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The Cecilia Wedding Gown From J.Crew

Posted by Siv on September 25th, 2008
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Update: Please click, “A JCrewAholic Gets Married in the Cecilia Dress” to see a JCrewaAholic wearing the Cecilia dress on her wedding day.

Here is the Cecilia gown that I pictured in the entry, “A New J.Crew Wedding Dress.”  At the time of the post, it was not yet featured online.

The dresses look so different that I almost did not recognize it online.  It is styled much more gracefully for the catalog than for the website.

For the price point, I think it is great wedding dress for the winter months. The cap sleeves and neckline are so feminine.  I am just curious about the feel and clingy-ness of the fabric.

What do you think?

The Cecilia Wedding Gown From J.Crew


J.Crew at ShopStyle

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16 Responses to “The Cecilia Wedding Gown From J.Crew”

  1. Ann says:
    September 25, 2008 at 11:48 am

    Love the dress but I would only wear it spring/summer/early fall……already married but if ever I did a vow revewal….WOW!

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  2. Leanne says:
    September 25, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    I bought this dress in July for an October wedding. I really like the clean modern line of it and the neckline — it also drapes super nicely, however, it is super clingy between chest and hips which makes me feel a bit self-conscious even though I’m fairly slim.

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  3. Leigh says:
    September 25, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    Leanne, would you be willing to blog about your wedding and share some photos with other J.Crew-Aholics? I really do think that would be a great treat for the blog.

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  4. Leanne says:
    October 1, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    Sure! My wife/fiancee and I and our 4yearold daughter are all wearing JCrew (we’ve been married before and are doing it again to be finally legally married in California).

    I have this Cecilia as well as the tshirt silk Mimi gown (item 89158). Not sure which I’ll wear – I prefer the Mimi because I feel less self-conscious in it (than the Cecelia) and the t-shirt Mimi feels very 20’s/30’s. The stylist is giving my short curly hair some finger waves with a big ivory rose flower pin on one side and curls in the back and I think both dresses go well with that hairstyle plan.

    The stylist is pinning a big ivory rose silk flower in my wife’s hair too — our daughter, being 4, might wear a big flower in her hair or not, she’s a wild card. I got the flower pins on etsy.

    My wife’s wearing the linen-silk tussah rosette gown – item 93753 (which was my first choice but it looks better on her – the only problem with a twobride wedding – when both brides like the same dress!).

    Our 4yearold daughter is wearing a the crewcuts Alexis silk faille dress (item 86442) – hers is a dark pink wildberry color that we got on final sale during the summer.

    Since we’re getting married by the ocean, where it could be foggy (or not), we also got velvet jackets for all of us – velvet ecole jackets (item 97130) for me and my wife/fiancee (olive for me, burgundy for her), and the most adorable crewcuts girls’ velvet benoit jacket with ruffles (item 96577), which, perfectly, comes in the same tawny olive color as my velvet ecole jacket.

    My wife/fiancee’s also wearing some jcrew jewelry with her gown – the double-strand jeweled flower bracelet (item 96995) and necklace (item 96997) in guava – it looks good with the burgundy jacket and the rose on the front of the tussah gown.

    I got a necklace from Anthropologie to go with my gown that has sage silk ribbons and crystals and resin beads (style 840146) – it’s big and bold and the ribbons make it look romantic and I love it. We got our shoes from Anthropologie – lovely metallic light colored flats with flowers (decided against heels at the beach)

    I’d be happy to post some photos of how it all looks together within a couple weeks.

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  5. Janna says:
    October 15, 2008 at 11:54 am

    I’m considering this dress for a black tie wedding in November. However, I am concerned that people might think I am trying to compete with the bride, because of the light color. Any thoughts?

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  6. ckc says:
    October 15, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    I just bought the Cecelia on the advice of a j.crew employee for my wedding in december when I’ll be 4 months pregnant. She told me the high waist would make enough room for my belly, but your review of the clingy fabric makes me reconsider! Should I cancel my order and save the shipping charges??

