completely different ones, or be two and two so that could be interesting. Watch this space...
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