You know how a mother want her daugher’s wedding day to be “just perfect?” I had a mother/daughter team for the record books stop by last week.
This mother was so endearing. She was so worked up and worried and wanted everything to be lovely, but she had this inate kindness that made you want to hug her and make everything ok. I got the impression that she was very timid, a little old fashioned, and was having a hard time understanding some of the choices that her daughter was making (flip flops! removing extraneous tulle! going for a dip in the ocean in her dress the day after the wedding!)
Her very laid-back daughter (perhaps exausted from a lifetime of saying “Mom! Calm down!”), the maid-of-honor, and aunt of the bride, were all taking it in stride. It’s like they were all placing their hand on their preverbial hips saying ”That Jane Doe. She’s fussy and nervous, but we love her.” To me, that’s love.
All that aside, the dress was lovely. The bride had a larger frame, and she choose a beaded taffeta dress that had asymetrical ruching and a corset back. I think the dress shop ordered her 2 sizes too big (or the company needs to re-evaluate placement of the princess line seams in the front) which would have solved some of the fit issues. (As for me, that would have prevented the need to re-bead some of the front panel. Blech.) Overall, her decision to remove extraneous tulle, add straps, and go with a corset back on this dress were all very successful in making the dress look good on her frame.
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