While my mom was still up north we stopped by Wolsfelt’s Victorian Bridal in Aurora, Illinois. We went into the experience thinking we’d just look around and try a few gowns on, but wouldn’t end up buying anything because I still had my heart set on trying the Watters dress. Looking around before we were helped only reinforced this idea. The dresses we saw were mostly over $2000, while I was looking more in the $1000-1200 range. Still, we figured it couldn't hurt to look around.
So anyways, when I made the appointment the lady on the phone was so nice and friendly and asked a ton of questions. When we arrived, she had already pulled a few dresses that she thought I might like and then I went through and picked a few more. While I was trying them on, Pat, the assistant kept asking questions to get a better feel for my personality and what kind of wedding I wanted to have. I felt like for the first time I had a sales lady who was using her expertise to help me. She actually told me what worked with my body and what didn’t, and I wasn’t offended to hear it since I knew she just wanted to help me.
They only had a few of the mermaid or trumpet style dresses so I ended up trying on a lot of the ball gown types as well. I even tried on one huge duponi silk dress that was so wide I don’t think both my dad and I could have gotten down the aisle together! It looked fine on me, but it just didn’t have the spark that I wanted. However, I had picked up one mermaid shaped dress early on that Pat had described as a total Barbie dress, which sounded perfect to me!
I always wonder how people would actually know when they saw "the dress" but I guess now I know! There isn’t anything I don’t love about this dress…from the color, to the train, to the slight beading, even the bow! It’s such a mix of trendy and traditional, sexy and demure. It was even within my price range! So I reluctantly left my dream dress behind but by the time my mom and I drove the 2 1/2 hours home, we knew it was “the one.” That night I called and placed the order. They even gave us 10% off for ordering on the same day I came in for my first appointment!
We couldn’t take pictures on the day I first saw it since I hadn’t paid yet, but when I took my mom back up to Chicago a few days later we stopped by with 2 of my aunts and 3 of my cousins (yes, I'm that girl) to see it again and take pics. Here are some of my favorites:
(Dear Mr. Chickadee, dad, and anyone else who doesn't want to know, you can stop reading now!)
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Please excuse the orange industrial clips in the back.
The simple beading on top.
With a veil on, though I haven't quite decided what length I want.
I love the back!
The dress itself isn't a fancy designer or anything, just a private label by Wolsfelt's, but that doesn't matter much to me, I love it! It should be here around the beginning of the year and I absolutely can't wait!
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