Hi, guys, welcome back to my channel.
Some of you will know that my husband, Matt and I are celebrating our 10 year wedding
anniversary this year.
To celebrate with going on holiday as a family, and while we're there we're going to renew
our vows, retie the knot, and have a little ceremony because we thought it's worth celebrating,
it's been 10 years.
But although we booked this holiday a year ago, I have just not sorted out a dress, and
now we're going in about 10 days time and I still haven't chosen what dress that I'm
going to wear.
I panic bought on ASOS just loads of bridal dresses.
I'm going to try some on today for you.
Some I've like had a quick look at and I'm already like, oh I just don't know.
I'm really struggling, I think because it's not a real wedding, it's just like a little
renewal, and I kind of just want a really nice white maxi dress.
That's probably why I'm struggling.
But I have a few to show you today, and then I am expecting some more to come in the post.
Hopefully I will have a dress to wear.
I don't even have shoes or I haven't sorted out anything.
I don't know why I've left it all to the last minute.
But I'm going to try some dresses on today, and let me know in the comments below which
one is your favorite.
Yeah, let's do this.
Okay, so this is the first dress that I got on ASOS, it is completely beaded and covered
in sequin.
It is a little bit long for me.
It is really beautiful, you could imagine having this as like your evening dress on
your wedding day.
You would take off your whole gown and then you'd put this on just like for the party
bit.
The only thing I'm not sure about is, it's really heavy where it's so beaded, and where
we're going is the Caribbean, so I'm assuming it will be really hot.
Also, there is absolutely no support at all.
It's completely backless, so you can't really wear any type of bra with it.
I doubt you could even get away with like a sticky one, so I'm not sure.
It does feel quite heavy.
It is really pretty and not too over the top for the beach.
So, yeah, let me know what you think about this one.
This is dress number two, also from ASOS Bridal.
It is a maxi dress with pleated skirt.
It has two slits on the legs and it cinches in at the waist.
I like the length of it.
It's not too crazy long for me, I'm quite short.
Then I also like, it's got this lacy detailing that's coming out.
I'm not sure, I feel quite big around here with this, but I like that it is pretty plain
because I obviously don't want to go for like a full on wedding dress.
This might be quite good a option for the beach.
Show you the back, it goes down.
I have to get a ,different bra and you can see my underwear through it.
I'd have to get different underwear as well.
But, yeah.
This is dress number three, and it really does not fit me at all.
It is so low cut.
I feel like so many of these wedding dresses just don't take into account that you might
want to wear a bra or that you have boobs.
I liked the sleeve thing and the sequins.
But I ordered a size eight and I think I really would have to go to a 10 because it's so tight
around my hips, but then a little bit looser around my waist.
I don't know.
I like the skirt bit, but there is a lot going on.
Let's see, I don't think this is the one.
It's like, just feel really uncomfortable.
Like, that's like cute, but.
The sleeves are cute, aren't they?
But ... This is dress number four, again, from ASOS,
but from a brand called Bronx and Banco.
This looked so beautiful on the model, it was like ruffly and like looked really chill,
so lacy.
I do actually quite like the fit.
I like that it goes tight and then out.
It's nice and light, but I'm just not sure about the ruffles or the lace.
It's not really got a chill sort of beachy vibe.
Yeah, I don't know, the straps are really long for my body.
I think I've got really small shoulders or something because that happens a lot.
But yeah, [inaudible 00:04:43], I'm not sure.
Also, I don't know how you would iron these out, the lacy ruffles.
Right, so this is dress number five.
This was a bit of a wild card but it looked, again, really nice on the website, but I'm
just not sure.
It's actually made out of a scuba material.
It's got these big sleeves, very low cut.
Again, couldn't wear a bra with it because the back is open as well.
It is quite cute.
I like the way it goes in at the waist and then out, and I actually really like that
it is a bit shorter because it's obviously not a proper wedding, you could wear this
on the beach.
I think maybe I should look for a wedding dress that is a bit shorter.
Another day, another dress.
I just got this one in, it was from ASOS.
It was an Australian brand called Bariano, I'll link down below.
I bought the last size eight that they had.
I'm not sure, I feel like I've tried so many dresses now that I don't even know what's
nice or not nice anymore.
It's a bit like smelling perfumes.
But yeah.
I like that it's shorts because obviously we're going to do it on the beach, but then
you have got like this extra flowy skirt thing, which really needs an iron or a steam.
I don't know how it would travel or if you could have it steamed when you get there.
But if I'm completely honest, I feel really comfortable in it, I feel really supported,
which I didn't have with the other dresses.
I'm not wearing a bra, but I feel really fine with it.
I like that it's short.
I feel like it's flattering.
But then, I also don't know if it's like a bit childish or if I look like a ballerina.
But yeah, I don't know.
I like the tulle bit.
I think it's quite a cute little skirt.
I don't know.
I feel really comfortable in this.
I was hoping to go for more of a boho vibe, but all of the boho type dresses I've tried
on, I just don't feel comfortable in them, there's no support.
I don't know.
I really like it ,but I almost need to send a picture to some of my friends and say, "Is
this nice or is this not?"
Because I can't even tell anymore.
It's the next day now, and this dress has just arrived from Whistles.
This is by far the most expensive one so far.
It was nearly 600 pounds, which scares me that it's like a real wedding dress.
But I really liked the neckline.
It is all lace all over.
I liked that it was quite plain.
It comes up at the front, but it also has this little train, which is, I'm sure, really
huge beautiful, but I just don't know if it's right for what we're doing.
Yeah, I'm not sure.
I don't know.
I really like this part of it, but I feel like it is very long.
Yeah, so I'm not sure.
Can we just check on the [inaudible 00:08:01] pretty.
This next dress I found online, I'll link it down below because I can't even remember
the name of it.
But instead of bridal I was searching for white prom dresses.
This came up and I really liked it.
But now that it's here is quite long, and I don't have time to have it altered or hemmed.
But let me know that you think.
I really like the top of it, I feel really secure.
Then I like the sleeves as well.
It's got a sort of chiffony over some silk, I think.
I think it's nice, it pulls me in at the waist and I like the off-the-shoulder because hopefully
I'll have a tan.
Excuse the state of me today.
But, yeah.
I think I like it.
[inaudible 00:08:58].
Hi, guys.
I've just been to my local shopping center to panic look for another dress.
I don't know, I'm just not feeling 100% by any of the dresses that I have got.
But I've just walked around, I've been 10,029 steps or something crazy.
There's just nothing that I like, everything was too weddingy or not weddingy enough or
didn't fit well or I was just really struggling.
Then when I was walking around, I was just thinking, why am I stressing so much about
this?
This is not an actual wedding.
This is just for fun for us.
I think I'm just going choose from one of the ones that I have got already and just
stop worrying about it.
Yeah, so anyway, I think I'm going end the blog here, but thank you so much for watching.
If you want to see which dress I actually end up going with, because I still don't even
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But anyway, thanks a lot.
I'll see you soon.
Bye.