St.Pucchi Bridal Market Show
Monday, April 12th, 2010Oh. Wow. How do current brides attend shows like these? I would die of inspiration overload. The St. Pucchi show was bursting at the seams with romance and drama. Are you inspired by Marie Antoinette? Get thee to St. Pucchi and try a few of their beautiful ball gowns (especially #9368!). While Mrs. Star and I sipped mimosas, and sneaked peaks at the likes of Darcy Miller and Carley Roney, gorgeous dresses paraded in front of our eyes.
While you can be sure to expect intensely gorgeous, “wow” dresses from St.Pucchi, these dresses took it to a whole new level. Repeating themes we noticed were embroidered ribbon detailing:

Credit:Patrick Ryan Photography
Corsets (many with sheer panels)

Credit:Patrick Ryan Photography
and serious drop waists with lingerie inspiration.
Our only concern with a few of these beautiful dresses was the practicality factor. I wondered about several of the drop waist-ed gowns, how would they fit a woman above a size 4? or 6? How would they fit a woman with any discernible “pouch” ? For heavily beaded dresses, how buff will you have to be to hold the dress up for several hours? As for the sheer panels in the corset, I’m not sure if my grandmother’s voice is the one inflicting that prejudiced, because I just can’t imagine strolling into a church wearing sheer paneling!
In the sheer panel’s defense, I met several lovely gay men in line for the bus back to DC who vehemently disagreed with me. They felt that the sheer paneling was simply fairytale-esque, especially when combined with beaded detail.
Are you in the pro-sheer panel crowd?
ps. I’ll be updating this post later tonight when I can upload a few personal pics from the show.




