I plan on having my dress altered by a family friend (it's her business) rather than the salon where I bought my dress. My question is -- when your dress came in, did you try it on in the salon to make sure it fit, wasn't damaged, etc. or did you just take it directly to the seamstress? My dress is due to come in at the end of July/beginning of August and I'm not planning on starting alterations until September (wedding is November 2) so I'm afraid if I wait until then to try it on, it will be too late to do anything if there is something wrong.