Just Ideas Folks

I must admit I have been distracting myself from the stress of being in a long distance relationship with wedding dress ideas.  Why not forget the pining and loneliness with beauty and design???

I have reading sewing books, searching online, sketching, and generally trying to pin point key design elements that would glorify my body lines, provide points of interest, and aesthetic satisfaction.

Many wedding and formal wear sewing books suggest trying on actual gowns to find the best shapes to adorn your figure with, noting sleeve, neckline, bodice, and skirt shapes.

Many wedding magazines encourage to brides to choose their gown keeping in mind body shape and which lines accentuate the positive.  Imploring ladies to access whether they are: slender, athletic, curvy, high waist-ed, short waist-ed, queen sized, petite...

As I take note of what I like from certain gowns, I can't help but feel two things.  One thirty years from now none of this will have any weight on my happiness with my partner or the greater world, and two that there will always be more beautiful gown.

The thinking that there will always be a more beautiful gown scares me.  Not in a bogeyman hiding in my closet in a beautiful Vera Wang dress sort of way, but more that I feel overwhelmed by the possibilities.  Supposedly women find just the right gown all the time.  They try it on and bingo they're sold.  I have some fear arising that I will never have that click in this arena.  Or maybe that I will try on a dress with a $$$$ price tag or even $$$.  These price ranges to me seems like more money than should be reasonable spent on a dress one wears for about a day.  I get the thinking.  It's the one outfit you'll be photographed in more than anything else, and of course one must think of comfort.  More expensive gowns are supposed to be more comfortable having better craftsmanship and fit.  For an outfit that is to be worn ad infinitum on your big day, I can see how that would be an important factor.  What I am trying to say is this since I am making my gown, will I get that same choirs of angels- light shining-forth- click of perfection feeling?  Gosh I hope so.