April 18, 2013
Dear ESB,
PLZ HALP. I'm marrying the raddest man ever at a treehouse in Michigan this July, with a ceremony on the grass at the edge of the woods. It's gonna be some real fairy tale shit. At any rate, I've got the dress and just about everything else figured out, but have been searching high and low for shoes to go with this thing.
These Prada wedges are haunting my dreams but also cost a trillion fucking dollars so not likely. Can you help me find my (size 9) wedding shoes for under $200? Thank you, thank you!
*****
Sept 4, 2013 (4:47 PM)
WHAT DID YOU WEAR
*****
Sept 4, 2013 (6:38 PM)
dude. had a full on second-guess-everything-except-the-groom panic attack in the months leading up the wedding (when my father threatened to keep his entire side of the family from attending the wedding if I had both him AND my stepdad walk me down the aisle (side note: jesus fucking christ)) and ditched the dress at the last minute, opting for a BCBG lace thing. see attached. bought some black wedges, my friend gifted me some jewelry from her beautiful line, the day was on point, and in the end we were married so, you know, who cares?
*****
Let that be a lesson to all of us. Just buy the fucking prada?
Or is the lesson: The shoes don't matter! At the end of the day, you will be married!!
I wanted to say JUST BUY THE FUCKING PRADA, but I'm digging the black wedges with all those black jewels.
Image 1: Clémence Poésy (in Prada heels, obvs) by Ami Sioux for Wonderland Magazine
Image 2: Stoffer Photography
Sidebar: When I do an image search for that first dress, I keep getting Gorgo, Queen of Sparta. Which amuses me to no end.
THAT JEWELRY!!! Who is your friend???
ReplyDeleteI second this request!!
Deletehttp://shop.lamblife.com/collections/blacklamb <3
DeleteYeah. She looks gorgeous. Now I have wedding regrets.
ReplyDeleteNow I have wedding photographer regret. My photographer is really cool, but damn does she have amazing photos.
ReplyDeleteOP: How did you solve the walking down the aisle by step- and bio- dad problem? I'm maid of honour to a bride with a similar one --how did you handle that?
ReplyDelete1) thunderdome
Delete2) walk in a single-file line, dad - you - step (or whatever).
in retrospect, thunderdome would have been much more efficient, but it was over the course of five months that i was finally able to get my father to see my side of the situation -- that my stepdad played a huge role in my upbringing and i love them both, hence wanting both of them by my side for the walk down the aisle. if that love is unconditional, they'll eventually swallow their pride and understand. it took a lot of shitty phone conversations and long emails but in the end I'm glad I "fought" for this one.
DeleteI'm also curious about the step and bio dad situation since I'm having the same problem. I'm leaning towards having my step dad walk me down (since he raised me) but if shit gets dramatic I'm doing it myself.
ReplyDeleteI had bio dad walk me down aisle & step-dad actually perform the ceremony. Worked out great for me.
Deletehands. down. those are some of the BEST wedding photographs i have ever seen. fuck.
ReplyDeleteCan we talk about the badass GROOMSLADY??
ReplyDeleteAlso, the dude holding the lint roller is a total babe, heelllo.
totally missed the groomslady on the first go around of the pics...but totally awesome.
DeleteYes that groomslady is so good!
Deletealways buy the fucking prada.
ReplyDeleteor NOT, because you are so awesomely mentally balanced that it didn't matter whether you wore prada or payless, you had an awesome day. god, I love this post.
also, jesus, I never thought about the step/parent aisle dilemma before. in my imaginary wedding I think my 2 parents, 1 stepparent and 1 sister will each sit at a different corner of the room. no walking. no talking.
it was indeed a dreamy day. thanks for your kind words, lady.
Deletespeaking of web results, the wiki-image of queen gorgo of sparta is lena headey in 300, which...it hurts me that you continue to exist, wikipedia.
ReplyDeleteOP, your ultimate look was so, so good (and dress 2 is vastly better from where i'm sitting). you can congratulate yourself on this by buying the prada as an anniversary present to yourself, you know. one owes it to one's loved ones and fan club to perpetuate one's fabulousness after one's wedding. miss manners said that, right?
thank you! yeah, those shoes are now so famous that they might have to belong to me after all. fuck it.
DeleteI now have Halloween regrets. Mainly that it never occurred to me to go as Gorgo, Queen of Sparta. Related: can I maybe borrow that dress you didn't wear? :P
ReplyDeleteOP, may you have many happy years and many happy fucking Pradas.
Ladyface, you looked gorgeous & your wedding photographer is crazy amazing.
ReplyDeletefuck yes to all of it. being your braidsmate was the best best thing. xoxo
ReplyDeletethe moral is 'buy the prada' because then you'll be married AND have prada. duh.
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ReplyDeletethis wedding was fan-fucking-tastic. i loved the dress, shoes, and rad ass jewelry. buying the prada now (six month anniversay gift? methinks yes. plus, theyre on SALE!) would just be the icing on the cake lol
DeleteIs It Too Late?
You guys both look fucking AWESOME.
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