Non Traditional Bride-y Stuff.

I should say upfront that I'm not really a bride-y wedding person and I'm definitely not a traditional bride-y wedding person. The idea of having a big wedding and a big dress makes me want to crawl into a hole and hide. Luckily, this is a second marriage for both of us so we're just going to do something very small and private. That said, a bride still needs something completely fabulous to wear to their tiny non-wedding wedding, right? Right. 

First, the shoes are taken care of. A while back Marianne bought a super fun pair of Loeffler Randall "party in a shoe" sandals and I wasn't sold by the photos (are they...gold....raffia?) but once I saw them on her feet I was like, THOSE ARE THE CRAZY BEST.  And they are, indeed, the crazy-best. I kept my eye out and recently Bloomingdales put them way on sale (for like, a minute) and I pounced. I love them: 

Now all I need is the rest of it. I've thought about maybe renting a dress because Rent the Runway has some really good, fancy dresses for a non-traditional bride situation. Like maybe this Badgley Mischka:

Or this one by Shoshanna has an amazing vintage vibe (the beige circles are gold metallic!):

It's just so pretty and fun, right? Or maybe something kind of weird and fabulous like this?

Moving on to Dresses I Could Just Purchase, this AllSaints dress keeps following me around the internet:

It also comes in red which I like better. I mean, why not red? (I'm not 100% set on white/ivory because who even decided that.)  Also, this one keeps following me around the internet:

It's so pretty! And under $100! It also comes in black which you know I love. Now, Anthro obviously has a ton of options. They even have a whole City Hall Bride section, most of which is kind of silly, but I really kind of love this jumpsuit:

Isn't that elegant and modern? Marianne thinks I should consider this:

I mean, how over-the-top fun would that be? It comes in white (which is probably what she intended) and black as well. I also love the idea of something really simple and pared down, like this:

I don't think that's my color but I do love the dress itself. Finally, I hit up Nordstrom which was overwhelming but how pretty and sparkly is this:

And I also love a dark floral cocktail dress as a truly non-traditional option: 

Whelp, now I'm frozen with indecision so that's fun. I definitely have some time to work out the details and will probably go to Nordstrom at some point and try things on in a flop-sweat of dressing room anxiety and indecision so THAT is something to look forward to. Yay for love!