Search for Bridal Gown

The Mirror Moment

Every girl in this world have a wish to wear a wedding gown of her dreams. As a bride-to-be, we are guilty of saving tons of bridal gown pegs we liked from social media accounts, having a long list of well-known wedding couture or designer, and a lot of pinned up links we found in Pinterest. ALL of this will serve as our reference as we enter the doorstep of bridal shop we ever dream of. They say that this stage of planning is one of the most interesting part especially for the B2Bs of course -- and I couldn't agree more.

Since we are on a budget wedding, I already set my expectations and limit on how much to spend on my own wedding gown, but for me, this doesn't mean that I could not have what I want. Search, search, search! With a lot of positivity inside, I decided to scout for bridal shops who sell Ready-To-Wear gowns. With the help of GirlTalk, I found out that there are lots of bridal shop in the Metro who sell good quality of wedding gowns. I even considered buying one in Divisoria, seriously.

My wedding gown peg is just simple yet lovely -- Off-shoulder. Heart-shaped neckline. Tulle. Lace. A-line or Serpentina cut. Minimal beading or as much as possible no beading at all. I'm not into long trains, floor length will do. 

Bride House PH is one of the most recommended bridal shop in GT. I considered them due to many reasons -- quality, affordable, they offer custom-made & RTW gowns, accessible and very responsive in inquiries.

K & I decided to book an appointment with Bride House, for me to fit some gowns and I have no plans of booking them on the spot. Gusto ko lang talaga mag-sukat ng gown para malaman ko kung ano yung cut na bagay for my body type. So that after the fitting, I will be more specific kung ano na yung bibilin kong RTW.

So we went to Bride House. At first, I felt so intimidated because of my height, I am too small for my age. Hahaha! While we are waiting, I kept telling K, "Uwi nalang kaya tayo? Hiya ako eh.", as a very supportive husband-to-be, of course he said NO! Nandoon na kami eh.

Finally, it's our turn, Ms.Carmen accommodated us. She asked me what I want then I started to point out my pegs, I did not able to show my saved photos because all I want that time is to fit and see how it will look like if I'm in a wedding gown. Luckily, they have newly released their first set of RTW 2016 Collection. I'm one of those who tried it first. Hihihi. Then Ms.Carmen asked me again kung may nagustuhan ba ko sa mga bagong upload nila na RTW. I said, yes meron, which is honestly, meron naman talaga. Swerte lang din kasi sa RTW nila meron dun yung bridal gown pegs ko.

There we go, Ms.Carmen handed me the RTW gown I wanted and pina-feel nya muna sakin. She explained the fabrics used and told me that it was their Vera Wang inspired wedding gown. (I always dreamed of Vera Wang dresses, meant-to-be lang?). She taught me how to wear that gown and while dressing me up, I felt so comfortable with her, kwento sya ng kwento, then she keep on telling me na bagay sakin yung gown, which is a very good sign for us na magaan kausap yung designer also we find her very cool, because of how she deliver her words.

After dressing up, she guided me to walk in front of the mirror. Then, BAAAAM! To my surprise, the gown really fits me well and I can say, it really looked good on me. I was stunned with my ownself. The gown has a "daya" look, it elongated my legs which is one of my major concerns in finding the right gown for me. I can say to myself, I pulled off that bridal look! Yung smile ko abot tenga. My heartbeat raced like I saw my true love. They kept saying "Ma'am mukhang pinasadya sa inyo yung gown, parang ginawa talaga yan para sayo". Even si Ms.Carmen tuwang tuwa kasi saktong sakto sakin yung fit ng gown, she even took a picture of me. Parang ayaw ko na hubarin yung gown and I felt the excitement of walking down the aisle. K, who witnessed my mirror moment, I can see through his eyes, he fall in love with me even more (Assumera. Hahahah!) I told him to take a picture of me, but he hesitated because if that's the one, atleast we still have the element of surprise on our wedding day.

After that Ms.Carmen gave me another chance to try on another dress, but it really looked bad on me. Hahaha! Champagne color is not for me. With sleeves is not for me as well. It seems like I will be a flower girl instead of being the bride. Hahahah!

In that moment, I know, IT'S THE ONE! K & I agreed to buy that gown and we decided not to take it home at that very moment since there will be minor alterations that should be done. I will be back for fittings & accessories soon. :)

Yiiiiiieeee! I felt so kilig! I never thought that I will be having my gown at this very early stage of preparations. We are so excited. 

I will never ever forget that "mirror moment". ♥

♥ M