Alice by Jenny Packham
I’ve received a few emails about “the” wedding dress that I finally chose. Today, Ekaterina kindly commented asking for a glimpse – so here it is. The dress is Alice by Jenny Packham. It wasn’t necessarily the type of dress I thought would appeal to me; I expected more lace but it did have the classic line and fit I was looking for and hopefully a vintage feel. Now I’m faced with a dilemma – keep the dress, wrapped in tissue, to try on while hoovering or eating tea and biscuits on a rainy Sunday OR sell it, so that someone else may have some joy from the dress, other than the moths? The selfish side of me realllllly wants to keep it, perhaps as a weight gauge while middle-aged spread kicks in. The more giving side remembers how thrilled I was to find this dress in a sample sale at Wedlock, as the £1,400 original price-tag seemed too indulgent (bearing in mind our low-key nuptials.) The jury’s still out on whether to sell or keep, I’ll let you know.
wow!!! Its absolutely beautiful
September 10th, 2008 at 2:41 am
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September 18th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
if you do decide to sell it, please let me know! i have tried this dress on to get ideas for the style i like to get something made and fallen in love with it. sadly i can’t afford the £1400 price tag either:(
January 8th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
it’s such a gorgeous dress and super vintagey (does this word even exist?) but now i’m seriously curious… what did u decide to do with ur dress??? did u sell it??? or keep it??? i’m hoping for the latter…
xoxo
February 15th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I still have it and think I will keep it. I still feel far too sentimental about the dress and the whole day. It sounds SOOOO cliché…but I loved the way the dress made me feel on my wedding day (or maybe it was the overwhelmingness of the whole occasion!) R x
February 15th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Hi there,
If there is any way you’ve decided you may be willing to part with it, let me know! I am in love with this dress, but it is just to expensive everywhere I have found it. My fiance and I are paying for our wedding ourselves and on a really tight budget. I thought I would just “settle” for something simple and easy, off the rack, but wow did I fall in love with this dress! Sigh…
I hope you are well :)
Cheers!
e
May 26th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
You’ve clearly opened a can of worms with this post, or rather, a can of desperate brides! I’m also hoping to buy this dress used, let me know if you change your mind.
Thanks,
Cory
January 5th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
If…and that’s a BIG if! (I would HATE to get anyone’s hopes up) I do decide to sell the dress, I will email all those of you on here that have asked first x
January 5th, 2010 at 7:26 pm