I have made a commitment to myself to finish dress shopping this week and I have two stores to go but here are the 3 semifinalist that I have thus far. The first two are from my shopping expedition on Saturday with Mrs. Crooks in West orange NJ.
This is the Ipanema, which was one of the first dresses that I picked out but couldn't find. It costs $1300 and it's raw silk in Ivory.

Since I have never been and will never be as skinny as that girl modelling the dress, here is how it looks like on a real bride about my size.

This is another ball gown by Jasmine, that I would order in light Gold. I love the color but I am not crazy about the extra embroidery coming down the side. The sales person assured me that I can be ordered without it. This dress is $1000 and given my previous posts, it looks like a pretty good deal.


This is a dress that I found on ebay by the same designer that I loved at Kleinfelds. The buy it now on this dress is $550. The problem with this dress is that it takes 30 days to arrive if my size is not in stock. The fit on his dresses and the materials are fabolous...but what if its a fake?


Well fortunately I have a standby dressed picked out...please refere to my previous post for more information :-)