- We'll be as honest as we can
without being too mean.
I mean, personally speaking.
(laughing)
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- Hello, my name is Nina and I am engaged.
I have been engaged to my fiance, Chris,
for a little bit over a year.
We were actually working on a big series
in preparation for my very big wedding in June.
And then the pandemic hit.
So, we kind of had to shift course.
But we still really want to get married this year.
We were thinking about having a courthouse ceremony.
I still wanna look special and cute on that day,
so, I am gonna try to find myself a new dress.
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I don't necessarily need a traditional, big, princess-y,
poofy wedding dress because it's not that kind of ceremony.
I think I'm leaning towards something shorter,
more knee length.
Ideally with sleeves.
I don't think I really wanna go above $500 or $600.
I'm kind of open to trying anything.
So, this is a dress that I have been eying.
I think it's pretty cute and it kind of has everything
that I want in it.
It still reads wedding.
It's definitely something that I wanna try.
I kind of wanna look on Bhldn.
I remember I used to look on Bhldn when I was like
in college and like dream about getting a wedding dress.
So, like, something like this
feels like it fits into the courthouse vibe very well.
Just knowing my body type,
I think this is gonna look very like sexy on me.
That's not quite the vibe that I wanna go for.
This is called an Embroidered Cotton Trapeze Dress.
It's sleeveless and it just goes like out.
And it definitely has a relaxed vibe
which is something that I do want for my courthouse wedding.
It looks very comfortable.
But it looks a little too comfortable for me.
I just saw this dress from a brand called Needle & Thread
which is a brand that I fantasized about buying
for a long time.
This kind of has everything that I want.
Like a cinched waist, but relaxed skirt.
So, it's got a little bit of curve, little bit of relaxed.
I found this other dress.
It also has sleeves, but it has like half sleeves
which I think is interesting.
And it has kind of like a tiered skirt
which feels feminine and romantic.
Okay, I have ordered all of my outfits.
I cannot wait for them to arrive
so I can try them on.
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Today, I'm gonna try on all of my dresses
in front of my friends Casey, Farrah, and Pablo.
Casey, Farrah, and Pablo actually all came with me
to a sari boutique to try on saris for my wedding.
Now, I've had to postpone my Hindu ceremony,
so, we'll save that for another time.
And today, they're gonna watch me
try on some courthouse wedding dresses
and give me their opinions on them.
So, when I was like Googling courthouse style
a lot of the dresses that I saw
were very kind of simple, sleek, and white.
So, I picked some dresses
that are definitely more unique to my style,
but there's still some variants within that.
- We'll be as honest as we can
without being too mean.
I mean, personally speaking, but.
(laughing)
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- Tada!
This dress is $199.
I actually really like this.
- I love that you were able to incorporate black in.
It feels like you're like a haunted doll in a mansion
and I feel like you would love that.
- It has like Victorian vibes.
Like the high neckline or like the lace.
It's different and I'm into it.
- I feel like this is out of your own comfort zone
style-wise, which I really appreciate about it.
- Black is definitely my vibe most of the time,
so, I like that there's a little bit of that incorporated.
It gives it a nice like, definition
without being overwhelming.
Definitely a little bit like poofier and girlier
than I think I normally do
but it does have like a silhouette that I really like.
I like the lace.
I don't know, I'm very into this.
This is a nice dress (laughs).
- You could like make me cry right now
'cause it like feels unexpected.
It does.
- [Farrah] This is a really great dress.
- Yeah, like good luck with the next ones.
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- [Nina] Here I am.
- Gosh.
- It's $499, which is definitely on the pricier end.
Kind of the highest end that I wanna spend.
I definitely want something
that feels like fun
and that will like pop a little more in photos.
And I think that this will do that.
- It brings like the sparkle and the color,
but now we get like the white and the lace.
- From far away, it looks a little too busy for me.
- I think my issue is the neckline
'cause it reads as so delicate,
the neck feels a little bit chunkier.
It's so interesting, like this is the most expensive one
and I really feel like the neckline,
that band just brings it down in value.
- That's fair.
It's like more feminine, spring, like flirty kind of thing.
That's definitely like my vibes.
- [Casey] It's a maybe.
- It's a no for me.
- I'm gonna say no, too.
- I'm gonna keep this one in a yes pile.
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- You're fancy.
- This is so classy.
- [Pablo] It definitely screams wedding.
- This one is Fame & Partners dress and it's $269.
I think it's a pretty good price for what it is,
if you want something like bolder
and definitely wedding-y feeling.
The material is like really nice and it feels expensive.
Feels like it's very structured and made to last,
but still has like some flow to it which is nice.
- I do like that with this one
you're gonna have the option to like do your hair nicely
and like wear earrings or a necklace,
so that's like a fun thing with this one.
