Hello! Be nice to me, its my first post and I need some wedding dress advice (all the way from England here!).
I''ve recently tried on a gown that I really love. I''m not thin - around a US size 16-18 I think if I have the conversion right and it was obvious from trying gowns on that the style that really suits me is a strapless corset-type with a diagonal wrap-around waist that falls into more folds in the front of the dress if that makes sense. As the bits that push me up into a larger size are bust and hips, rather than face, shoulders or arms, this was really flattering and made me look a size or two smaller.
The first dress I liked was my size and needed to be taken in in places, whereas in the second shop, the dress I loved was only there in a size 12 so they put it on and held the back together so I could see what it would look like. The seamstress was very good at explaining when they ordered it in a larger size and made adjustments, where the side seams would lie and the folds etc... The two dresses were a very similar design but I just preferred the embroidery and small details of the second. I''m just worried about spending such a large amount of money ordering something on "trust" that the material will fold and hang right in my size. Logically I can''t see how it would be any other way, but emotionally I''m fretting that when it arrives it won''t look right or I''ll be unhappy. Is this something that a lot of brides have to do - order a dress without trying it on properly and are these alterations somethign that is so everyday in wedding shops? PLus, the first dress that I mentioned, that was my size now, would have to be taken in if I continue to lose weight at the rate I am now. What happens if I order one size and drop a size below by the wedding - would the alterations be dreadful or would they look ok?
I don''t know if US wedding shops are bigger, but the ones in the UK don''t have all the designs in lots of sizes, they tend to just carry one size per gown and then you order it smaller or bigger if you need to. It makes it really difficult to work out what will suit you in your size apart from having tried on similar styles before. The second gown was much better made (from Spain), I preferred the champagne colour as it complemented my olive skin tone and the train was more the size and length I wanted, whereas the first one was ivory, more expensive and the shop wanted to charge an extra $200 for alterations (two different shops).
The picture is from the brochure of the second dress (but I think it shows it in ivory here and obviously on a very thin lady!)
Thanks for any help!
I''ve recently tried on a gown that I really love. I''m not thin - around a US size 16-18 I think if I have the conversion right and it was obvious from trying gowns on that the style that really suits me is a strapless corset-type with a diagonal wrap-around waist that falls into more folds in the front of the dress if that makes sense. As the bits that push me up into a larger size are bust and hips, rather than face, shoulders or arms, this was really flattering and made me look a size or two smaller.
The first dress I liked was my size and needed to be taken in in places, whereas in the second shop, the dress I loved was only there in a size 12 so they put it on and held the back together so I could see what it would look like. The seamstress was very good at explaining when they ordered it in a larger size and made adjustments, where the side seams would lie and the folds etc... The two dresses were a very similar design but I just preferred the embroidery and small details of the second. I''m just worried about spending such a large amount of money ordering something on "trust" that the material will fold and hang right in my size. Logically I can''t see how it would be any other way, but emotionally I''m fretting that when it arrives it won''t look right or I''ll be unhappy. Is this something that a lot of brides have to do - order a dress without trying it on properly and are these alterations somethign that is so everyday in wedding shops? PLus, the first dress that I mentioned, that was my size now, would have to be taken in if I continue to lose weight at the rate I am now. What happens if I order one size and drop a size below by the wedding - would the alterations be dreadful or would they look ok?
I don''t know if US wedding shops are bigger, but the ones in the UK don''t have all the designs in lots of sizes, they tend to just carry one size per gown and then you order it smaller or bigger if you need to. It makes it really difficult to work out what will suit you in your size apart from having tried on similar styles before. The second gown was much better made (from Spain), I preferred the champagne colour as it complemented my olive skin tone and the train was more the size and length I wanted, whereas the first one was ivory, more expensive and the shop wanted to charge an extra $200 for alterations (two different shops).
The picture is from the brochure of the second dress (but I think it shows it in ivory here and obviously on a very thin lady!)
Thanks for any help!
I think I tried on the pronovias (parent company) version of this dress. It's gorgeous! 
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