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Love this over a wedding dress.

By Erinleighheart.

Vintage "Miss Melinda" Couture Wedding Dress

Such a beautiful vintage dress and only $380! Pretty cheap for a wedding dress. I don't really like the jacket that goes with it, but you don't need it anyways for a wedding. The intricate design of the gold and lace makes the dress so unique. Love it!

It's a 1950's dress by "Miss Melinda", an early couture designer. Sold by TimelessVixenVintage.

Fancy Wedding Dress

I came across this dress in Etsy by Colorada and I thought it was pretty interesting. Very intricate design and you can tell a lot of work went into it. It almost reminds me of the Renaissance time. $800.

Budget Wedding Dress

Whoever said you can't find a wedding dress for just a few hundred dollars obviously wasn't looking very hard. I found this dress that was only $280 and it's gorgeous! I tried finding it on the website again, but it's no longer available. The gown is from Jasz, and it's actually a prom dress!

Moral of the story: Don't ignore prom dresses when looking for a wedding gown. One of them just might be your wedding gown.

Wedding Gown Update

My dress finally came in on the 25th. I went to pick it up and get fitted the next day. Long story short, they were very accommodating and gave me the free rush alterations and 20% off the dress with no questions asked. The lady looked pretty nervous when she first went up to my mom and I because she knew what she had to deal with. You know, as annoying as the whole process, that one lady (Rebecca) was always nice to me. It was just frustrating at how hard it was to get my point across and have them fix their mistake.

Either way, if you're trying to find your wedding dress, I suggest not going to David's Bridal. I'm not the only one that's had issues. We ended up buying a few of the bridesmaid dresses there and when the time came to pay for the dress, they didn't give my sister-in-law the discount they said she would get because I bought my dress there. In the end, they gave her the discount, but still. They have a tendency to say things and not follow through. Maybe in hopes that the customer will forget.

The dress fit so much better. Not as much alterations needed now. I get to pick it up September 5. The dress was beautiful. I love it! I'd post it, but Ira might see it...

Pnina Tornai

Okay, so even though I have my dress, I'm still into that show Say Yes to the Dress. I saw one episode where they were having a Pnina Tornai runway show for her 2009 wedding dresses. I must say, they are pretty sexy dresses. There is one in particular that was the highlight of the show. Her Swarovski dress, which weighed about 8 lbs. and costs $45,000 dollars! This dress costs more than our whole wedding! Almost double! This picture doesn't do it justice. You should watch this episode on Hulu. You can't take your eyes off of it.

Wedding Dress

So about 5 days ago, I had my very first fitting and I also had my very first big drama for this wedding. Now, my dress has beadings on the bottom, and before I had purchased it, the sales lady had assured me that I would not lose anything during alterations. I still had a very weird feeling about it as I went to my first fitting. When I got there, the lady proceeded to fit the bust. As she got to the bottom, she tells me that I'm going to lose beading. Calmly, I said, "Well, when I bought the dress I was told that I wouldn't lose anything." Of course, they start thinking of ways to fix it before I go ballistic. Because of some language barriers, I misunderstand her and think that she wants me to find another dress. Turns out she was saying I should order the same dress in Petite. Petite is already 3 inches shorter, so if I still need alterations after that, it won't get rid of any beading. Now the manager gets involved and asks why a petite wasn't ordered in the first place. Duh! If I knew anything about that, I would've asked. You EXPECT the sales woman to know everything and bring that to your attention. She's lucky I didn't blow up right there and I was actually pretty calm.

Basically, I now have to wait for my dress, which has an arrival date of August 27. My wedding is on September 13. She let me know that it'll be done on time. It better be. I'm going to be calling them almost every week once it hits July. You better believe that a bridezilla may come out at them. I bought this dress over a year before the wedding. I shouldn't have to deal with this. That's just B.S. They're rush order is 3 months?!? They better eat up all the costs for any other alterations.

Note to short brides: Make sure you have them order you a petite!

P.S. Can you tell I'm slowly starting to have a small boil building up about this?