Most of the planning for my upcoming wedding has been pretty easy:
Found my gorgeous Vera Wang dress in a day, booked the fabulous venue within 2 days, and the rest of the vendors within a week. Bridesmaids dresses were a bit tougher, but did manage to find some beautiful dresses- thanks to Jenny Yoo!
But the mother-of-the-bride dress has NOT been as easy to find...my mom's looked everywhere from New York to Chicago to Florida to find that perfect dress that's not matronly, but doesn't show much cleavage. At 48 years old (i'm sure my mom would appreciate me sharing her age online :)) she's a lot younger than most mothers of the bride and her 5'1 petite frame doesn't help the situation either. To be honest she does call me about once a week claiming "I think I found my dress!", but soon changes her mind due to the color, cut, etc. I thought she was just being picky, but then I walked into Neimans, Saks, and many other stores to look at their selection of gowns- and there are some UGLY gowns at here! Note to any upcoming designer out there: there's a huge need for classic, yet stylish mother-of-the-bride dresses!
While my mom was in town this weekend someone had mentioned she should check out Mira Couture. I walked in myself to check it out this morning and was so impressed by the beautiful dresses. I called my mom instantly and said "get over here right now and I think you'll find your dress!"
Mira owns the shop and designs the dresses with a few other designers, one of them being Anna who was nice enough to help us today. The nice thing about these gorgeous dresses is that they are custom made so you can change the color, cut, etc of any of their beautiful dresses on the rack. Dresses seem to range from $2500- $5000 and while this may seem expensive it's reasonable next to some of the ugly gowns I've spotted in Neimans and Saks.
And they really know their stuff! I started pulling a few gowns for my mom that I thought would look good on her, but as soon as she tried them on I realized I had failed. And then Anna took over and every dress she recommended for my mom's petite frame worked really well!
I should also probably mention that they sell wedding dresses here as well. Many of them being Palazzo and many others being their own label....I was scared to look and fall in love with one after already ordering my dress, but fortunately I didn't think anything compared to my wedding dress. However, many other brides may absolutely love what they have.
And you're probably wondering if my mom actually got a dress. Nope, which is probably why I'm going with 4 stars instead of 5. She did come very close to ordering one, but decided she likes a dress she recently found at Neimans instead. I think I prefer the Neimans dress as well, but I do think Mira Couture's overall selection for gowns is much better than any other store I've checked out...so definitely worth checking out if you're in the market for a gown! Call ahead to make an appointment! read more