Houston

As I mentioned in my last post, we went to Houston and Austin this past week. In addition to hearing some great live music, hiking in the Hill Country, and eating some great food, we visited some wedding related stores. Kathryn Ledet, Becky and I went to Hi-Fashion Fabric and BHLDN Bridal Store. The primary purpose to visit Hi-Fashion Fabrics was to buy horsehair braid for the skirt and petticoat hems. I successfully accomplished that mission. And amazingly, I did not buy any material. It was hard-they had some beautiful Italian and Swiss cotton that would make gorgeous shirts, blouses and shirt dresses. The BHLDN Bridal shop was well worth a visit. Becky looked at some dresses as sister of the bride. Surprisingly, they do not have that as a specific dress category. We did find some cute dresses and little cashmere sweaters to keep the chill of the shoulders. The collection of wedding dresses was quite nice. Becky characterized it as the Anthropologie of bridal gown stores. I looked at the dress construction and picked up some ideas for our project. I will definitely add another layer of tulle to the petticoat. I found out how they used the horsehair braid in the skirt hems and got some more ideas on how to sew the chiffon onto the bodice. We saw the pair of shoes Ginny is interested in. They looked very nice and should be contenders in the wedding shoe derby.