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  7. Leanne says:
    October 15, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    Janna: The color of the Cecelia is sand/champagne/light-gold and wouldn’t compete with a bride who is wearing white but might compete with a bride who’s wearing cream — if you know the bride well enough, you could ask her – I wore an off-white tuxedo (jcrew, of course!) to a wedding once *with* the approval of the bride :) If a knee-length dress would work for you (you probably already know this), the Cecelia comes in a shorter length in other colors.

    ckc: I don’t think the Cecelia would work at 4months pregnant – it’s definitely clingy through the belly and high-hip area even though it does have a high waist. When I wear it, you can definitely see the whole outline of my body from shoulders to hips. I tried 6 different J Crew wedding dresses earlier this year and I think the Rebecca would work better for accomodating pregnancy (congrats!) — it has a high waist and then it has more fabric around the belly area – it has a fuller skirt. The Sophia also has a high waist, isn’t as clingy as Cecelia but might be too clingy to accomodate a new pregnancy bump. The Gracie is pretty fitted and has a lower waist — same with the silk tussah rosette gown.

    There are photos here of our two-bride wedding with our jcrew gowns (and daughter in jcrew dress) — I wore the crepe mimi t-shirt gown and my wife wore the silk linen tussah rosette gown:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwaldal/sets/72157607857019192/

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  8. Janna says:
    October 27, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    Thanks so much for your commentary Leanne. I did end up getting the Cecelia gown upon finding out that the bride is indeed wearing bright white! I’ve tried the dress on, and I’m pretty happy with it. I agree that it’s a bit clingy, and I would recommend spanx or another “slimmer” even on a petite frame similar to my own. I think I might add a broach similar to the picture above for flare, but the color is definitely champagne enough not to be confused with the bride. Thanks again!

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  9. Leanne says:
    October 28, 2008 at 6:13 pm

    That’s fabulous! The spanx is a good idea – I’ve never used anything like that before with a dress, but it’d definitely work/help with this dress. I think it looks really glam with the brooch – have a great time!

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  10. SBE says:
    March 21, 2009 at 1:28 am

    I am wearing this in black to a black tie affair. I bought peacock velvet shoes with classic gold bow brooches with rhinestones on the peep toe, a big burgundy satin clutch and a necklace with big clear stones. Would also work with pearls. Burgundy toes to tie it all together

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  11. Anna says:
    June 5, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    I ordered this dress for my upcoming wedding (March 2009). I wanted something elegant, and I didn’t want to be pulling up a strapless dress all night long. This is both sensual and modest. It is easy to move around in and can be easily styled up with a sash, a broach, or anything else. Can hardly wait to find a veil–will be so easy with a dress that gives so much room for experimentation.

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  12. Shea says:
    June 29, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Hi! I was wondering what colors shoes & tights LeAnne chose for her daughter to wear with the crewcuts Alexis silk faille dress in the wildberry color. My flowergirls will be wearing the same dress, same color in our December wedding. I’m stumped as to what the color of tights and shoes! I would say black shoes. But won’t black tights look odd? Any input is appreciated. Thanks! :)

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  13. Leanne says:
    July 27, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    Shea – Congrats!

    Our daughter was *obsessed* with disney princess glitter shoes (that Target sells) last fall and she wouldn’t wear any other shoes so we got her a new pair to wear at our wedding (because the glitter scuffs off quickly — within a day) and she wore those — they matched pretty well and she was happy :) You can see her shoes in this photo
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwaldal/2949140647/sizes/o/

    She never wears tights and it was a sunny warm day and she was barefoot in her shoes.

    Here are the disney princess glitter shoes that she wore
    http://www.target.com/Toddler-Girls-Disney-Princess-Glitter/dp/B000U0KIL6/

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  14. robin says:
    February 22, 2010 at 8:52 am

    There was a dress featured on the JCrew Website a couple of years ago – it was tussah silk and had a v-neck with a gathered fabric rosette in front. It came in a short and a long version. Does anyone know where I can get a size 10 or 12? It was being sold on e-bay at least a year ago but I just got engaged this week and that’s the dress I’d like to possibly wear at my wedding.

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  15. susan says:
    February 27, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    robin, I have this dress in a size 12, never worn, I think the tags are still attached or at least available. My sister was going to wear it last summer for her June wedding, but needed a size or two smaller and we were reluctant to alter the dress. It is beautiful, and she loved the concept of tussah or ‘peace’ silk. We were going to list it on ebay, but if you are interested, let me know…..

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  16. robin says:
    March 4, 2010 at 8:31 am

    Great! Can you send me a pic and pricing specifics?

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