/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9379048

Pick your favorite substyle, theme or even your all-time favorite print or dress. Make that your theme (after lovingly consulting the hubby, of course. God help you if he insists on mashing his theme in and you end up with a Star Wars x IW Lotta theme though), and base your wedding around it -- the background, the deco, even the bridesmaid dresses, etc. You can scan/photograph parts of your favorite dress and use them as background on the wedding invites, the placards, signs, whatever. If you have one of those guest photobooth with props, you can do either generic stuff, eg- top hats, bow ties, flower crowns and bonnets for the guests to take photos with. Or you could do props tied to your print, eg- giant unicorn heads or big teacups or whatever your dress inspires. You don't particularly need to chose a print, if your thing is JetJ, you can do a rococo wedding theme instead, hits pretty close and works well with most JetJ prints.

You can either dress up in lolita for the pre-wedding photoshoots, or save the props and take photos in lolita after and add them to your photo album.

As for the bridesmaids, some of Bodyline's stuff isn't too bad, you can check for reviews. You should add in the cost of getting a properly poofy petti though, or you'll be surrounded by deflated itas on your big day.

Alternatively, if you just want the poof, you could try vintage- or retro-styled bridesmaid dresses, or just plain fit-and-flare if that's fine with you.