If you were having something small, what would you wear?

[fieryred33143]

I''m in a forget it all mood today

And since I''m in that mood, I''m thinking small ceremony with a dinner after (tomorrow I''ll be in a different mood I''m sure)

Just for fun/ideas: If you were doing a small ceremony with a dinner after, what would you wear? If you did this, what did you wear?

I''m thinking something simple like this Nicole Miller:

 

[pjean]

I bought this dress for our small, dinner-following wedding. Now the wedding is getting bigger and more wedding-y. I''ll probably still wear this, though! (I''m substituting the fake bling at the hip for something else, though.)

My other favourite was this Jim Hjelm bridesmaid''s dress in ivory.

 

[tenfour]

this is what i''m wearing for our super small (10 person) and informal gathering.
it''s lavendar label vera wang, made of cotton (so comfortable), and it is knee length.

 

[marchswallowbird]

Pjean, where did you get this dress? It''s gorgeous! I might want one...

 

[portia]

I think you can wear whatever you want - something more casual or full on bridal. Whatever your heart desires!

My DH and I had a small destination wedding (17 people) with dinner after the ceremony and I wore a wedding gown. I figured, I'm only doing this once so I might as well get the gown and veil. We did end up having a formal dinner reception back home that I wore the dress to, however I would have gotten the dress if we hadn't had the reception.

Here's a pic...

BTW, I really like that Nicole Miller dress you posted. That would be perfect!

 

[goldenstar]

I would wear one of the jcrew wedding dresses. They are all so fabulous!

 

[violet02]

I''d probably wear the dress I''m wearing to my rehearsal dinner! (which is a bit tight I might add... I''m dieting!)

 

[rockzilla]

I''d wear the dress my good friend wore to her smallish, at-home wedding a few weeks ago. No bridesmaids, but I was cake baker, makeup artist and photographer! And might I say, the photos came out pretty darn good for a complete amateur

I''m going crop it so you can''t see her full face for privacy reasons...

It''s a melissa sweet, btw

 

[violet02]

Rockzilla -- I LOVE your friend''s dress! It''s gorgeous! I''d wear that instead!

 

[geckodani]

They don''t make the dress I wore, but J.Crew has these 2 that are similar:

They are both under $400, too.

 

[mercoledi]

I did that, and wore this dress. If I had it all to do over, I''d probably wear a simple Nicole Miller or one of the newer J Crew dresses (at the time of my wedding, they only had the Sophia which wasn''t super flattering on). We were married in a huge manor house inn and had champagne and snacks at the inn, then a small dinner afterward.

 

[doodle]

personally, i would''ve come up with ANY excuse possible to wear the dress pictured below...until miraclesrule had such a hard time with the designer getting her daughter''s dress altered. after that, i think i fell out of love with it...just a little bit, though!

 

[pjean]

Date: 8/14/2008 5:45:27 PM
Author: marchswallowbird
Pjean, where did you get this dress? It''s gorgeous! I might want one...

Thanks! I bought it online from Bloomingdale''s. It''s from last season though, so they don''t have it all the time. Right now, they just have a size 6. I bought a size 10, which is too big for me. (It''s a very forgiving cut.

) I''m hoping I can have it taken in and up.

 

[marchswallowbird]

I took quite a while, but I found it! And I am a size 6.

Do you think I can wear this the day after the wedding to the brunch (I would wear a different dress to the actual wedding)? Or is that too much?

 

[Gypsy]

http://www.amsale.com/bnp/bridesmaids/080710/g902t.shtml in white.

 

[pjean]

Date: 8/15/2008 2:05:58 PM
Author: marchswallowbird
I took quite a while, but I found it! And I am a size 6.


Do you think I can wear this the day after the wedding to the brunch (I would wear a different dress to the actual wedding)? Or is that too much?

I think you could, if you take off the fake blingy brooch thing stuck to the bow.

Be warned - I think it''s a darker colour in person than in the picture. Just FYI.


/hijack

 

[elrohwen]

Dani, that JCrew dress on the left is my dress! I love it

 

[E B]

This.

 

[KimberlyH]

We had a small wedding, 28 people including us, and I wore a wedding gown. I was in the same camp as Portia, figured I was only walking down the aisle once, might as well dress the part, minus a veil. That being said, some great, less formal options have been given in this thread that would be just as gorgeous as a wedding gown. I say wear what makes you feel beautiful.