Dress Love

momofayden

Is it ok to not LOVE your dress.

I have tried on well over 100 dresses spanning 9 months.  I have yet to find one that I LOVE, had 'the one' moment, not even the i have to have it feeling.  I am at the 5 month mark until the wedding and I am thinking of just settling on a dress that i really like.  I can't keep driving myself crazy looking for a dress that may not even exist. 

So is there anyone else that got a dress they like but weren't in love with.  I guess i just need some reassurance it will be ok. 

danielle16_17

I had gotten 3 dresses each time I would buy one ( after trying on what seemed like hundreds of dresses) and then settle and then find another one that was a little better then the first so I would sell the first one and keep the second one- two months before my wedding I went to a used bridal shop to just get a veil and ended up falling in love with "the one"- The knot posted a poll the other day and it said like 37% of brides dont find the "one"

aerinpegadrak

I never felt like I LOVED my dress.  It fit nicely, it was comfortable and flattering, it was a little bit different, it fit the '30s vintage vibe I was going for, and it was in my price range.  That's all I needed.  I've never been a fashion person, but I think it's kind of silly to be in love with a piece of cloth.

Sunny0710

I think that the feeling of finding 'the one' is finally seeing yourself how you pictured yourself on your wedding day. I am a 2 dress bride. The first one I loved, and so did my mom and BMs- but after researching dresses a little more and having some second thoughts, I realized that it was a gorgeous dress that looked great on me but for some reason just didn't feel like MY wedding dress. So I thought long and hard about how I wanted to see myself on the day and went out and found it- and when I put it on I realized that yes, this is how I want to look, and I feel like a bride! 

ring_pop

If you tell yourself you're just "settling", I bet that the moment you purchase it, you'll find something else that you want more.

I liked my dress a lot and felt fabulous in it, but I can't say that it gave me and butterflies in my stomach or stars in my eyes. I mean, at the end of the day, it was still just a DRESS. Inanimate objects don't give me THAT much pleasure. That being said, I was more excited about the whole outfit + hair + makeup coming together.

Stay positive; whatever dress you decide to buy, just be excited that you'll be wearing this on the day that you marry your FI.

Dmatthews450

Its fine! You dont have to be emotionally attached to your dress, You can buy it for practical reasons like fit and flattering your figure. You're just a more practical bride.

momofayden

I have a picture in my head, sortof,  and not one of the dresses I have pictured myself walking down the isle in IRL.   This is the only dress i can't find anything i want to change about it.  Not a single thing so that's why i think I may just buy this one.  I guess i wanted people to say WOW when they saw my dress and I just don't think this is a WOW dress.  But i am not sure that i should make that something to think about when i buy my dress.  Maybe I should want people to say WOW about me and not have the dress over shadow that.

Thanks for your advice!