My second Philippine-made wedding dress
by Raquel
Let me tell you about my second wedding dress. Why the second? Because I have also introduced the first wedding dress which I wore in Germany; and nope, this is not a change of wardrobe for the same wedding date
Raq’s first wedding dress
Mec looks so lovely in her wedding gown which was half-inspired by Kate Winslet. Just take a look…
My wedding gown was half-inspired by Kate Winslet’s sinking-ship attire. If anyone remembers, she had on this wonderful, floaty gown with a belt (much like an obi belt).
And I wanted two looks, a more demure one for the ceremony and a sexier one for the reception. I was big on flaunting my cleavage that time (I still am) but didn’t want to look inappropriate at the Church.
My couturier was a little conservative and was more worried about my sweetheart neckline. I actually wanted a more plunging one because I was going to be covered by the lace anyway. She put her foot down and I didn’t push the issue lest I come across as something other than tasteful on my wedding day.
Gail shares her dream bridal gown without having to spend for a designer to make it for her. Just see for yourself…
Last November 25, 2007 marked the first year of my marriage to Marc, my best friend and boyfriend since college. Up to now, I still can’t get over the fact that it’s been a year already. It seems only like yesterday when I saw my dad’s jaw nearly fall to the ground in shock after my sister and I casually told him that Marc and I were planning to get married.
Since both of us already had our own income, Marc and I shouldered majority of the wedding costs. Although this gave my dad the perfect excuse whenever annoying relatives tried to intervene with the plans, it also posed a problem: a financial problem.
I had to make the most of our tight budget. I knew that hiring a popular designer would set me back big time, so I just did what I usually do in times like these—I researched and improvised. I grew up with a mom who believed that practically everything you’ll need can be found real cheap at Divisoria, and in this case, she was right.
Dine recently celebrated her 28th wedding anniversary and I convinced her to share her wedding gown memories in this blog. This is her story.
I never got engaged, right, but I got married on 23 January 1980 to my boyfriend of 3 years. I was in a hurry at that time–blame it on who turned up to be son Angelo 5 months later. I was very young then, 21 going 22. All I knew was that my soon-to-be husband’s family took care of all of the preparations. All I needed was to appear for an appointment with a couturier who would design my gown–I didn’t even have to say yes to his design. And the next thing aside from sending my share of invitations to my parents was to appear in church for the wedding. I got married on 23 January 1980 at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center United Nations Avenue. Reception was at the Century Park Sheraton Hotel in Malate.
Cookie shares her lovely wedding gown made in just three months.
I officially got engaged on June 8, 2001 but it wasn’t until August 2002 that my fiancé and I started planning our wedding in earnest. Blame it on the little critter in my formerly flat belly.
A dozen phone calls to churches and hotels later, the date was set. November 9, 2002 was the day. We had exactly 3 months to plan everything out.
First thing on the agenda was the traje de boda.
It was bad enough that I didn’t want to wear a gown. My best buddy, who has forever been designing me out-of-this-world creations since college, was insisting that I wear an out-of-this-world confection of silk, lace, crystals, and instead of a veil I was supposed to don a fedora. I was actually considering it but my common sense got the better of me. Add to this that my fiancé was this close to strangling my best friend for even suggesting the idea. To make matters worse, my friend insisted that he would pay for my gown if I would wear his design. To make the long story short, it never happened.
