Wedding Dress Shopping + My 14 Shopping Tips | WED2B | Sonia Nicolson
- Posted: August 31, 2018
- By: Admin
- Category: Videos
Transcript
00:00
hey guys so I wanted to just sit down
00:02
and do a bit of an introduction to the
00:05
video that I’ve got for you today last
00:07
week in the weekly vlog I said that I
00:09
went wedding dress shopping which is
00:12
still quite surreal to me that I
00:13
actually have my wedding dress I bought
00:15
a wedding dress and it’s still quite
00:18
surreal that I’m leaving engaged and
00:20
we’re planning a wedding but it is now
00:23
beginning to kind of feel more real now
00:26
that I have the dress and we sent our
00:28
save the date cards there’s still a few
00:31
up on my desk that need to be saved but
00:33
we’re in a string of it getting through
00:36
to do list and it’s starting to feel
00:38
real and very exciting I’ve never been
00:41
the kind of girl that has really thought
00:43
much better wedding so when I got
00:45
engaged that was really exciting but
00:49
then it occurred to me I have to start
00:51
planning the wedding and I had no idea
00:52
where to start it felt very surreal I’d
00:55
never really thought about planning a
00:57
wedding for and had no idea where to
00:59
start it’s a massive event but is it
01:02
only massive because we make it a big
01:04
deal you know it is about two people
01:07
joining together in marriage two
01:11
families coming together but on top of
01:13
that we come from different places so I
01:15
wanted to be a cultural event so we
01:17
don’t really have an idea of what kind
01:20
of Icelandic customs and traditions are
01:22
and if you do know of any please comment
01:25
down below or send me an email and we
01:28
can start discussing them i really be
01:30
grateful with your help and I know a
01:33
lots in Scotland but the other issue is
01:37
that because I’ve been living in India I
01:39
have actually been to more Indian
01:41
weddings and a half Western weddings so
01:43
without going on too much about the
01:45
wedding details and the plans and
01:47
everything that’s going to happen in the
01:50
next few months hopefully I’m going to
01:53
get straight into this video
01:57
hi guys it is Thursday and the mum and I
02:04
are hidden days to the bridal shops
02:07
we’re looking for wedding dresses we’re
02:09
on the hunt and we are doing think to
02:12
today see how we go and then maybe going
02:15
through to classical tomorrow
02:47
so how surreal assess see I am going
02:51
with my mum triumphant wedding dresses
02:53
so we started off at Edinburgh so Adam
02:56
rose my home city it’s where I come from
02:58
but I do know that it can be quite
03:00
snobbish sometimes and that was
03:02
definitely what we experienced from the
03:04
boutiques that we went to and this might
03:07
not be what happens in every boutique
03:10
that you go to so obviously I’m putting
03:12
that out there this was my experience so
03:15
i took my mum with me now mums are
03:17
probably the best at and knowing what
03:21
suits you and knowing what’s going to
03:23
work best for you I can tell definitely
03:26
by her facial expressions what works for
03:28
me or not and but also I wanted to share
03:31
this this moment with her because
03:33
obviously hopefully I’m only going to do
03:35
this once and but it is really special
03:37
to have my mom there with me oh I would
03:40
have liked to have my sister there but
03:41
it just didn’t really work out I also
03:44
didn’t want to make it a big deal I
03:47
didn’t want it to be a kind of big event
03:50
going off with my braids needs and you
03:53
know you see in the movies that the
03:55
films that you may be arrived in these
03:58
boutiques that are met with champagne
03:59
and it was definitely not like that so
04:02
the first boutique that we went to and
04:05
the sales assistant or I don’t know
04:08
maybe she was the owner when we walked
04:09
in she didn’t even get up from her desk
04:12
she spoke to us ask us asked us if we
04:14
had an appointment I said no we were
04:16
just having a look she said there was an
04:19
appointment free and 15 minutes and that
04:21
we could go downstairs and just have a
04:23
look anyway we were just kind of left
04:24
there to have a look at the different
04:26
dresses which was great because we had
04:28
the entire place to ourselves for met by
04:30
I don’t know hundreds of dresses
04:32
downstairs and I literally didn’t know
04:34
where to start because it was just
04:36
bombarding when we went back to ask
