My Blue Wedding: Bridal Gown

I love weddings. It always make me cry.I am a bit of a hopeless romantic. So when my ex-boyfriend-turned husband and I decided to tie the knot, I wanted to have a unique wedding.

It all started when my husband and I were discussing about the theme of the wedding. His favorite color is BLUE. And I am not the girly-type so we agreed to have a BLUE-themed wedding. The usual wedding where the bride will wear a white gown and the rest of the attendees will wear something blue played in my head. And the thought bored me. So I thought, why not do something out of the ordinary?

And being out-of-ordinary means breaking a bit of the wedding customs where the bride have to be in a white gown. Why set a theme for your wedding when you, the bride, cannot even wear the theme you decided? So the voice in my head told me to wear something BLUE. And to make it more special, only the bride will wear a full-colored blue gown. The rest must wear something white with a touch of blue. Nice eh?


Coming from a very traditional family, a heard a lot of feedback, mostly negative. It's my wedding anyway, and as a bride, this is what I want for my wedding. Even my photographer asked me if I am sure I am the bride since I looked like a debutant in the gown. And my make-up artist have to made some adjustments in the shades of the make up i need to use. And the finished product? I loved it!


My gown is not a designer one. I just asked a neighbor who makes gowns to create one for me. And it was a good deal! I spent the same amount in my gown as well as my wedding invitations :) I will only wear it once anyway. Also, we were very concerned with our budget. But given a chance, I would have gotten a lovely, designer blue wedding gown!


6 more years, and if we decided to renew our vows and get married again, it definitely will be something unique :) And I never regretted it!