This dress reminds me about the flowery aroma of lavender
Green velvet works a treat, and nods to the holiday season nicely, while switching a bow tie for an almost-as-dressy textured dinner tie keeps everything suitably occasional
Katherine Louie, the author of this piece, is a lifestyle editor with extensive experience covering fashion and lifestyle topics
A childs christening is a day that will be talked about and remembered for years to come, and of course, the photos will come out for inspection over and over again, so this beautiful christening dress is the perfect outfit to live up to such an occasion
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With daughter's dress, even though it was the correct size, she had to have a couple hundred dollars worth of alterations to get it super tight on her ribcage or the fabric kind of wrinkled