wedding details

I'm going to detail the things I did for the wedding in case some people want ideas. mostly for my own memories of the day so that 10 years from now I can log on to this blog and look at it :)

1. the dress

I was looking through dresses online and realized that in malaysia, one only had 5 choices for dresses
- rent it from the bridal studio

this was not an option for me because i didn't want to use the studio packages where the couple pose around against a backdrop. and if u didnt take the package, RENTING the dress would come up to RM800! [minimum!] so not worth it. also the selection of dresses were too limited, it was impossible finding one that with sleeves! and i needed to have sleeves:D

-buy a designer dress [like those from beatrice looi, carven ong, etc.etc.]
also not an option because they start at around RM4,000

- buy a cheap white gown from sungai wang [or anywhere!]
i shopped around for off the rack ones but couldn't find any that fit me properly

-buy it off ebay and alter it
i thought it would've been cheap this way but it wasn't! the dresses still went for about RM400 -RM800 plus more for alterations so it wasn't worth it.

- tailor it

i chose this last option because this was the most cost efficient. so i printed out this picture of a dress from J.Crew and asked ms Kee to make it.
of course it looked SO different on me since i probably weigh 10 x what this model does. also i put the neckline a little bit higher.so this is how it turned out.
cloth+lining: RM48
workmanship RM150

TOTAL: RM 198

not bad for a custom made wedding dress with lining! but then i'll never get to wear it again! wonder what to do with it. maybe i'll put it on a headless mannequin in a tall glass box in a dark hallway....