Dresses, Round 2.1

Round 2 consisted of visits to the following three bridal salons with my bridesmaids Amy and Jessie who came up from Chicago for 36 hours of dress mania. It was Jessie's first trip to Minneapolis and although dresses were the point of the trip I also wanted to give a little tour of Minneapolis so I set up our appointments for Edina and downtown.  Our first stop was Priscilla of Boston in Edina and then we headed down to the Macy's Bridal Salon by Demetrios.

Priscilla of Boston

I really liked all the options they had in stock at Priscilla and the salesperson I worked with, Sarah, was fabulous.  The ambiance was great too but the fitting room was a little on the small side.  I like it when the people who are there for the experience can be in the room.  Especially in my case where all of my bridesmaids are flying or driving in for the experience.  I want to chat while getting into dresses!  There were refreshments provided to all three of us and I ended up liking quite a few dresses.  What I also liked is that there was a large price range and the quality of the dresses didn't take such a huge aesthetic dip as the costs went down.  There were plenty of samples for sale too.

These are the highlights...

Melissa Sweet Billie Short

This dress is around $3,000 and comes in a longer version too.  The dress feels great on and is super flattering.  I was told that the foof on top can be added to or taken away as desired.  I fell in love with the dress when I saw it on the Wedding Chicks blog in this post. I fell so hard for that particular bride's style though that I couldn't imagine it Without aqua pumps, which is when I knew I might need to move on.  If an extra $3,000 falls into my lap between now and my wedding I am absolutely buying this dress for the day of festivities before the ceremony day.  I love the idea of being super dressed up but having something on that is easy to move around in.

Kenneth Pool

I loved this dress on but when I went home to look at pictures of it I wasn't as excited about it.  The swirl on the side of it is my favorite part because it reminds me of the Vera Wang Diana I had my heart set on when I tried this dress on.  I also love the belt portion of this.  It looks great with a crystal flower in the hair.

Dresses, Round 1

I went for Round 2 of trying on dresses this weekend.  Two of the attendants in our wedding came in for a whirlwind tour of Minneapolis Bridal Boutiques.  Prior to this trip the only bridal shop I had visited was L'Atelier Couture, where I was lucky enough to work with Amanda, the owner.  I knew that experience would be hard to top but the saleswomen I had at the places I visited this weekend were really great too.

I will detail each of my experiences over the next few blog posts...

L'Atelier Couture

I had the most amazing experience at L'Atelier Couture.  There was so much space for trying on the dresses and such a huge selection.  There was also a bottomless cup of coffee for my bridesmaid Kristen who had flown in on a late flight the night before from New York.  Much appreciated.  Amanda was really understanding that this was my first time trying on dresses and that I had no idea what I might be interested in.  She was also super helpful in suggesting where my partner, who at the time was not sure if she would be wearing a dress or something different, could find something she would be comfortable in.  In fact, Amanda followed up with a link to La Sposa in an email after my visit because she thought that Jesse might find something she liked in their line.  So thoughtful!

The dress highlight...


Vera Wang, Diana
I love this dress.  The pictures of it don't really do it justice, which I actually find to be the case with most of the dress I like.  I think it has something to do with how they all move, especially this one.  The pictures of Chelsea Clinton in it walking down the aisle capture more of the liveliness of it.