04:39
about the appointment suddenly it just
04:41
wasn’t available and she hadn’t told us
04:43
and she also SAT there with her
04:45
earphones in the entire time so I was
04:47
kind of thinking these dresses cost you
04:51
know 2,000 pounds and upwards and the
04:54
assistant wasn’t even coming away from
04:57
her desk
04:58
we needed help I just looked at some
05:00
there took some photographs and then we
05:03
basically left the store then we headed
05:06
out of town and we went to our second
05:08
boutique there as we walked past the
05:10
windows we saw exactly the dress that we
05:13
had been looking at went into the shop
05:15
and I said to her would I be able to try
05:17
it on another lane of well something
05:21
along the lines of I’ll have to see
05:25
because you’re clearly not sample size
05:27
which I think she meant that just as a
05:31
direct statement and that’s fine because
05:34
I am NOT simplify simplify as usually in
05:38
wedding dresses are six eight ten
05:40
definitely not a 58 but I wouldn’t say
05:44
that I’m not a normal girl I’m not
05:47
exactly a site eat but I’m not huge
05:51
either a kind of strange lane to hear
05:53
from someone especially when you’re
05:55
you’re you’re walking into store full of
05:58
excitement ready to spend quite a lot of
06:00
money on a dress that you’re going to
06:03
wear once but for one of the most
06:07
important days of your life thank you
06:09
you can put a lot of pressure on
06:10
yourself when you hear you know the idea
06:14
of like you know the one well I knew the
06:15
one when I met income or and that was
06:17
quite a surreal moment of just knowing
06:19
but we won’t go into all that mushy
06:22
stuff but the dress I didn’t think was
06:24
going to be as easy as that and it
06:26
definitely wasn’t as easy as that
06:27
although it wasn’t too difficult now I
06:30
apparent minghua but he does not want me
06:32
to go on some crazy diet or some crazy
06:35
kind of bridezilla mission to get down
06:38
to a size 8 and that’s great because he
06:40
is incredibly supportive of me and he
06:42
loves me for who I am and that’s really
06:44
what you want in a guy so I don’t
06:47
necessarily have that pressure although
06:49
you know personally I would like to lose
06:52
a bit of weight that’s you know a site
06:54
point that evening I looked up some
06:56
website and forums the rarity people
06:59
there there were saying that Glasgow had
07:01
a great shop where the assistants were
07:03
really friendly the sizes weren’t an
07:05
issue and that loads of people had found
07:08
their perfect dress there
07:10
wanted to give it a try so I looked up
07:12
the website it said no appointment
07:14
necessary when guys it is friday is
07:17
steph bursting my sister so happy
07:19
birthday dinner and we are through in
07:22
glasgow it is a great aussie and we are
07:25
off wedding dress shopping again today
07:27
we’re starting off at went to be it is
07:31
and hopefully going to be walking i’m a
07:35
couple of dresses by the perfect dress
07:37
and then get off shopping for the day it
07:41
looks like there’s a lot to choose from
07:43
the manager actually welcome to me at
07:46
the door offered us a cup of tea or
07:48
coffee so definitely no champagne the
07:50
layout of the store was so much better
07:52
you could see the dresses they weren’t
07:54
crammed on rails there they were in
07:57
clear polythene bag and you could move
07:59
them around on the real a lot easier
08:01
attached we see what the difference is
08:04
were between them all so she took me
08:07
over to my size and told me that I
08:09
should always go for one size above what
08:11
i normally wear so i had loads of
08:13
dresses to choose wrong I didn’t feel
08:16
like I was some massive person trying to
08:20
fit into this lovely little white dress
08:22
I felt like a normal girl and that was
08:26
really important to me she encouraged me
08:28
to try on as many different styles as I
08:30
wanted to I think I tried on 13 dresses
08:33
and the dress I bought was lucky number
08:36
12 this had lunch and throughout lunch
08:39
we look to the pictures that we take it
08:41
off me in the dress
08:43
I think that is how red moon read the
08:45
position i think i’ve actually chosen
08:48
the dress as soon as I could on I just
08:50
knew that was the dress that I wanted to
08:53
wear it’s fun but it is very much a
08:57
wedding dress it doesn’t show off too
08:59
much of me it’s definitely a Scottish
09:02
