I thought I would be satisfied with a plain dress like this -->
(Goddess long dress from JCrew)Well...obviously, I underestimated my desire to become a pretty bride (pride?)of Jin.
The story begins with the voucher I purchased at the wedding expo in Feb from 藏愛婚紗 for Jin's rental suit for the registration day. I went to the showroom to check out the suits today...and.... I FOUND KAWAII DRESSES!!!!
The staff was really nice, in the enojoyable 2 hours, I checked out many dresses and suits & looked at the wedding photo albums & package.
藏愛婚紗 is so proud of their dresses, they design them, they hand-make them. They use crystal instead of just shinny flakes you could buy from any stationery shop...the lace was of high class quality, too.
These are the 2 dresses that I really really like:
1) A shinny white dress with Austrian crystals on it..."J class" dress that costs HKD 3,000. (they offer me a discount at HKD 2,4xx.
2) A cute & sweet light pink dress...look at the details...so nice...it's a "K class" dress that costs HKD 5,000!!! *o* offer to me at HKD 4,000.
(sorry Jin...I didn't take any pictures of the men's...despite it was the primary purpose for the visit today...=P)
I spent another hour chatting with the staff for photo shooting in Taiwan...they were so patient & friendly and I was convinced that 藏愛 provides the premium of goodo dresses and supreme make-up.
The 高雄 plan seems to be something for us...studio, Greek style blue & white houses, flower sea, forrest & lake...the manager offers me HKD 9,888 [official price at HKD 11,288] for 30 pics in larger album size + upgraded (larger size) paint photo + tiny photo album (3R size) for 20 pics + thank you card x 100 + assessories, etc. Price exclusive of hotel & air ticket.
Well..still more expensive than 法國巨星 as I explored at wedding expo... put it aside for the moment first...
We then went to a few more shops, mainly HK's. The staff at 現代經典 was patient & helpful but their wedding dresses were not as good as 藏愛, not cheap, too. Thanks to Stuare's help, I also checked a shop recommended by her sis but unfortunately couldn't find anything.
Others are not worth mentioning...Ah, there was 1 cheating shop (黑店) that I need to bring your attention - "La Mariage". They had really nice dresses, European style, very classy. However, I was forced to pay HKD 300 after I tried on the dress (which I was not told before hand)!! It was totally @#$#@^%$& !!!!!! Anyway, we was able to leave the shop without paying a cent.
This unhappy experience drew an end to today's wedding dress window shopping day....SO TIRED.
My companion today is Kate - an always excited & curious colleague. Thank you so much for Kate's advice all along, her support & caring. Hope it was a good exposure for Kate & provide market info for her planning =)
Conclusion is - still, 藏愛 is the best among all....!
As the very last stop, we checked "裕華" for Chinese dress.
There was a tailor corner and it costs HKD 2,900 simply for workmenship!!! Making a dress would cost HKD 3,xxx!! Luckily, my size is quite standard and I was able to grap 1 dress (very fit!) after I got the jacket for Jin.
They are the trophies of today:
For JP photo shooting maybe? Then we will be able to get both JP style & CN style in our album...hehehe
Thanks again to Kate and hope she can take a good good rest tomorrow!
2 comments:
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Carol does deserve a hard work "yoku ganbarimashita" chop! I am really honored to have such a hard working (is this also from the pride?) partner for our "lovely memorable day to be remembered life-long"!!!
I am extremely pitiful that I wasn't there... It's the inevitable physical distance that keeps us from being close to each other with all of the detailed steps. However, with the amount of hard work I see Carol working for both of us, I can see that she is too, serious and caring (I know it's obvious, but still) about the details.
Once again, arigato ne, my darling!
Yeah yeah! With your appreciation, all efforts are worthy yo (^3(^^).
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