The dress was my mother's, and my grandmother's before her. Somehow, it needs absolutely no alterations (lucky!) and will be possible to wear with a bra. It's beautiful in a traditional way. As the practical, practical girl I am, I cannot even think about buying another dress!
The trouble is finding a veil to go with it. There is a veil that comes with it, but it covers up too much of the head and is old and rusty anyway. Either way, I'd need completely new material. My mother and grandmother both described the dress as ivory-colored as they took it out, but I would say it's more of a champagne color.
I have seen some veils in the color, but I haven't found one that actually looks good with the material and the color yet. Whenever I see a veil in that color, it tends to look like it's dirty (like how a newspaper yellows) rather than like it's supposed to look like that.
Does anyone have any recommendations? Online pictures or shops? Also, I live in the Sacramento/Bay Area region in California, so if you know of any shops that may be around here, that would be great.
Thanks!