lizzywednesday
12-02-2009, 03:41 PM
Hello all!
My brother Ger is getting married in January (MLK Weekend) and I'll be 32 weeks pregnant.
The dress is more formal than casual, although the event will be held at a restaurant.
I am 5'8" tall, brunette with hazel eyes, very pale Caucasian, have a pear-shaped body with broad shoulders & chunky upper arms, and pre-pregnancy was wearing a size 14.
As my current bra cup size is probably an "F" or larger, I need something with sleeves, or at least straps that would cover a regular bra strap.
Long length skirts/dresses are preferred to short because my legs are heavy from my thighs down to my ankles (which, I guess, with the water retention, would more properly be called "cankles" right about now) and DH is usually skittish about my wearing something shorter, especially without heels. And tights with a formal-ish dress would simply be wretched.
I tend to prefer rich colors - greens, wine/burgundies, brown, etc. - to pastels, metallics or black. And pre-pregnancy, anything with a lot of structure (i.e. - princess seaming, darts, etc.) was a big help.
Where should I start looking? I have just over a month to find something great.
I saw a gorgeous velvet gown from Pea in the Pod in the latest issue of 'Fit Pregnancy' but at $200 it's a bit more of a splurge than I want to go for right now, especially with the gift list DH was giving me last night. (However, if it fit right, I'd pay almost anything. I draw the line at the $600 silk gown in the same photo shoot, though it was positively gorgeous!)
My brother Ger is getting married in January (MLK Weekend) and I'll be 32 weeks pregnant.
The dress is more formal than casual, although the event will be held at a restaurant.
I am 5'8" tall, brunette with hazel eyes, very pale Caucasian, have a pear-shaped body with broad shoulders & chunky upper arms, and pre-pregnancy was wearing a size 14.
As my current bra cup size is probably an "F" or larger, I need something with sleeves, or at least straps that would cover a regular bra strap.
Long length skirts/dresses are preferred to short because my legs are heavy from my thighs down to my ankles (which, I guess, with the water retention, would more properly be called "cankles" right about now) and DH is usually skittish about my wearing something shorter, especially without heels. And tights with a formal-ish dress would simply be wretched.
I tend to prefer rich colors - greens, wine/burgundies, brown, etc. - to pastels, metallics or black. And pre-pregnancy, anything with a lot of structure (i.e. - princess seaming, darts, etc.) was a big help.
Where should I start looking? I have just over a month to find something great.
I saw a gorgeous velvet gown from Pea in the Pod in the latest issue of 'Fit Pregnancy' but at $200 it's a bit more of a splurge than I want to go for right now, especially with the gift list DH was giving me last night. (However, if it fit right, I'd pay almost anything. I draw the line at the $600 silk gown in the same photo shoot, though it was positively gorgeous!)