How on earth is a dress able to fit all sizes?

For me, tailor-made dresses are definitely out of the picture because,

1) They are expensive.

2) They will most probably be worn once.

And also, personally for me I was looking for “That particular Color Dress” rather than “That Specific Design”. For my wedding, my color theme was Gold and Red(roses). I wanted my bridesmaids to wear a Gold dress.

It was almost impossible to find a decent gold dress without looking too 歌台ish.

It took me quite some time to finally find the GOLD TOGA DRESS and at a reasonable price!

I had 8 bridesmaids and their sizes ranges between UK 6 to UK 12. And this dress fits them all!

I really think they look great in the dresses and it was exactly what I wanted for my Bridesmaids.

I also spent quite some time trying to DIY  wrist corsages for my bridesmaids. I’m glad I went for the BIG AND BOLD flowers. It not only matched the day dress very well, it matched perfectly with their long black dress too. Look damn nice on pictures!

Of course, the Bridesmaid dress that I’ve bought for my Bridesmaids may not be that perfect.

1) The length is quite short for the taller ladies.

2) The material is not very comfortable.

3) Limited colors available.

4) They probably will not have any occasion to wear it again.

So, after much discussion with my supplier, I’ve decided to manufacture a similar dress with better material and lining in more pretty colors!

And I’m sure your bridesmaids / jiemei  will definitely have a chance to wear this dress again on other occasions.

If you are looking for the ideal Jiemei Dress, pop by to BridgettBelle now. Customised Wrist Corsages are also available! ( More pictures up on FB )

P.S: Do not ask ALL your bridesmaids along to shop for Bridesmaid Dresses, ask at most 2-3 of them along, especially the smallest size & the biggest size.

Feel free to ask me anything here 

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Bridesmaid Essentials for The Important day!

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Coincidentally, we were told by the sales executive that they had wedding lunch and wedding dinner on that particular day.

Wedding lunch was held in the Tudor Ballroom. (smaller)

My first impression of Tudor ballroom:

1) Limited space at reception area.
Not much space for you to mingle and have your drinks before event commence.

2) Ballroom is small, cannot accomodate a lot of tables.

3) Ceiling quite low, pillar-less

3) White, quite fairy-tale ish.

Based on the ballroom setting, I think its suitable for ROM lunch, provided that your guest list isn’t too long.

Tudor Ballroom was definitely out of our list due to the space constraints.

Hubb and I went to Far east did a little shopping and headed back to the hotel to see the setting of the Wedding dinner at Windsor Ballroom.

My first impression of Windsor Ballroom; their main ballroom.

1) Reception area was quite a turn-off. Too Cramped.

2) Ballroom is at a good size.
BUT in a weird shape. The moment I stepped in, I remembered it was in a Hexagon shape with mirrors by the side.

3) Ceiling was average not too low not too high.

4) Lightings not fantastic.

The above were some of my first few impressions of Goodwood Park.

About a year later, I visited Goodwood Park again. This time round as a wedding guest!

I mean the ballroom didnt manage to win me over but maybe this time round the food will make up for it ?
As I heard from the bride that the Min Jiang Restaurant in GoodWood is very reputable.

But prior to this, I’ve heard people complaining about the lousy dishes and services so I’m just going there with not much expectations.

First dish; standard cold dish, the only dish I like.
Cant really remember the exact things they have but I remembered it was quite delicious.

Second dish; Shark’s Fin soup.
I dunno whether they didn’t wash the fins properly or added some other ingredients, there’s this weird taste in the soup.

The rest of the dishes were just normal not really fantastic, the other dish that left a deep impression was the Vegetables with sea cucumber.

I’m a huge fan of sea cucumber and Hubb dislikes them so I always have his share. That night, I had a bite of sea cucumber and I could’nt swallow it, it was really awful.
Major turn-off.

Sad to say, the food at Min Jiang is not my cup of tea.
I will only rate it a 3.5/10

Furthermore, I haven’t really see any bridal suite before apart from mine. The bridal suite at Goodwood is pretty small about 1/3 of Intercontinental.

Personally for me, I will never choose Goodwood Park for wedding banquet unless you are looking for a place to hold your solemnization and a wedding lunch.

You can consider having the Solemnization at the pool side, which has quite a gd view and sound system. Lunch can be held in the Tudor Ballroom.

Feel free to ask me anything here!

Its really one of my most satisfied transformation, ever.

Before:

AFTER:

世界上没有丑女人，只有不会化妆的懒女人！ :p

January has been great so far..
Started the first day of 2012 in Bangkok with the bf.

The must-eats in Bangkok!

Brought Jing to try the Rio Grill Brazilian restaurant at our hotel. It’s similar to Carnivore at VivoCity. But at a quarter of the price! We paid about SGD 20+ per person for the dinner buffet, it’s damn awesome especially the ostrich meat!

My favourite christmas present from ah gong; mini fondue set. We melt this chocolate we bought from Carrefour and it taste exactly like the Haagen Dazs fondue.

Had a BB photoshoot with Shinrisen again!

Launched the CNY Collection.

Our 小龙女 turned 12!

Collected BB’s 2nd baby!
Bride-to-beS! stay tuned for BB’s exclusively manufactured bridesmaid dress, available in 4 colors and able to fit UK 6- small UK 10!

Feel free to ask me anything here

CIAO!

The initial plan is to head to somewhere with more greenery, but it started drizzling before the photo shoot could even get started. So we had to head to Venue B which was a little more restricting due to some security measures.
Luckily this time round, we have Shinrisen in-charged of the picture-taking and he brought this awesome flash that is a major saviour.

