I stood upstairs in Sarah's and swore to my father that if he got that dress for me, I would most definitely wear it again someday when I got married. It was Vera Wang, and it was perfect! The top of the dress was covered in sequins that caught the light in the best possible way. The skirt was A-line with buttons and the most beautiful bow in the back. It was almost like the outline of a bow, and it draped perfectly. I felt like the belle of the ball the night that I made my debut more than 15 years ago, but not too surprisingly when the time came to pick out a wedding dress, my 28-year-old self felt that my debutante dress was too youthful. In a nutshell, I was crazy! Don't get me wrong, I love my wedding dress, too, but when we pulled out my deb dress for Claudia to try on, I was blown away all over again by that dress. I guess you could say that it is vintage Vera Wang now, but it is still just as beautiful, and in my opinion, the most beautiful dress at the ball all over again!
Our two beatiful debutantes |
The girls with cousins and friends |
My mother in the same dress she wore to my debut and Claudia in my dress |
My father escorting my mother and me in 1997 |
Scott and his mom, whom we call Mammá |
There is a tradition of red roses at the Cotillion |
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I made the same promise to my dad about a perfect Vera wang from Sarah's. And he held me to it. It was rebuilt and it was perfect all over again. (Sarah knew that it was MY dress, and Sarah is always right)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a beautiful ball. Glad to know some things stay the same.
I think if I had gotten married before Ivan, my dad might have held me to it, too, but without Sarah to work her magic, it was easier to just pick a new dress. What I realized seeing the dress on Claudia is that no magic needed to be worked. I love it just as it is!
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