Destination Nevada County

It’s All About The DRESS
hat girl hasn’t dreamed her whole life of being a bride? It’s her
moment to shine, to be a princess. Even rough-and-tumble
girls dream it. Every girl wishes she might, even if only once,
be the most beautiful woman in the room. The most beautiful
the world. The most beautiful ever.
Imagine gliding into the ball room, Fairy Godmother’s work
glittering and alive, and time stops. A gasp rises, a single breath
from the collective throats of a stunned audience, then follow
whispers and smiles, nods of approval. Perhaps a look here and there
of jealousy.
That moment is magic. Yet, it’s not a fairy tale, nor is a Fairy Godmother
required. Furthermore, when the clock strikes midnight, the moment doesn’t
have to end. The pictures, the video, they will last forever.
That means forever is not only possible, it is actual. The magic of forever needs just one thing:
It’s all about the dress.
The dress is both real and magical. It transforms beauty into breathlessness. Girls become
women. Women brides. Brides princesses. It makes the moment into forever.
And for those whose brow might furrow some at the notion of princess-ness, it isn’t
something silly or childish. Princess is an attitude. It’s not the Disney variety—or at
least it doesn’t have to be—it’s how you feel. It’s not simply whether she feels beautiful
or not. A princess deserves respect. She deserves awe. She inspires it. And don’t
you? Think of all the things you do, the roles you play, the lives you touch in your
day to day. The right dress activates and accentuates the most respectable and
awesome facets of you.
And if you’re not sure about that, let’s just have a look. First, let’s start with a woman’s body. This
alone is a blessing. Not only is it the fixation of half of the humans on the planet (or more!), it
is also literally the source of life for every one of them. Every. Last. One. Therefore, there is no
shape of a woman that is not perfect and sublime.
But the perfect dress is not simply about augmenting the body. A woman is so much
more than her physicality. She is all the loving acts she has made. The sacrifices. The
compromises. The victories, achievements, and goals attained. She is her failures, her lost
loved ones, her dead pets, the hours she spent caring for them all in life and in decline.
She is the hours she will spend on such things tomorrow and beyond, until she draws
her last breath. She is her mind and her humor and her unique abilities. She is
beyond definition. Every moment of her life has demanded a different version of
herself. The right wedding dress respects her journey. It frames it, suggesting
the beautiful, enduring story that is her. It hints at the story that she will
become.
Just as a diamond shines best upon a ring; and a flower blooms
best beneath the sun, a bride does both within her
dress. She becomes the dream. It is magic, and it is
real. And it is forever. Bringing it together begins in
knowing it’s all about the dress.
By John Daulton
62 DESTINATION Nevada County
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