A very special Wedding in the Spring of 1998, Sharon and I stood at our very special friends side, Cheryle. She let us pick our own dresses and Sharon and chose two of these lovely Alfred Angelo creations.
A shot before the music started and my spouse removed my garter, that was my someting "blue", as the lace on the pretty garter was that. The picture is dark and did not scan well, but after the garter was off, so were we to get changed and leave for our honeymoon!.
A very special girlfriend of mine in Vancouver called me asked me to stand at her side with her sister, and the bride was a seasmstress and asked both of us exactly what we wanted to wear, and we decided.
Since her sister and I were both in need of a dress and we both wanted something we could wear later, and as it turned out, her and I needed a summer formal dress for that summer, and this is what we decided on!.
They are so special as they were taken on a very wonderful day!.
I was able to help choose this dress and the Bride, a cousin, listened to reason when I ashed her to let me choose a dress that the Bridesmaid's could use after the Wedding. She did and this was the dress, and I have worn this a couple of times since to formal occasions.
Myself, my sister and three other Bridesmaid's all went looking for dresses with the Bride. There were varying body sizes and types and in the end, this is the dress we all agreed look good on us. It was perfect for an August Wedding and we wore simple white heels with the dress, which worked out nice.
My girlfriend, a history student, was fanscinated with the Kennedy's, she talked about them all the time, and when her Wedding came up and she asked me to be a Bridesmaid, I was not surprised at what she picked.
The dress was actually made by a friend of hers, she made all the dresses as well as the hats, it was quite the different look and Wedding.
One of my friend's from College needed a bridesmaid in a hurry, and I was there
for her. This dress was actually her sisters, and I bought it off her and it fit really well.
The only thing I needed to worry about was the shoes!.
My best friend from High School, and fellow Spirit Squad member, Kathy, thought it might be fun to continue the theme of our favorite our High School colours, and have the dresses of myself and a few other spirit squad members to be in the wedding party, purple. So here is me, finding some shade and quiet time while Kathy and her new husband get their pictures taken.
We went and got fitted for the dresses, 6 girls in total, we all loved the dress and thought
it was perfect, then we went for the final fitting. It was realized at that time how low the
back of the dress was, well it required another $60 in lingerie, as we all needed special
low backed bras!.
For all of the years I have been asked to be a bridesmaid for girlfriends, sisters, cousins and such, it was not to my best friends surprise when I groaned as I learned that she wanted me to stand at her side for her wedding.
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I was the only Bridesmaid in this wedding and I found this dress in a consignment shop, and it was actually a Cranberry in colour, the exact colour the bride was looking for. I was lucky when the bride did not insist on dyed satin heels, instead, I pulled out a pair of black patent heels and they did the trick!. The photographer played with the lighting and came out with these spectacular pictures, and I was pleased with the results!.
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