Happy Wednesday (almost Thursday) everyone! Today, we are continuing our wedding series and I want to talk about everything we wore for the wedding!
So I am just gonna get right into it…
Let’s start with the big one…my wedding dress! Quick little backstory, this dress was SO DIFFICULT to find! Oh my gosh. I always knew I wanted to wear a long sleeve, all lace dress on my wedding day. For some reason, it was so hard to find one that I liked. Then I was on Instagram one day and saw that this couple I knew from high school got married and her dress was EVERYTHING. I was not friends with her on Instagram at the time, but I was with her sister so I reached out to her and asked where her wedding dress was from and she told me Luv Bridal.
I immediately started looking on their website and found a few that I really liked, including this one!
Unfortunately, since the wedding was only a few months away, we did not have time to order the dress in my size so I had to get one off-the-shelf. The smallest they had the dress was a size 4 (I am a 0) but after trying it on, I was in LOVE and it could definitely be altered to fit me!
The dress itself ended up costing a little over $1000 and alterations were $500 so we ended up spending around $1500 for my dream dress!
Next up, our bridesmaid’s dresses! Okay, so on my last post, I told you a fun fact about these dresses. I HATED them. Okay, maybe hate is a little strong but I was not that happy about them. Originally, I wanted these gold dresses with open-backs but unfortunately, we could not go with those and I won’t get into detail about why but honestly, I was so broken hearted over it.
I spent FOREVER looking for other dresses and you guys know, I am picky! It took me longer to find bridesmaid dresses than it did to find MY wedding dress. I looked EVERYWHERE. Finally, I found these ones from Lulu’s. They were $70 each and are still available online if you do like them. Alterations were around $30 but the only alterations were to add fabric to the cleavage area and sew the slit down more so it wasn’t as high.
I DO NOT like the alterations that were made what-so-ever and I actually cried when I saw the dresses in person.
At the end of the day, it is what it is and I was very happy with the wedding. Also, my bridesmaids did make the dresses work because they are all so gorgeous but if I had to do it all over again, I would get the dresses I originally wanted.
Now I want to talk about the girl’s accessories. I had my amazing florist make the flower crowns for each of the girls and I loved that they made the dresses look better! Since the dresses were long, I had the girls wear whatever shoes that they were comfortable with (as long as you couldn’t see them). They were allowed to wear any jewelry they pleased and I also gifted them with the cutest little “knot bracelets”. I will post a picture of them below!
Moving onto the boys! Jaden’s suit is from Men’s Warehouse. We ended up just renting his but Jaden was not happy with it and honestly, I wish we would have just bought a suit and had it custom fitted for him because he did not feel good in his rental one. (I think he looks cute but I wish he would have felt that way!).
We asked the boys to wear a white button-up shirt (which was easy because all of our boys are members of The Church of Jesus Christ!), navy blue slacks, and brown shoes. The ties, I purchased from a local tie shop and they were super cheap and matched the dresses perfectly! I do wish we would have told the boys to all wear brown belts but hey, what do ya do!
And last but certainly not least…our shoes! Jaden’s were just apart of his rental suit. Mine…are simply my favorite shoes in the world and I love them so much that I still find any excuse to wear them!
My shoes here are Christian Louboutins! Specifically, they are the Pigalle 85mm Nude Patent Leather Pumps. They are $695 and they were a wedding gift from my parents! I have to admit, that when the reception started, I did change into my sandals but that is because I did not break them in enough for the wedding. Now, I can wear these bad boys for hours and even dance in them (I wear them to weddings a lot)!
I love them so so SO much and I am so happy that my photographer got this cute shot of our shoes!
Jaden’s shoes were also rented with his suit.
Alright, I think that is pretty much everything! In future posts, I plan to talk about our wedding rings, our schedule and maybe a honeymoon post so stay tuned for all of that! Make sure you are following me on my Instagram (click here to follow me!) and/or subscribe using your email on the side of this page to be notified when new posts are up. See you all on Friday for a new Friday Favorites post!
Nissa St Gelais 