Appropriate Dress to Wear As Wedding Guest. Black? Red?

[Miss Neecerie]

My husband and I just got married on Sept. 8th. We had a "Casablanca" themed wedding. Here's some pics. This is my attempt at Veronica Lake hair. It was very humid that day, I am surprised it stayed in place! I beaded about 30 lampshades to look like the lamps in Rick's Cafe. Our wedding program's looked like passports. We used vintage Paris postcards for our RSVP's. The bridesmaids wore different black floorlength gowns, with cute platform peeptoe heels. (found the shoes at Marshall's) I can't wait till the professional pictures come in!!

with Jeff's grandparents-

my shoes-

bridesmaids shoes-

my lampshades, before and after-

You look Beautiful! Great pictures of your happy day!

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Congratulations, waingirl! Beautiful.
Ashley

 

[thebadmamajama]

Waingirl--

Where did you find that DRESS???!?!

 

[waingirl]

Waingirl--

Where did you find that DRESS???!?!

It's by the designer Maggie Sottero. All her dresses have girls names, mine is Madalyn.


Thank you ladies!!

 

[missmelly]

I had a vintage wedding also!

Our theme was vintage travel. I'm not to sure how to date this dress; 30s maybe??

Hairdo...it was done in fingerwaves.

Our "getaway" car

 

[Miss 1929]

Beautiful Miss Melly!

It looks like a 30s dress, is that burnout velvet? And I like a bride in red!
It is actually the traditional wedding color all over the world, before white became popular about 150 years ago.

 

[Miss 1929]

For new brides seeking inspiration:

Check out this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Your-Vintage-...8944711?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191432086&sr=8-1

"Your Vintage Wedding". Lots of pictures and advice on doing a vintage style wedding in different eras.

I love it except for where they spelled my name wrong...

 

[Josephine]

Is it permissible to wear a hat with a veil to a wedding? I have a little black hat that looks like a porkpie pillbox that has a small black veil on it and a rosette type ribbon on the back. The veil is too small to go over my face. I'll post pics of it this afternoon.

 

[The Shirt]

Miss Melly - you look gorgeous. I adore your hair and the feather piece in it is darling.
Waingirl - the casablanca idea looks perfect and you too look absolutely adorable.

I have weddings on the brain right now and have no idea with the exception of something vintage what I want to do. It's a good thing its a long long way off.

 

[missmelly]

Miss Melly - you look gorgeous. I adore your hair and the feather piece in it is darling.
Waingirl - the casablanca idea looks perfect and you too look absolutely adorable.

I have weddings on the brain right now and have no idea with the exception of something vintage what I want to do. It's a good thing its a long long way off.

Thanks! It was a lot of fun to do and actually, very inexpensive to pull off the whole look... I think in the neighborhood of $350 or under.

 

[Josephine]

Here's what I'm wearing to my second cousin's wedding this weekend. It's at 2:00 in North Carolina.

Any thoughts on the hat/dress/pearls? I thought pearls as they would echo the white polka dots in the dress. I'm not sure about wearing both, or if I should stick to the longer or the shorter of the strands.

Thanks!

ps make up isn't done, I try that out tomorrow.

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

Please help me find a dress for my brother's wedding! Details inside...

My brother is getting married in April. Here is the catch: it's a

1) Formal
2) Day Wedding
in
3) Kauai, Hawaii.

I am having a hard time squaring those three sort of off-kilter requirements. Does this mean a full-length gown? Tea-length? Cocktail? Any? I have been searching and searching and was hoping some of you ladies might be able to assist by shopping vicariously through me! Here are my (flexible) requirements:

1) Must fit measurements between 38-28-40 (smallest) and 41-30-free (biggest)
2) Must be $200 or less
3) Must be vintage or vintage-inspired/repro
4) Preferred eras are 30s-early 60s.

While I personally love the 40s/50s Hawaiian Shaheen dresses, I casually dropped that it might be fun for people to wear Hawaiian prints and got a very stern "We would hate that." BUT! I could wear one to the rehearsal dinner, so they aren't totally out.

Finally, if you find something in one of your "secret and too awesome to share with FL" vintage internet stores, just PM me and I'll keep your secret. Oh, and I don't know what the policy is for vendors, but feel free to post or to PM me as well.

THANKS!!!!!

 

[TessTrueheart]

My first thought went to those Whirling Turban dresses, although I'm not sure a dress like that is formal enough.

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

I don't think they're within my price range, actually. I went and perused their site for a bit...maybe for *my* wedding!

 

[mrswheats]

My all-time favorite stores for this type of dress are Ann Taylor and White House, Black Market. Here are a few examples:

Ann Taylor:

White House Black Market

 

[ShortClara]

I'm thinking something in the Shaheen style, but perhaps without the island print? You could get a divine pattern and have something made for $200 I would expect. Your peeps might be thinking "ugly Hawaiian shirt" and have no idea how amazing a 50s Kamehameha or Shaheen-style dress can be, though.

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

I'm thinking something in the Shaheen style, but perhaps without the island print? You could get a divine pattern and have something made for $200 I would expect. Your peeps might be thinking "ugly Hawaiian shirt" and have no idea how amazing a 50s Kamehameha or Shaheen-style dress can be, though.

Not a bad idea. I don't have a seamstress around here though. Is there a resource for finding one? I mean, I'm a stone's throw from Manhattan so it can't be too hard.

 

[TessTrueheart]

How about a cheong sam/qi pao? I love this style.

 

[Lauren]

Maybe something like this? There's only one size left and I'm not sure what size you are, but if you go into a store or call they can find one for you in another store I recently had to do that for a friend's wedding.

 

[ShortClara]

Not a bad idea. I don't have a seamstress around here though. Is there a resource for finding one? I mean, I'm a stone's throw from Manhattan so it can't be too hard.

I get some NYC boardies could help out with that.

Oh, and am loving the Cheongsam idea, too!