I'm back! Belated Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!

Apologies for going MIA once again, December surely did not disappoint in the hectic stakes, but it was great! It was filled with birthdays, family, food, Christmas and we welcomed 2015.

Also, in this week, I celebrated my 8th wedding anniversary (can you believe how time flies?!?). So I briefly donned my wedding dress to mark the occasion, and ate lots of yummy Japanese food after that...

In sad news, I lost my phone yesterday morning, and finally found it just now, across the street, out-of-action from having been run over by car(s) and drenched by the rain.  Goodness knows how I'll live without it, for one I can barely Instagram, and can no longer take photos with it! Oh, the horror!!! 

 Wore my red bow shoes this Christmas, last Christmas my Chloe Susanna boots were my 'Christmas shoes' ((available here and in black here and here)

Akira Isogawa wedding dress, Celine knot bracelet (from Departement Feminin) and Balenciaga Bow ring (from Matches Fashion)

photos taken by me on my iPhone for my Instagram.

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Akira - My Wedding Dress (Part Trois)

So, now that I have been thinking wedding dresses, I have a dreadful confession to make...one that induces disbelief & horror in those whom I have previously confessed this to...And that is, that I have not dry-cleaned my Akira Isogawa wedding dress since my wedding day over 2 years ago...yes, you read right...oh the shame!!!

At first this was because several hours after the wedding, hubby & I left for our 3-day (yes, that was all my then job would allow me to take) honeymoon; on my return, my sister got married a few days later, and I then travelled for work for practically 3 weeks. When the dust settled, I did not know whom to trust my dress with. Procrastination/uncertainty kicked in, and lo & behold, 2 years have passed (shame on me), and I have been too scared to even look at it since, until today...

I have recently discovered a dry cleaner my friend trusted her Vera Wang dress with, with good results...I have 'tested' them with a grease-stained coat, and they have passed, so...I took a deep breath & took my (crumpled) dress from the top of my wardrobe, and had a look...held my breath for the worse...and it still looks good! Big sigh of relief, crumpled yes, but nothing else...so before I take it to the dry cleaners (at long last), I thought I would take some close-up shots to share...

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With this dress I thee wed...

In less than a year, I gain a new sister-in-law, but she has yet to start looking at/for wedding dresses, I offered to scout some on her behalf...

Her likes: one-shouldered simple gowns, vintage dresses
Her dislikes: strapless gowns & the full-skirt meringue/very 'bridal' look.

As a fan of Marchesa, I think these would be the ones she would most like (especially the 2nd dress, that's the one I'm most excited about for her, and can't wait for her to see):

Marchesa Resort 2010

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I found some other gorgeous options:

Elie Saab CTR Fall 2010 

A little extravagant, but so stunning:

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Lanvin Resort 2010 

(playful)

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Collette Dinnigan

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I realized this is the dress my friend wore to her non-wedding wedding celebration (they insist it was really her now-husband's milestone birthday, but there was a wedding cake...)

And the bride wore white...

Last Saturday I got to revisit the magical place I was married in, as my cousin had her wedding in the exact same beautiful spot.

My cousin was the most beautiful bride ever, in a stunning drapey grecian goddess gown by Australian designer Collette Dinnigan. My pictures don't do justice to the incredibly stunning crystal detailing on her ivory silk satin one-shoulder drape gown...

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Collette Dinnigan SS08

My gorgeous mom, visiting from Brazil, wearing a silk Perri Cutten coat dress over my Empire Rose silk dress, and Fendi Forever Mini Boston bag (a gift from my mother-in-law). Also, not pictured, she wore the shoes I wore as a bridesmaid to my sister's wedding (one size too big for her, remedied with 'Party Feet'). I wore my YSL wedding shoes...

Willow draped silk dress
Yves Saint Laurent Dada semi-wedges in Platino Dries Van Noten clutch
Tom Binns Faux Real cuff
Swarovski 'tennis bracelet' (30th b'day present from my sister)
Sportsgirl acrylic ring (bought this years ago for $1.50!)

YSL Dada semi-wedges - my wedding shoes
Bridesmaid shoes