dress, part 2

next week i'll be able to try on the dress that sister a is making for me (have i mentioned yet how awesome my sisters are?) and i can't wait! she mentioned that she wasn't crazy about the way the collar was turning out - the original design i liked had a mock turtleneck. so i've been kind of poking about for other ideas. i thought a scoop neck or boatneck or something might work, but i'm absolutely terrible at envisioning those kinds of things and needed an actual picture to see how it would look with the length and shape of the dress. so in my searches i came across a post with a photo of this dress. took some digging to find out the details, but it is the 'alistere' by delphine manivet. no idea who that is. a designer, apparently. and this dress is $2,000!!! but i heart it to death.

it's incredibly similar in style (to my untrained, unfashionable eye) to the one a is making for me. at least, it's similar to the photo of the dress i asked her to make. same basic shape, and this one is exactly the length i'm looking for. and lo and behold, no mock turtleneck. the neckline is fantastico, no? i'm also super digging the 3/4 length sleeves and suggested to a that we keep that in mind as an option.

sidenote: i'm also extremely happy i found this photo because of the shoes. i have a pair of shoes i was planning to wear, they're pretty standard ivory-ish heels with a peep-toe. but lately, as i've been overdosing on wedding blogs, i've been noticing all these unbelievably fabulous shoes in red and blue, etc. i started to wonder if i shouldn't rethink my shoe choice. i may still, you never know, but this photo has me pretty convinced that i've made the right choice. i really like the continuity of the white. hopefully photos of the fitting will come next week!