on my gown

i've been deliberating on this most days... on what is a reasonable budget for my wedding gown.

• once in a lifetime event - dapat buhos lahat ng kagandahan sa mundo
• once lang isusuot - dapat di kamahalan
• beads, embroidery, swarovski, rhinestones, lace, or really nice cut, cloth and no embellishment (less is more???)

the possible gown makers/ couturiers i've met are as follows:

• Mrs. Leony Bautista, H14 cluster Divisoria
• Cecilio Abad, Vito Cruz
• Merlene Marcelo, Kamagong St.

i'll be meeting with a couple more before deciding:

• Veluz Reyes, Las Pinas
• April and Karen Yu

i've been searching the web for the perfect look i want, more diligently, paying more attention to the details, ever since i received the design from Merlene last monday. using the yahoo search engine, i was able to go through the following sites:

• www.theknot.com
• www.davidsbridal.com
• www.weddingchannel.com
• www.edenbridals.com
• www.olegcassini.com
• www.jasminebridal.com
• www.alfredangelo.com
• www.bridaloriginals.com
• www.everafterformal.com
• www.maggiesottero.com
• www.moniquelhuillier.com
• www.moonlightbridal.com
• www.moonlightcoutureline.com
• www.morilee.com
• www.sinceritybridal.com
• www.sweetiepieflowergirldresses.com
• www.verawang.com
• www.watters.com
• www.allurebridals.com

as you can see, a really thorough search was made. at night, also browsed through my magazines hoping to find the one true gown...

right now, i found 2 gowns i really like. but i have to show them first to the potential designers before posting here... baka kasi hindi bagay. :P