Saying ‘Yes’ to The Dress
Bride and emotions are two words that go aptly well in the same sentence. The journey towards the great ‘I DO’ takes feelings on a rollercoaster ride through laughter, tears and memories to last a lifetime. Without a doubt, one of the most momentous events in a bride’s journey is saying that special ‘Yes’… to The Dress!
We at Hush Studios met with Kim, a lovely bride that we had the privilege of photographing. Kim told us about her own experience in finalising this very precious purchase.
Kim holds dear a most distinct memory in her dress shopping experience: ‘I remember walking into the boutique and seeing this dress thrown aside, probably from a previous fitting, and I said to myself, the Guipure lace on the gown is beautiful!’
Kim had her own preferences for her dream wedding dress. ‘I had in mind a narrow A-line or mermaid lace dress and was provided with five dresses to try on. None of them made an impact though.’ Kim asked the shop assistant about the dress she had eyed before. ‘I asked to try it on and immediately knew it was the one’, she recalls with a smile. ‘It was a Farage unique design which happened to be on sale so thankfully it fell within my price range. The shop assistant told me that since the dress was one-of-a-kind, it had a name: Simonetta. Coincidentally, my mother’s name is Simone and I was getting married on her birthday. Talk about fate!’
Indeed, we’ve heard a many sweet anecdotes from brides whose shopping experience gifted them with stories to treasure and share. Some went on the trip solo, others took their girl crew or their loved ones. Some did not heed superstition and had the groom in tow. Whichever company, the bottom line is that a wedding dress is not just any dress. It signifies the end of one journey and the sweet beginning of another. Saying I Do is a monumental event and the bridal dress is very much a part of it. For the bride, the choice of her dress is very much about who she is. Given the momentous import of this special shopping trip, we’ve asked Kim to share with us a tip she would give other brides-to-be in selecting their dress.
‘I would recommend not leaving the dress-shopping too late into the wedding planning but not to buy the dress too early either. I bought my dress eighteen months before the wedding date and their were occasions where I got cold feet to the point that I considered forfeiting my deposit and going for another.’ Kim states that new collections made her almost regret her choice. ‘However’, she recalls, ‘when the day came and I put on my dress, I knew that I had made the right decision and in fact I’ve never regretted it since.’
With the benefit of hindsight, Kim asserts that she would have left dress shopping for one year to eight months prior to the wedding. In truth there is no magic timeline in sorting out all wedding preparations; although as Kim states, ‘leaving dress-shopping for later leads to the risk of not finding something to your liking or delays in the delivery of orders.’
Starting the search years before or just mere months, when the time does come, make sure to heed these four wedding dress commandments:
your wedding dress must not dwarf you
your wedding dress must reflect your personality
your wedding dress must be comfortable
you WILL know if it’s the one!
To summarize, we can give you this all-encompassing advice: it’s your wedding dress, not the wedding of your dress.
And we will make sure of that!
Kim loved the images we captured of her in her dream dress. ‘Matt picked up the detail of the Guipure lace in my preparation photos and I loved each and every one of them. He is very professional and has an eye for beautiful shots. What’s more, he let us have fun and relax; you could barely notice he was there. That was exactly what we wanted.’
Saying Yes to the Dress is all about you. We know it was hard work, so leave the job of capturing timeless images to us. Every image we capture will let your story shine through.