How to shop for a wedding dress like a software engineer
I work for a software company, and regularly we ask, “What customer problems are we trying to solve?” Since I am the target customer, and the wedding dress is my solution, let’s take an Agile approach here.
Don’t let the “Bride Again” stigma dictate your next wedding dress choice
I remember so clearly shopping at plussizebridal.com (which no longer exists). It’s where I bought my fabulous purple wedding dress. There was a section on the site, though, that gave me chills. It was called “Bride Again.” Dresses in beige, off-white, and tans, each more matronly then the last — dresses that looked like something you might wear to an Easter church service but somehow more conservative. Like bizarro funeral garb. Some of the ugliest off-color dresses I have ever seen. I just remember thinking, “I don’t want to do this twice… Breathe, cross your fingers, shut out all the doubt, and get on with it.” And I did.
How to spot and avoid the wedding vendors that are faking it to make it
So what can you do to avoid the fake wedding vendors? Don’t be put off — these fakes are the exception to the norm — but do be smart and do your research.
There are some fairly easy steps to gage how genuine a creative business is, and how good they actually are…
Open thread: How should an offbeat wedding guest dress?
“I am generally under-dressed at formal weddings or I end up buying a dress that is boring, wear it once, and donate it. I don’t even know where to look for some cool, offbeat wedding guest dresses. I even googled “dresses to wear to formal weddings” and was overwhelmed by blandness.
I guess basically, can someone tell me (and probably others) what an offbeater wears to a formal gig?”