It was a miserable raining day in Vancouver, B.C. (not at all uncommon, mind you) and I was out hunting with a few of my friends. We'd been up and down the street known for wedding dresses - there were millions! But not being the conventional type nor the mass produced liking type I didn't see a thing. We were d.o.n.e and it was still raining! Every step we took landed us in puddles. I really didn't think we would find anything, it just wasn't in the cards. Finally in a really fun area of Vancouver called Gastown we jumped in and out of a few designers shops, plus a few vintage stores. I'm totally into reusing old duds.
From the outside the shop looked much like all the rest, but it had one good thing going for it, a local designer, Ric Yuenn, made ALL the dresses. It was going to be the final heave-ho and then we'd be done for the day. It had been all so overwhelming. Hmpf- not a single thing!
Then a woman came out from the back and asked what I was looking for. I told her "flower lace". (Imagine how much having one made costs - yikes!) She said she'd have a look in back and WOW she came back out with the dress! She and the designer started talking about how they had made it for someone but that person was no longer interested. Hmmm, the wedding was called off? I didn't take this as a bad omen, but a wonderful opportunity. It was new but used at the same time and because of this I got a terrific deal on a locally hand-made wedding dress! What a find!
http://ricyuenn.net/
After a long day of wedding fun, here I am resting in my dress.
absolutely beautiful, jess - you AND the dress!! it was meant to be :)
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