If the idea of ordering a custom dress brings to mind castles with red velvet wall hangings, your vision could use some modernization. Ann Arbor area dressmaker Amy L. Cattell will custom design a wedding gown for you and keep the cost within your budget.
A custom dress will fit perfectly; think about how flattering that [...]
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A Custom Dress? Why not?: Interview with dressmaker Amy L. Cattell
Posted in Ann Arbor, Dress, tagged amy cattell, amy l cattell, amy's elegance by design, ann arbor dressmaker, custom dresses, dressmaker, used wedding dress, wedding dresses on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bras don’t have to be uncomfortable: Lisa of hush shares how to find the right one
Posted in Ann Arbor, Dress, Starting to plan on May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After spending two and a half hours in the bra store hush for my recent reading, I had to find out more about bra fittings, finding the right bra… and share it with you. (Or at least, half of you, my readers.) Lisa, the owner of hush, kindly shared some information with us. Once I finish [...]
If you missed the Hush Bra Store reading…
Posted in Dress, In the News, Michigan Weddings, Personalized Wedding Poems and Writing, tagged bra fitting, bra store reading, bra stores, bridal bra, brighton, Chloe Miller, chloe yelena miller, good bra, hush, lisa baker nelson, mi, Michigan, underwire, wedding bra on May 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thanks so much to Lisa Baker Nelson for hosting the Mother/Daughter night at Hush last night. She kindly invited me to read poems twice and I couldn’t have asked for more in an audience. It was a lot of fun!
As promised, here is the bra poem I wrote. It is dedicated to Lisa Baker Nelson [...]
Poetry reading in a bra store. Yes, a bra store.
Posted in Ann Arbor, Dress, tagged bra fitting, bra store, bra store reading, brighton mi, chloe yelena miller, hush intimate apparel, lisa m nelson, mother daughter event, mothers day poems, poetry reading, wedding dress undergarments on April 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Girls, and boys if you can stand it, I hope you’ll join me for two short readings at Hush Intimate Apparel in Brighton, MI.
Lisa M. Nelson, the generous owner, will be hosting a Mother / Daughter Event in anticipation of Mother’s Day. On April 30th at 6:30 pm and again at 8 pm, I’ll give [...]
The V2V Bridal Show, Ann Arbor
Posted in Ann Arbor, Dress, In the News, Wedding Cake, tagged Ann Arbor, bridal event, bridal show, bride, chloe yelena miller, gowns, Groom, local ann arbor vendors, Michigan, nontraditional wedding, personalized wedding poems, shasta grant, unbride, v2v, Wedding Cake, wedding dresses, wedding favors, wedding vendors on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Thanks to The Ann Arbor Chronicle for mentioning this blog post!)
I attended my first bridal show this weekend at V2V , a lovely boutique in Ann Arbor, MI.
I was smitten with V2V and their dresses when I saw a silk gown with a gathered front hanging in their window recently. Last week, I tried on a [...]
The Dress: Real Life Weddings
Posted in Dress, Starting to plan, tagged designer, dress, love, shoes, wedding on December 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My fiancé recently went to a tux shop to inquire about the options. The salesperson asked what color his bride’s dress would be, “white or off white.” Being the perfect man for me, he laughed.
As we know, there are countless wedding dress styles, colors and details that can be chosen or added to make [...]
The Dress and the Bathroom
Posted in Dress, Starting to plan, tagged dress, wedding planning on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I distinctly remember being a teenager and watching one of the 90210 characters go to prom in a “Mermaid dress.” (Was it Donna?) She could barely move and missed out on most of the fun, excluding the fun she created by trying to walk.
I want to find the perfect wedding dress: it shouldn’t cost a [...]
Readers share: Pretty in Pink
Posted in Dress, tagged dress, Filene's Basement, readers, shopping on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I received some email responses to my post “To wear white or not?” My favorite was from Courtney, a fellow Smithie alum.
She found a gorgeous *pink* dress at Filene’s Basement. Filene’s holds an annual wedding dress sale at select stores (twice in Boston.) Here’s the link: http://www.filenesbasement.com/bridal.jsp
A number of people have suggested it to [...]
To wear white or not?
Posted in Dress, tagged dress, planning, wedding on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not sure that I want to wear white on my wedding day.
My mother got married in an orange velure dress with a matching hat. My father wore a yellow tie. My great aunt, who recently turned 100, showed me a swath of fabric from her mother’s wedding dress which was dark brown with green floral [...]
