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HELP! I want DD to wear a semi traditional gown for her Christening/Dedication service. But where do I find them!!!!???? There used to be a store at our nearest shopping centre but when I went in there today they now only sell Fred Bare clothes!!!! Not one thing suitable for the service!!!! I've had a look on Ebay and the only thing I found looks too wedding dressish for me... Any help would be appreciated!
MG :)
Hey MG,
I don't know where you are located (actually ROFL when I saw your location!:lol: ).
I know that there is a shop in Granville, NSW that does Christening outfits - I drive past it all the time - and their ad says 'both new and modern outfits'. You could put it into yellow pages, get the store name and just goggle their ad - they sound like a sweet shop(not sure if I'm allowed to post the name or link...moderator??)
HTH
MG, I'm LOL at your location :lol: I'm in Sydney's west and there's a little boutique shop near me that sells Christening gowns and various lovely dresses.
Perhaps you might find a small specialty baby shop near you that'd have cute little dresses? They're sort of 'going out' dresses but not necessarily traditional long, lacy, satiny numbers, kwim?
depends when you christening is, a friend of mine wanted a long traditional dress in cotton and couldn't find a thing is Australia everythng was lace and satin she found one in the US comaprable to a decent one in Australia and I have got to admit is gorgeous
my dd wore mine and my brothers gown it is very plain and simple and cotton I loved it because it was the one I wore and the one my 3 brothers wore it felt really special, this bubba will wear it to, DS wore a suit but only becasue of his age but that is a whole other story LOL
If you are able to wait and purchase in Adelaide there are quite a few shops here, one on Henley beach road one at Newton on st bernards road and one on main north road in prospect, the gowns can be very $$$ my X SIL conned my mum and asked her to go gown browsing with her, she 'found' a gown on the day ( I think she new it was there but wanted my mum to pay ) it was almost $400 it was absolutely gorgeous but very heavy and a bit OTT, she then said ' oh no I forgot my purse' so mum put it on her credit card as X SIL started crying in the shop cause she as worried she would miss out on it and someone else would buy it, she never paid mum back, an expensive lesson!!!!
I know there are a coupel of online places but I cant for the life of me remember what they are called, I will have a look now and edit if I find anything for you.
ETA I have found one but am still looking so will keep adding them it is called goo goo gear australia, but I think you may not like their gowns some are very weddingie
ETA again google 'unique gowns by dana' she is in hoopers crossing victoria, I am not sure if that is even where you are LOL but thought it was worth a go, she doesnt have many pics but sounds like she has aht you like,
I did find another one but their cheapest gown was over $250 and they even had one for $879 OMG I nearly choked LOL
Ooohh thanks girls! I'm in Vic - tee hee. Amy - I did think about waiting until I get there but I figure I will be too exhausted from the drive plus I have to get things ready (and try and prevent IL's from overstimulating Abbey so she won't be too unbearable for all the rellies on the Sunday!). i tried to get a family one too but my wonderful brother destroyed my sister's and my IL's aren't sure where DH's is (plus I would want it dry cleaned first and MIL wouldn't agree to that!). So I am still looking.... The ceremony is on the 3rd June so I still have a couple of weeks to go....
Please keep the suggestions coming!
I have edited with a few I found on the net
there is also another one in Vic called Delicate eligance,
Thanks girls!
OMG Amy! NO WAY! Who pays that for one day? Not even a day - a few hours!? I actually saw a GORGOUS skirt for Abbey yesterday but it was $67!!!!! And I swear it would have been a MINI skirt on her! I couldn't believe it! ROFL
My wedding dress was only $500 so no way would I pay well over $800 for a christeneing gown, JMO though,
it is hard isnt it as its the same kind of thing as with a wedding if you say wedding the cost goes up same with christening gown I guess, there are some lovely ones that are deffinately worth their money but some I looked at were very plain but still well over $200 I couldnt see why TBH but again thats just my opinion, but I am lucky that I have one that is in our family, its such a pitty about the ones you mentioned that are in your family's
i am looking for an all-in-one type satin suit for Masons christening...can anyone help?
caro, i tried googling "its a small world" and cant find it.
they had some on the sites I posted Dani I am pretty sure, so yeah worth a look
dana has no pics or prices which scares me lol
goo goo gear is too pricey :(
there is a link on Dana's website to another website which does have pictures and prices Danni.
I'm still looking for something that isn't too formal :(
yeah that was my first thought to, I dont trust anywhere that dont have prices on them, you guys are in Melbourne waht about the markets over there, surely there would be something, I know we got DS a little 3 peice suit with tails it was very cute from a stall at the markets here in Adelaide and it was only about $60 I think so not to bad.
Mg: ebay has some nice girlie dresses which arent too formal.
mg: i cant find a link on Danas site? Im at uniquechristeningowns dot com dot au
try our small world thats what I found when I tried googling its a small world:
I just had a look WOW they have the most gorgeous gowns for gorls and the suits and all in ones for boys, all at really great prices too, good find Caro.
HI gals,
I know there is a shop on Sydney Road, Coburg which has nice traditional and non traditional outfits, its near the corner of Sydney Road and Moreland Road. There is also a new shop in Watergardens (this one might be closer for you Dani) that sells baby stuff and has christening outfits. There is also a place called Samantha's in Lonsdale Street, Melb, but I think they may have more traditional ones.
Myer normally have some christening / special occasion baby outfits.
If I have a little girl, I will be making her christening outfit out of my mums wedding dress!
Good luck gals
yes lisa its called bamboo! I was at watergardens last week and saw them in there as well as at Cradle Road.
I am ripping up my wedding dress and using that for the Christining outfit.
I know it sounds silly - but I have great photos and memories of that dress and its just squashed away in a box with nothing to do.
I am making an outfit + using the left over on the bassinet.
do you know anyone handy with an overlocker/sewing machine MG? one of my friends made a christening gown for her daughter, that she also used for her son, and intends to pass it down through the family...
might be the cheapest way to get a simple and yet still traditional gown made...
Dani - Sorry - I got my sites mixed up! It was the other one Amy mentioned! And if you enter Christening on Ebay you get heaps of things come up - I even found a few possibilities for Abbey!
BG - My Aunt is a BRILLIANT seamtress and made my sisters gown. Unfortunately we have left it a little late (the ceremony is the 3rd June and the smocking takes ages apparently). It's one of the reasons I wanted to use my sisters gown (because my Aunt made it).
Tamra - I had grand plans of using the train on my wedding dress for Abbey's gown as well... I just ran out of time! But I will keep my dress incase she wants to use it as a Debutant dress or her own wedding dress.
Lisa - thanks for that info! I'm off to the city tomorrow afternoon so will try to have a look then!
MG