Trial Makeup at Keith Kee's

Without realization, I've turned into a fan of Keith Kee. I've been around town looking at other wedding gowns even after I'd bought one from him. If anything, I was trying to prove to myself that it wasn't a rash decision getting a gown so early. As I was telling my other bride-to-be friends -- when you put on the gown that's meant to be, you'll somehow FEEL it rightaway. Its akin to the feeling of reaching home. Like you've finally made it to your destination.

Wedding gown. Cheongsam. And another custom-made evening gown on the way -- I decided to complete the whole look by engaging Keith and his partner Ben for hair and makeup.

At my trial session, Keith showed me his makeup techniques which he'll be using on the actual day; not so much the color of the eye shadow he'll be using. I just made sure he promised to do a good job hiding my eyebags on the actual day!

The Magical Piece of Lace called Veil

There is this brilliant invention made out of lace cloth that everyone is accustomed to calling it the Veil! It comes in various sizes and lengths -- according to the preference of the girl wearing it, and it is usually worn as a "head piece" together with your wedding dress!!! :D

I went back to Keith Kee last Saturday to fit my dress in preparation for our pre-wedding photography shoot coming up on the 2nd of February. I'd previously put on my wedding gown a few times since buying it, but it had always just felt like a very heavy gown to me -- nothing like adorning the wedding dress; the dress I'd be wearing to walk down the aisles! :P But putting on the dress this time with my veil... WOW! It suddenly hit me!!! I could almost feel like the 11h of July was TODAY, and it made me all excited because it dawned on me that each passing day only meant one day closer to the wedding! kekeke! The feeling of wearing the veil truly is magical -- I still don't understand WHY... it was so magical that I was thinking about it the whole night and couldn't get to sleep :P

Fit for a bride (Part II)

The hunt for THE dress is over! :) Its been a rather short hunt -- well, not really a hunt actually, and I didn't expect to get it so soon either. But I guess the task became easier as I went to more bridal shops and looked at more dresses. They were all just not me. My idea of me was something made of lace, simple and off-white, with no poofy skirts! Something that doesn't make me look FAT.

One of the main reasons why I started so early was because we're targeting to take our pre-wedding photos by the end of this year, and I initially thought of custom making my gown. That would take up to 2-3 months to get it perfect. But after looking around, I decided that getting something off-the-rack would be safer because I'd get to try on the finished product, and gauge if I really like it... as opposed to working on a SKETCH with a designer... and months down the road, when the dress is ready, I faint and drop dead when I see the end product -- that it just doesn't match up to what I've spent countless sleepness nights dreaming about! :)

That being said, I still went ahead to make an appointment with Keith Kee. HAHA! I thought, if I wanted to take the risk with any designer to tailor make my own gown from scratch, it'll have to be with Keith. I've not only read countless articles about him and his work, but he also comes highly recommended from bestie SMin, and a few other people who have bought his designs.

Anyways, when I got to his boutique, he was in the middle of being interviewed by NTV7, so while waiting, I started trying all his off-the-rack gowns. I was almost giving up, when I saw this last one -- a 2-piece gown; its top made of lace with lotsa detailing (just like how I like it), but a poofy skirt. YIKES. But when I tried it on, it fitted like a glove!!! (albeit the poofy skirt :P ) And I straightaway fell in love with it! :) Yes, I fell in love with the poofy skirt too because it really complemented the top half. Keith even said its as though he made the gown just for me (But of course, I didn't fall for that. I'm pretty sure that must have been marketing talk)

Fit for a bride (part I)

Picture taken from: Monique-Lhuillier (I'm in love with this dress!)

The hunt for my wedding dress has begun!.. and it saw my mom and I going to 5 different bridal houses today.

I went with zero expectations because I don't see myself as an impulsive shopper... and more to that, its gonna be THE dress that I'll wear to walk down the aisles. So it would most possibly be my first, my last and my only chance to get it right... yeah? :)

I have a rough concept of how I'd want to look -- nothing poofy and Barbie Doll-y. And definately no skirts with a 5-meter diameter across me. I'd like it to be as simple as possible, with just a short train behind (just to add to the 'feel' of walking down the church aisles :P ). However, my mom begged to differ. Not that she wants me to wear a poofy dress, but she said that a bride needs to dress like a bride. Ok, I seriously do not know what that means.

So out of the almost 30 dresses I tried on -- some made me laugh out loud, some made me go YIKES! ... and others were really nothing to shout about; I really only liked ONE... which I was THIS close to buying! HAHA! (Talk about not being an impulsive shopper). But maybe I was tired of trying on SOOO MANY dresses... And you know how its like, right??? When you put on something that fits the body and the eyes (nice to look at lah), it'll make you go "I LOVE IT!!!!!!"

Anyways, I didn't buy it in the end. I managed to peel myself away from the dress because I think I want to visit more boutiques first before I make a decision.

I've got an appointment with Eric Choong and Keith Kee this coming week... so we'll see how that goes first!