Kama hakuna pesa for wedding aachana naye. They can marry at the AG's on the cheap. Respectable and all that. On being rude to ladies, tough love isn't being rude. In any event my apologies to lisaOX if offended.

And for all those past tense brides who are offering to lend their gown..... ... really?

Hapo umenena kama wazee saba. And the people who make the loudest noise are the biggest pretenders. I wouldn't be surprised to find the so called @elder in an isolated corner buying some personal garments [see number 1 on intelligensia's list - post #25] after having a mtumba lunch - I'm told it is called kadhalika or changanya or something like that - they mix all the food from the previous day - only to [later] talk boisterously to anyone who would care to listen about his shopping sprees in London, Milan and the far east.

@elder - People have money. It's only they don't spend it all on one thing or at the same time. And people who have real money rarely shout about it!

@lisaox - The same way you ignore the mad men in a market place and go on with your business, ignore the mad men of wazua market. They add no value.

considering that even gowns depreciate, of what use is it hanging in a closet, never to be worn, will never tell tales of the day...and there are opportunities to recover the money spent on it before its outdated/old school (ur daughter will never want to wear it anyway on her day)?? If one can hire it out, so be it. Money is not just from stocks

Congrats Lisa and I wish you a fruitful and successful marriage. God bless.


Just my thoughts.

Thanks again for all the advice. My plans in general are going reasonably well.
Mmmh, just to let Wazuans in on my thoughts, my decision to hire a gown was informed by lots of considerations, some mentioned here on this post by like-minded Wazuans. To be honest, my wedding day will be the most important day of my twenties, and definitely one of the most important of my life, and am really working to see that it as near perfect as can be. My decision to have a church and not an Ag's wedding (money being the most obvious contributor to my choice to hire a gown)is a matter of religion, faith etc etc. I want to start my married life in a certain way, and this is it. That said, a church wedding need not cost an arm and a leg. Me and Mr Right are not going to splash what we dont feel is not necessary to spend cash on, and we certainly dont have cash to splash. Now, most brides wear their wedding gowns once, and I think passing a gown to the daughter twenty two or so years down the line is mmmmh...more farcical than real unless the bride in question is a member of the Royal Family. Am undoubtedly going to wear the most beautiful gown I can lay my eyes on for a monies I can lay my hands off, and as I just need it for a day... So yes, @ Elder, mtush it is!
Thanks again Wazuans...keep posting.

The Sterling Bride right opposite Adams Arcade busstop on Ngong Road rents out gowns for about 10k. A size 10 should be easy to find. And the profits of the business support a homelss kids home in Kibera and another in Lokichoggio (or some place close to it).