- Yeah, I've seen Nina wear so many shirts
with that like flowy sleeve top
that this is just very much your vibe.
- I don't know that I love it.
The first one and the second one felt out of the box,
this one feels way out of the box.
- Which is also hilarious that Pablo's saying this
because this one's the most traditional,
and yet, for you, it's the least traditional.
- It's a gorgeous dress and there's so many things
I like about it, but I think
it just might be a little too basic.
- [Pablo] It's a no for me.
- I think I'm gonna have to say no as well.
- It's a no for me,
but your arms and shoulders look great, Nina.
- Thanks, I've been working out.
Yeah, I think it's a no for me also.
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- Ooh, lace.
- This is on the cheaper side.
I think it's the cheapest one we have, it's about $72.
It has elements that I really like.
It's kind of lacy, it's very feminine.
- I love you but I don't love this.
(laughing)
- This compared to the ones we've already seen,
which maybe it's like not a fair thing to say,
but it falls a little flat.
- It doesn't scream like a special day for me.
It's like I'd wear this to a party or something like that.
I think it's nice.
I don't think it's nice for this occasion.
- It feels, for me personally, a little bit conservative.
Like the lace part in the neckline
I thought would be a little more see-through.
I liked trying something under $100
that still felt within my wheelhouse.
But this one's a no for me.
- I think we can all agree that it's a no
for all of us.
Feels like we're going to your communion or something.
- I was just gonna say that, too.
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- I feel like you're gonna have thoughts,
and then I'm gonna explain what I was thinking.
Here we go.
- This dress is like boggling my mind.
Sometimes when you turn
it feels like the most slimming, flattering dress ever,
and then you do another turn and you look gigantic.
- [Farrah] It's like you have wings.
- I'm not mad at the wingspan,
I think it adds a very holy element.
You look like a saint.
- This dress is $295.
It's Halston, which I think is like a more expensive brand.
I have a dress really similar to this actually
that I really like.
I saw a lot of women with like cape blazers
and dresses in their courthouse wedding pictures
and I was like that's a vibe I wanna see if I can capture.
But it didn't quite work out with this
'cause when I compare and contrast it
to the black dress that I already have,
there's more of a contrast,
'cause it has the looseness of the cape part
and the tightness of the body part.
- As it is now, it almost just feels too covered up.
- I get what they were going for,
but I think the execution wasn't quite for me.
- Yeah, it's a no for me.
- It's a nope.
- No.
- It is also a no for me.
So, let's go try something else on.
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- [Farrah] Ooh!
- Sparkles, look at this!
- It's Needle & Thread.
I really like the silhouettes that they have there.
And like the embroidery with the sheerness that they have.
That's like kinda their thing.
It's a sheer sleeve with some embroidery
and it like, looks fun.
- I will say,
it feels like more of a nighttime reception thing
than a daytime courthouse thing.
But also, it's your wedding
and you can do whatever you want.
- [Pablo] It's a cute cut.
I think the sleeves are beautiful.
I do agree with Casey that it feels very nighttime.
But I think if you took a photo in the sunlight,
it would capture it beautifully.
- In theory, we'll have a daytime courthouse thing,
but I still want our parents to be there
and hopefully, we'd still be able to like go to dinner
somewhere together, so I would like to transition this
from day to night, you know.
I see it as like full-day affair.
But yeah, I think it's really cute.
- I think I just love the sparkles.
It's so glamorous.
It's like a wedding, you should go all out.
I'm all in for this dress.
- This is a yes for me.
- This is a yes for me, too.
- I think this is a yes for me, too.
This one is just very cute and fun.
And I like it.
I would love to know which one was your guys' favorite
before I kind of reveal mine.
- My favorite was number one.
You started off strong
and I think we should stay strong.
- As much as I love like the elegance
and how like pretty and sparkly the last one is,
the first one made me almost cry.
So, I think that says something.
- I think I'm gonna have to go like against the grain though
and say the last one might have been my favorite.
It was so glamorous and sparkly
and I feel like you should feel that like vibe
on your wedding, 'cause it's your special day
and everyone should be looking at you.
- I'm really torn between the first one
and the last one.
They both encompass just like different parts of my vibe
and I don't know what vibe I wanna be feeling
on the courthouse wedding day.
- One is like haunting Nina
and one is elegant Nina.
- Yeah, (laughs).
All I have to say is, no matter which of those two
or any of them you pick,
you're still gonna look really great.
- Thank you, Farrah, and all of you.
(laughing)
So, after much deliberation, I ended up choosing this dress.
I loved this one.
I had to order it in my actual size,
'cause it was a little big when it came, but yeah.
Dress number one, you know.
Sometimes it's the first thing that you pick.
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