not to be rude but i think thats pretty childish, 'to not want to share ur wedding dress.' quite honestly, ive seen a lot of brides wear the same dress as me.
EVERY single bride i have seen looks completely different. some brides in that dress i love, some are ehh. and i know for sure no one in this world looked the way i did on my wedding day becuase there are so many other things going for u, first which is ur own looks, and how u carry the dress. second, the jewelery, third ur makeup. so there is not a single bride on this planet that will look like u.
i fell in love with that dress at karma. not to sound dreamy, but it was probably the only time that i can recall having experienced 'love at first sight.' a lot of designers crossed my mind, i went to a few and saw the outfits but i didnt feel anything in comparison to how i felt for this dress. and i do believe that u will look ur best in something u love. some of the relatives in my house wnated me to go to bunto, i am a fan of bunto but there was no way i was gonna get any outfit made from her cuz im just not what u call ' a bunto bride.' some of her outfits are gorgeous but too traditional for me and thats not how i see myself when i picture myself as a bride, be it bunto, taufiq hussain, or any other designer that does somewhat traditional styles/embroidery. regardless of the fact that they are known for supposedly not repeating their dresses.
do i care that ive seen 5 other brides wearing the same dress as me? eff no. why? because my dress was special to me. the most important aspect of the dress to me was how i looked on my wedding day and secondly that my kids, grandkids etc will be looking at my pics many yrs from. they arent going to say 'oh mommy wore a dress that 20 other brides also bought.' they are gonna see how lovely the dress was and how happy i was.
so my advice to everyone is, buy the dress u love and dont worry about the designer making it for someone else too. if u absolutely love a certain dress just go for it.
Well said Sumorani......