on gowns and fittings

i usually sleep late (okay, until noon sometimes) during saturdays (hey, this is to catch up on lack of sleep during the weekday!). but whenever i have fitting schedules, i never fail to wake up early even on saturdays.

i have a scheduled fitting with veluz today, together with mama and happy (my sister who is one of my bridesmaids). papa came with us as well so that ka kiko (veluz' tailor) could take his measurement. i told papa to bring his own car since i know that he wouldn't be able to endure waiting for us to finish our fittings.

papa was measured first and then since i wanted papa to see mama in her gown, i told mama to have her fitting first. mama's gown doesn't have any lining nor beading yet but at least her butterfly sleeves was in the same fabric already as her gown. veluz already has the silk organdy (really nice fabric, looks like jusi to me!) that will be draped in the moms' gowns as accent. at least mama already can visualize what the gown will look like.


my mama in her first terno ever


notice the low back cut?

happy came next. there's still a number of adjustments made to her gown so we didn't take any picture during her fitting.

my turn (excited of course!), we still need to make adjustments on the left bodice of the gown and where the straps will be attached at the back but overall my gown is already beautiful (love your own! or should i say i look and feel beautiful wearing my gown?). veluz finally showed me the much anticipated raw silk train and i just loved it (veluz honestly admitted to me that when she got the train, the design wasn't how she envisioned it. her description on the design of my train was vintage-y and emblem-like, different from what she normally works on)! even papa, mama and happy find it beautiful. i told happy that all of them (i have three sisters!) should use this train for their wedding, sort of a family tradition. that is if mama doesn't get to it first, she wants to have it made to a shawl after (a table runner is also an option! hehehehehehe).


4 meter raw silk over thai silk train (no beadings yet)


pattern on the entire length of my raw silk train

i thought of coming up with a list of things to bring and do during fittings:
1. don't eat breakfast (who needs the additional weight/bulge anyway?)
2. pee before fitting (see explanation on number 1)
3. wear the right undergarments (if you can wear the actual undergarments you'll be wearing during the wedding, the better)
4. bring a digital camera (to capture pictures you could add to your wedding preparation scrapbook, in my case, it's my webshots and blogsite)
5. shave (i don't need to explain this)
6. wedding shoes (i don't have this yet, but i'm sure once you're wearing your gown AND shoes, you'd feel more "bridal". and it doesn't hurt that your designer could measure on how long the hem of your gown should be.)
7. be open with your designer, make sure you're comfortable wearing your gown

next fitting on saturday...can't wait!!!