the bad and the ugly (on me)

Brief caveat: below are beautiful dresses.  Simply put, they did not suit my body type or image of myself as a "bride" and are only "bad and ugly" on said person below: me.  


I have no shame, and gleefully show you the "bad and the ugly" from my five dress shopping trips.  Compare them to yours and enjoy.

"Beautiful..princessy..pickups...can I take it off now?"

"Beautiful...satin...pickups...can I take it off now?"

I realized pickups were not for me.  I wanted them to be pretty badly, but...well, you have the evidence.  You decide.

 "I can't breathe.  It's too small."  Clearly, I continue to excel at faces in wedding gowns...

Then: "I love it!" Now:"Not made for my itty-bitty squad. Lacking severely in the bustage, I am."

Ok, the dress below was a second try on, after my camera died before mom could snap pics in the original try-on.  I could only find it in white after initially falling in love with it in champagne.  To me, it did not have the same effect in pure white and...

"I feel like a cake topper. Sad! This was it!  Will I find a dress I love?"

All of the above dresses are either complete unknown in maker to me, or discontinued (as in, the last pictured Casablanca is from their Spring 2008 collection and no longer available)

What style did you find was your "bad and ugly?"  Was what you thought wouldn't look good, or did it surprise you?  If you have photos, upload or link them!