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Are you looking at beaded dresses for a NYC city hall wedding? I did that. And I have thoughts. The dress was beautiful. I mean really beautiful. Thin straps, mermaid fit, beads and sequins everywhere. The back had this corset lace up thing that I loved. With my long veil it just trailed behind me and in every photo it looked like a dream. We went to the Bergen Street subway stop. We went to the courthouse steps. We even walked around that busy s…

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If you had told me back in 2020 that we wouldn’t actually get married until 2026, I would have laughed in your face. My husband proposed that year, and we were so excited—we had everything planned for a 2021 wedding. And then, well, COVID happened. Everything just… stopped. We had to cancel, and we didn’t even know when we’d be able to reschedule. It was honestly heartbreaking. But looking back now, I’m kind…

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So someone asked me the other day where the prom collection came from. I told them "a temple in Xuzhou" and they looked at me like I'd grown a second head. Let me back up. I was in Xuzhou for a work thing. Boring supplier meeting. Had a free afternoon, figured I'd check out Baolian Temple because why not. It's nice. Lots of lilies. I took maybe three photos on my phone and forgot about them for like six months. Fast forward to winter. I'm stuck o…

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People keep asking me which dress is “the best” for homecoming, and honestly that’s the wrong question. It depends on how you move, what lighting you’ll be in, whether you plan to eat anything with a fork. So let me just walk you through what I was thinking when I designed these, and you can decide. The mint green off-shoulder floral tulle one – this started as a sketch for a garden party dress, not even for hom…

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I work in wedding dresses. Not the fancy boutique kind where they serve you champagne and the cheapest thing on the rack is $1,200. I mean the kind where brides come in with a tight budget and I have to actually help them find something that doesn't look like a costume. And honestly? $300 is tight. But it's not impossible. You just have to know where that dress is coming from. Most budget wedding dresses in the US — I'm talking the ones you…

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