So after suggesting to H2B that I might wear a coloured dress as most prom dresses aren't ivory or white he wasn't to keen, that is when I gave up on sparkles and went for a vintage dress.
I Google, I tweeted, I search and search... Etsy, eBay and all the other places I thought I could find vintage. All I really came across was replica vintage wedding dresses, then I found Vintage Lane Bridal in Bolton, which I was going to visit later in the year as I live in London.
One night on twitter I saw a post by Brides magazine suggestion vintage brides to check out House of Vintage in Shorditch London... boom!
I booked my appointment for this Saturday just gone, Nov 22nd, my 'Maids' and myself picked 8-10 dresses and started the process of elimination.
Whilst trying the dresses on we were talking to the shop owner Marcia and she put one of our dresses to the end, to try on last. As she had decided which she mentioned later sound like what I had originally wanted when describing how we came about to want a vintage dress.
I put this little number on and wow, there and then both the 'Maids', myself and Marcia thought it was a winner. I'd also picked one other I was keen on from our selection. We stood and eyed them both up and had a chat about HopFest15.
I was hesitant to buy it there and then, it was a lot of money to spend, having not seen any other dresses... but I thought if I don't buy it now someone else will, and to be honest I really hated the process of trying all these dresses on and once bought I can tick that off my list! So 30-45 mins into our appointment I had bought my wedding dress :-)
Both Vintage Lane and House of Vintage Brides have all sorts of dress and pics do not do them justice. If you are a bride on a budget, love vintage styling or just want something more unique do check them out.
Prices range from £200 - 1000. Mine was a total of £650, which for an almost fulled beaded dress quite the bargain.
* one thing to be aware: vintage dresses my have some damage from the age... mine is missing a few beads on the very bottom. Which you can't see when on and if I wanted I could have fixed.
