One of my closest friend here in Dubai is about to celebrate her daughter's Christening. And yes, I am one of the Godmother-to-be :)
On the day that my Goddaughter-to-be was born, I had already vouched myself to gift her Christening dress.
After a month and half of giving birth, my friend finally had a time to organize the Christening, so the hunt for a Christening dress started yesterday!
I got to know the dates of the Christening two weeks back and I started looking online on baby shops that sells Christening dresses. I already have a shop in mind where I bought my niece's Christening dress 2 years back and I was already planning to buy the same or maybe similar dress for my soon to be Goddaughter. The shop was called "The Lovely Lace Baby" at Dubai Festival City (DFC).
On the day that my Goddaughter-to-be was born, I had already vouched myself to gift her Christening dress.
After a month and half of giving birth, my friend finally had a time to organize the Christening, so the hunt for a Christening dress started yesterday!
I got to know the dates of the Christening two weeks back and I started looking online on baby shops that sells Christening dresses. I already have a shop in mind where I bought my niece's Christening dress 2 years back and I was already planning to buy the same or maybe similar dress for my soon to be Goddaughter. The shop was called "The Lovely Lace Baby" at Dubai Festival City (DFC).
Another message came in from my friend days before my intended shopping day that the requirement from the Priest who will Christen my soon to be Goddaughter were pure white dress, easy to open from the chest and white cap.
I decided to go to "The Lovely Lace Baby" branch in Dubai Mall to search for the same dress that I bought for my niece and unfortunately, it was no longer available. I also found out that they only had it in beige.
The search continues and found these white dresses that are worth around AED 250++:
I decided to go to "The Lovely Lace Baby" branch in Dubai Mall to search for the same dress that I bought for my niece and unfortunately, it was no longer available. I also found out that they only had it in beige.
The search continues and found these white dresses that are worth around AED 250++:
Then I went to the next shop which was Mirtillo and found these white dresses that cost around AED 300++:
I was not yet satisfied and went to the next shop which was The Little Castle. This is the white shorty onesie that I found in this shop that cost around AED 350++:
The next shop that I visited was, Bubbles and Giggles and found this white dress that cost around AED 400++:
I had a hard time thinking of what to buy so I sent the photos to my friend for her to choose. We ended up scheduling ourselves to go back to Dubai Mall the next day.
We visited once again the shops that I have been through and along the way, I found these really cool and classy baby strollers in the shop, Alina. I was not planning to buy one so I did not ask the prices of it. From how gorgeous it looks like, I am estimating that the price will be a little high.
We visited once again the shops that I have been through and along the way, I found these really cool and classy baby strollers in the shop, Alina. I was not planning to buy one so I did not ask the prices of it. From how gorgeous it looks like, I am estimating that the price will be a little high.
This time, we visited more shops which includes Tape à l'oeil and where we bought the cap which cost around AED 50.
We found another store, Gocco that sells exactly what we need and which includes as well a white cap but the price was too expensive (around almost AED 500).
Finally, we found little white dresses that were gorgeous, will fit my almost 2 months old Goddaughter-to-be and value for money. I bought 2 dresses in Mothercare. The first dress will be worn during the Christening and the second dress will be worn during the after-Christening reception. The total price for the two was around AED 350++.
An additional shop that I found the following day that sells cute little white dresses that will also be good for Christening was Mamas & Papas in Mercato Mall. The prices were ranging from AED 240++.
There was a lot of dresses available in most of the shops but the challenge was to look for a dress that will fit a 2 months old baby and the color should be white. Most of the available dresses fit for a Christening were color beige, off-white and the size was starting from 6 months.