Wedding Bells

No, the title doesn't refer to me (yet!).

My brother and his longtime girlfriend have been on holiday in America to visit my other brother (he married an Arkansas girl) and APPARENTLY they just tied the knot in Vegas!!! I found out on facebook, how sad is that? To be fair, he did send me an email, but I checked facebook first. I'm sort of really sad right now, we've always been very close as kids and now that he lives in another country (Holland, while I live in Belgium) we don't see each other that often anymore, and now he even got married without me :( But I'm superglad for them, of course. They love each other dearly and they are very good together. She brings out the best in him, and what more can a person ask for? And he had always told me he wanted to get married in Vegas, so I can't say I'm that surprised.

They looked very gorgeous too

In all fairness, this is a horrible picture of my brother because he's a hot dude. I just really love my sister in law's (!!!!) cute little sixties dress! I couldn't bare him marrying anyone un-stylish, of course. They have my consent. They look like stylish scandinavian people, don't they? :D

To honor their holy matrimony, I wore something wedding-appropriate today myself!

In retrospect, I really hate these tights with the outfit. They look so "heavy" with the rest. I should've gone for sheer or light grey or something, but despite the beautiful sun, it was still too cold for sheer tights. And I didn't think of light grey, so there. Maybe they represent a bit of my mourning for not being able to pick up some bridesmaid duties on my brother's wedding! A friend cheered me up by promising to let me be her maid of honor if she ever gets married. She's such a cool chick <3

Do you guys have any intention of getting married? I do. I totally do. I want to have a loooong engagement and then getting married someplace outside, in the sun, in the summer, and having a party in a garden with lights hanging from trees etcetera, all enchanting and shiz! I have no idea what I want my wedding dress to look like, though. To be more precise, I have like a gajillion ideas what I want my wedding dress to look like, but I can't narrow it down! I want to let all these ideas stew in my brain to have them evolve in the ULTIMATE dream weddinggown. I do know I'd like a pale color like lilac, but cream or ivory is ok too. And I'd like simple lines (no poofy princessdresses pour moi) and sleeves (I hate all those typical corset+poofy skirt wedding dresses, isn't getting married about finding that uniquely YOU dress instead of looking like every other bride?). And maybe flowers in my hair. But that's it! So if you have some tips or ideas, feel free to share! I've had this wedding inspiration folder on my pc for AGES. This makes me sound like a superromantic girl, but before things got serious with my boyfriend I had never even dreamed about getting married or anything like that. It wasn't exactly high on my priority list, but when you meet that person you just want to celebrate your love.

And to keep with the theme, MOVIE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DAY: The Graduate

Actually, I saw this movie when I was like 15 or something so I don't remember it very well, but I do remember I LOVED the music (Simon and Garfunkel <3) and that it was both fun and profoundly melancholic, and quite smart without getting pretentious. If that isn't enough to convince you, I don't know what is! I should totally watch it again myself sometime. The ending is iconic and one of the best in film history. I do love coming of age movies, they always offer you a deeper insight in human nature.

dress, boots: Zara

socks: H&M

tights, necklace, earrings: Pimkie

belt: boyfriend's

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