Here are the fruits of our labor:

Hannah
Here’s a must-get for this collection. The dress with the cheongsam feel but without the high collars. You will still be able to wear it even after the festive season, pair it with a blazer and it’s definitely good enough for work.

Hazell
This is my favourite picture, the gloomy clouds played an important role. This dress fits a UK 6 – 8 perfectly.

Halley
For those of you who have been following me on Instagram will know this dress.
Love the cut and the back details.
Shoutout: this material is similar to the popular Giovana we launched last collection!

Heather
We were sold when we first touched this dress. Its so much smoother and softer than chiffon. Pair it with gold accessories and sandals to pull off the Grecian look.

A big thank you to my awesome model and Shinrisen for making this possible despite the irritating weather.

Preview is up on BB facebook. Click here.

Easier, faster!

2011 has been a year full of major UPs and DOWNs.

January: Housewarming
Beginning of the year was pretty much packed with wedding preparations and our house warming.

We had >> 50 guests at our humble nest and received lots of lovely useful gifts. Thank YOUs!

Feb: We lost a very close family friend, my dad’s best friend. AHKK

March: I’m officially a Mrs Oh at Hotel Intercontinental, though legally I’m already Mrs Oh since last March.

April: We lost someone very dear to us.

May-June: Went to Europe for our Honeymoon. The first time we are away from home for so long.

July: We were back at Taipei again, this time round we visited a few tourist attractions; Jiufen, Yehliu etc..

August: Preparation and relaunch of my business; BridgettBelle. Manufacturing dresses exclusively for BB.

Sept: Went for a 2D1N road trip to Melaka and KL with the gang. Crazy fun.

Dec: Spent our 5th “birthday” at Batam

2012 will definitely be a much better year!

It is a Balinese boutique resort which only has 8 different suites;
Indian suite, Japanese Suite, Bali Suite, Indonesian suite, Thai Suite, Sultan Suite, Tree house and a couple more bigger rooms for bigger groups.

Guess which room we took?

The Sultan room!

I chose this room because it comes with a Jacuzzi tub.

The view outside our room.

The package we took comes with a 3 hours spa treatment.

For me I chose the :
Honey Oats Facial, Cinnamon Scrub and Balinese Massage

For hubb he chose the:
Clay Mask Facial, Coffee Scrub and Balinese Massage

Feeling refreshed, energised and ultra hungry after the 3 hours treatment
We went to explore the resort saw a few of the other suites and I’m glad I chose the Sultan room!

Was stuck between the Tree House or Sultan room, saw the Tree house and it has this antique-ish wood smell that I hate. phew~

But if you love Fish spa, you can try their Thai room, you can let the fishes nibble your dead skin for as long as you want!

Had a few rounds of pool while waiting for dinner to be served.

The unbeatable Hubb.

Finally dinner is ready!
Their signature dish; BBQ Beer Can Chicken

Back to our room.

Requested breakfast to be served in our room the next morning.

His favourite Mee Goreng.

We checked out at 11am(Batam’s time which is an hour before Singapore).
The resort arranged a taxi to send us to Batam Center (SGD$10)
Initially we planned to shop around Batam Center while waiting for our 4.30pm ferry.
Decided to visit Nagoya Hills instead since we still got plenty of hours to spare.
Was told by the driver it will be additional SGD$10.

The much-missed A&W which is so much better than Bangkok.

Nothing much for me to buy in Nagoya, I only bought a few tubs of scrub, Hubb bought a bag full of Adidas apparels, apparently Adidas is so much cheaper over there.

When we finished shopping at Nagoya, the driver came to pick us up and shamelessly ask for SGD$41 when he drop us at Batam Center from Nagoya Hills.

He said he waited for us for 3 hours and each hour he waited for is SGD$7.
Guessed he tried his luck on the wrong person, in the end, hubb paid him $20. )

Overall, it was an awesome getaway! “Happy Birthday” to the both of us!

Tempat Senang;
“Batam’s Hidden Oasis Just 1 Hour From Singapore, Luxury at an affordable price.”

Easier, faster!

After so much preparation, BridgettBelle finally resumes business!

BB have been on a hiatus for about 2 years, have been facing one major problem to get this business running; The right supplier.

Just to prepare for the upcoming collections, we have changed so many suppliers.

It’s not easy, especially we met one particular supplier, who painted a very big picture, we waited for the samples for quite a while, in the end, she is not even capable of producing the sample pieces. Initially she gave a lot of promises but we end up facing her excuses instead, “the parcel is being retained at the custom, trying to track the parcel, labourers in the factory ran away with the samples etc etc.

Nonsense.

But in hindsight, this is a lesson well learned. Imagine getting our orders all screwed up because of her endless lies.

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger..”

Hopefully the supplier that we are working now will work hand in hand with us on a long term basis.

Apart from the supplier,

In the past, BridgettBelle basically just sell any dresses that I think its nice.

After changing the positioning, BB will now focus on..

WARDROBE ESSENTIALS FOR THE IMPORTANT OCCASIONS
● Bridesmaid dresses ● D&D dresses ● Corporate dresses

So for the 1st Collection,

I have this really classic, Audrey Hepburn inspired dress in my wardrobe.
I bought it to attend hubb’s achiever night.

I really love it and decided that this design shall be the 1st dress exclusively manufactured by BridgettBelle so that you girls can get this at < 1/3 of what I paid.

This was made by my previous supplier and due to some hiccups the sizing runs a bit small,

For me, I have to alter the back lower to be able to wear it. (I’m a UK8)

But it can fit a UK 6 perfectly.

In case you missed BB 1st relaunch collection,

Click here to start shopping! ♥

♥♥♥ P.S: ♥♥♥
New collection will be up tmr!
15/12/11
11am!
Preview is up in BB FB! Like us here

Easier, faster!