My wedding dress.
Or as I call it, my nikah dress.
Every wedding sure is a different one. Some prefer to have a simple one and have grandeur honeymoon. Some don't care at all. Some wants both lavish and what not. But for my wedding, I have only one request from my then boyfriend. I did not care of how simple anything else are, but I wanted to feel like and be a princess on our big day. And princesses always have beautiful dress. So as you can tell, I spend quite a lot on my nikah dress. Quite an amount if you speak of a garment. But that dress..... it isn't just a garment to me. It is my princess dress. So....
My nikah dress.... safe to say, is my favourite dress of all now. I put so much love and thought on the concepts and how I want it to be. I dreamt of it being white in colour, off-white to be exact to avoid looking too dark on my skintone. Then, it needs to be body fitting, enough to accentuate my curves yet still modest. And dear Lord, my enormous love for pleats -- I would't miss it for the world to apply it on the dress. Pleats if done right, will always elevate the elegance in a garment. It appears simple but complicated to craft. Then you put together those french lace to give the delicate and feminine effect and as suggested by my dressmaker, silk crepe to bring the flow I desire. For its last touch, my dressmaker give its magic to the masterpiece, the 3D beadings. And my fellow readers..... that is my dream came true, my dress came true. Really. Wallahi. I'm still in awe because I have so much love for the dress!
It is definitely of every girl's dream kannn to be married in her white dress. Although I must abide to the fact that those white bridal dress will only be worn once. And that is during the solemnisation. That is also the main reason the millennial now improvised and used soft coloured fabrics to replace the white ones, to make it practical. Because of course, it would be a little bizarre wearing a white dress to occasions! Common colours would be pastel pink, blue, mint and nude. Even my dressmaker suggested me to have a soft blue dress. But my my, I want to only marry once and that one time I shall wear white dress like how our ancestors had it.
If I recall right, I went to four consultations with my dressmaker.
- First consultation (Sept 2018): We discussed on the idea and concept - whether he can make my dream dress. On the budget, the timeline. My inspiration was definitely Nurita Harith. I've always wanted to have her make my dress. But I also know, I could never afford her. So, I shared with my dressmaker, a lookbook for what I want.
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| Photo credits to Nurita Harith's website. |
And he straight away sketched it.
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The comparison for final look. I think my dressmaker did a marvellous job!
Photo on the left credit to Nurita Harith's website. |
- Koobs' consultation (Oct 2018): Because we didn't want to have different person making our outfit for the same ceremony. So his measurement were taken.
- First fitting (March 2019): I fainted! Nuff said. Ok fine, joking but I instantly fell in love with the dress and the beading wasn't even sewed into!
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| The dress silhouette without the beadings |
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| Absolutely love the looooong veil! |
- Final fitting (April 2nd, 2019): I died! Hahahaha cantik sangat, terlalu love!
And more pictures on our big day:
And if you don't know yet, the dressmaker is
Sam from
@samm_republic on instagram. He's based at Wangsa Maju, nearby LRT Gombak.
Love,
Mia
