Bride Chic

Photo by Bride Chic So you’ve narrowed down your search—decided you like the evening gown look but aren’t absolutely, positively, 100 percent sure an A-line is out of the question. Next, you turn off the computer (or whatever device) and go shopping. You hit every salon within a twenty-mile radius and plow through racks of gowns in all kinds of fabrics you never knew existed. You’ve tried on more than a few in every shade and texture of white imaginable. And while you’ve had a crash course in Bridal 101 and your dreams feel like Act II of  Giselle  every night, still nothing out there grabs you. Then, a week later this picture of a gown finally comes together in your head—the neckline you found on a wedding blog ;  the sleeve on a dress you tried on in the salon combined with the sweep train you spotted last week in the film noir. Once all this comes together, you’ll have a custom-designed gown, something one of a kind and only yours, like no other in the world. It’s finally in your he...