Dressing up for the wedding++

Starring: The Practical Couple
Now that the stress of bridal gown selection is put behind, the practical couple moved on to a new stressful chapter of buying the husband's shirts, shoes, belt, tie, etc and the wife's shoes. There was urgency because (1) photoshoot is in July (2) it is the GSS now.

The wife did not want to spend more than $50 on her shoes. And would like the shoe to be re-usable on other occasions (best if can be worn to work). Comfort was also a very important criteria as the wife's feet is prone to blisters & sores.

With so many restrictions & requirements in place, shoe-hunting was certainly not an easy task as there were lots of designs to choose from. There were bling bling shoes (i.e shoes encrusted with fake diamonds), glittery shoes (the straps of these shoes look as though someone poured glitter on them), satin shoes (usually close-toed with strappy heel, a bit old fashioned), and strappy ribbon shoes (duh).


After visiting Parkway Parade, Marina Square, VivoCity, Harbourfront, and Causeway Point, the wife finally found her shoe at Robinsons @ Raffles City. Robinsons had the most variety of wedding shoes out of all the places the couple went. There was also a 15% discount on the $59.90 shoe, making it slightly above the wife's budget by 90cents.

(See pic on the left for the wife's strappy ribbon heel)

 The husband decided that he wanted only a white shirt because (1) white is versatile (i.e. can match the many colour gowns of the wife) (2) white can match the creamy suit better. He originally had qualms about the re-usability of a white shirt because according to him "it's weird to wear a plain white shirt to work", especially since the wife advised that the white should be very bright and not look like business wear.

The practical couple scoured many shops in search for the right white shirt, including Rossi (fabric is rather thin), G2000 (has pockets), T.M. Lewin (too business-like), Raoul (no bright white shirt), Robinsons (uncle shirts), Metro (uncle shirts), Gap (no white dress shirts), Zara (business-like), and Domanchi (too fancy).

They narrowed down their selections to a textured white shirt with concealed buttons from Tangs (Library brand) and a white shirt with cool buttons from AX. As the husband looked more sleek in the AX shirt and the material seemed better, the practical couple went ahead to purchase the shirt at a 30% discount. The shirt was more expensive than G2000, T.M. Lewin and Zara, but still cheaper than a custom-made shirt at Rossi.

(The AX shirt has stripy grey cuffs that can be concealed for the wedding, but exposed for work)

Now that the practical couple can check off the wife's shoes & husband's shirt from the shopping list, they can now focus on the husband's shoes. The "problem" lies in trying to find a versatile-coloured pair of shoes that can match the creamy white suit and black mandarin collar suit. The couple is looking at brown shoes, but are still undecided on which shade of brown.