wedding dress but there’s a little bit
09:05
of other cultures in it too so there we
09:14
go there’s the dress going off to be
09:17
transported safely back to Edinburgh
09:19
class there’s anything sisters watching
09:21
please get touch you need to get some
09:24
things on know that I have my dress I
09:26
love it i’m so excited to wear it again
09:28
and it really fit me in a positive
09:30
mindset to really get stuck into all
09:32
this wedding prep just want to say a
09:34
massive thank you to my mum who came
09:36
along with me because it was a great
09:38
support and really lovely to have her
09:40
with me for a very very special shopping
09:44
trip
09:48
so if you are a braid watching this
09:51
video and you’re starting to look for
09:53
your wedding dress I wanted to share a
09:55
few tips with you think about all the
09:57
different options of actually getting
09:59
your wedding dress so it could be second
10:02
hand it might be X sample it might be
10:05
borrowed from someone you might get it
10:07
tailored for you in a different country
10:09
you can buy it from a boutique buy it
10:11
from a specialist wedding shop or buy
10:14
online think about who you want to take
10:15
with you you might want to start out on
10:17
your own and then maybe bring your mum
10:19
and then your sister or best friend you
10:22
might want to make a whole weekend out
10:24
of it try on loads of different sales
10:26
especially the one you don’t think you
10:29
want think about where you’re actually
10:30
going to go shopping so maybe your city
10:33
is a great place to start out and kind
10:35
of get a feel for things do a bit of
10:37
research also look online as well so
10:40
Pinterest is obviously a great place to
10:43
get information and get inspiration and
10:45
ideas try on a few in different stores
10:48
and then maybe go to another city or
10:50
shop online take your time you don’t
10:53
necessarily have to rush into this don’t
10:55
feel pressured into anything you’re
10:58
about to spend quite a lot of money on
11:00
one dress that you will wear once make
11:03
sure that you are shopping for you feel
11:06
comfortable you can feel quite body
11:08
conscious because Pech why do we wear
11:11
white dresses it’s not the most
11:13
flattering color and also some of the
11:16
mirrors can’t be trusted make sure you
11:18
asked about alterations as well so they
11:21
might do alterations in store it might
11:23
be cheaper to go elsewhere it depends on
11:25
your budget and also the time that that
11:27
takes you might have to get a couple of
11:29
fittings done putting that into your
11:31
time plan and also if you don’t live in
11:34
the same country you’ll need to think
11:35
about your travel if you are going to
11:37
get your dress from one of the wedding
11:38
boutique then you really need to plan
11:40
this because i did not realize this it
11:43
takes six months to order a wedding
11:45
dress and when you’re in the shop make
11:48
sure you’ve got someone who’s taking
11:49
photographs of you in every single dress
11:51
front side and back make sure that
11:54
you’re wearing good underwear so at
11:56
least decent pants quite often you’ll
11:59
have to take off your bra or top try the
12:01
dress on
12:02
with heels now most shops will have
12:04
heels for you to try the dress on West
12:07
obviously you need to think about what
12:09
fit where you’re going to be wearing on
12:10
the day if you’re trying on different
12:12
scales with different petticoats also
12:15
try the dress without the practical on
12:17
and see what it feels like and how
12:19
different is because that’s an option
12:21
for the evening try fails on so I
12:23
obviously never put a veil on before and
12:26
it feels really strange I did also try
12:28
out some accessories like a diamante
12:30
belt with my dress and I absolutely love
12:34
that I really didn’t think that I would
12:36
want lots of bling on my dress but it
12:39
was amazing definitely try all these
12:42
things so that’s everything for this
12:44
video if you like this kind of video and
12:47
want to see any other wedding content
12:49
then please let me know because I think
12:51
it would be really fun to share it and
12:53
to record it so that I have it for me to
12:55
look back on any advice you can offer me
12:58
as well then I would be really grateful
13:01
to hear it so feel free to send me an
13:03
email or good in the comments down below
13:05
thanks very much for watching and I will
13:08
see you soon I
13:11
you
