My wife and I were married in 2005, and we knew we are going to have an outdoor, desert wedding. My wife and I are not 'traditional' by any means, so a full-length, white wedding dress wasn't very appealing to us. The process of finding the perfect wedding dress was honestly, to me, one of the most stressful parts of the whole wedding planning process. Our first stop was to go to the local mall. We went to several shops, including J. Jill, Dillards, and Macy's. Nothing appealed to us at any of these places. Either the dresses were too expensive, or they just didn't fit our theme or taste. We then started thinking about used dresses, and where to find them. At the time, ebay was a good place to start. We see nothing wrong with buying a used wedding dress, and we also are ok with people who sell their wedding dress. After all, you really are only going to wear it once, right? Why not 'recycle' it and let someone else get some more mileage out of it?

We were having some success with finding dresses online, but we wanted to do a little more looking. Then, one day, I was walking down the street downtown in our city, and there was one of those Himalayan "Beads / Hippie" shops. I happened to glance in the window, and there it was - our wedding dress. Who would have thought that a store like this would have the perfect wedding dress for us? It was also priced just right. I was so excited that I called my wife and she came down immediately. She tried it on, and amazingly it fit almost perfectly right off of the rack. She is a tall girl, so we were both very surprised. It was a dress made in India, and is pictured to the left, and above. It was a sleeveless dress, which was perfect for our desert wedding. The pattern on it was beautiful, and it had lots of sparkly beads and stones on it.

As mentioned above, this dress was purchased at the Crystal Dragon (303) 786-8455. I can't say that they will still have this same dress today, but they might! The point we're trying to make here is to not focus only on the bigger "big box" department stores and retailers. Often times you will find the very standard or traditional wedding items at these places, but not something really unique to your personality. Many of the Tibetan/Himalayan stores that can be found in most bigger towns have more 'exotic' types of dresses and clothing. You might even be able to find a local seamstress or dressmaker in your town that can create a dress for you from scratch. Who knows, you may even get it for cheaper than you would have if you were to pay retail for it!

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