Bridesmaid Dress - HELP NEEDED!!

akitty81

I live in the Dallas Metroplex and am looking for bridesmaid dresses.  I have 3 girls who will be my bridesmaid.  One of them is my neice.  My maid of honor and my next best friend have great bodies that can wear any dress. They both love the dress made by Dessy style 2053:

 

http://www.dessy.com/dresses/bridesmaid/2053/#.T2J0avWwVfM

Now, the challenge is my neice.  She has not tried on this dress yet.

 

My neice is 5'3" and around 150 to 160 lbs.  She has ginormous boobs, a tummy, and large hips with a large butt.  Normally she wears really short dresses, a very low cut with a belt in the middle so you can see she has a waist.  This is a bit distasteful to me as she always looks like an apple to me.  She is also only 18 so not something I can actually say to her.

 

Soooo,  what do I need to look for so that she looks elegant, modest (as my fiancee has already stated multiple times that he is not interested in seeing her boobs hang out at our wedding), but also be something that she would like to wear?  Is this dress going to look good or do I need to find something else?

 

If I need to keep looking, where is a good bridal shop to find bridesmaid dress in so that I can see a dress on her?

cwaggoner07

This dress should be perfect. There is really no way to make it "showy" at all. To an extent, you can't hide big boobs, but this is very classy.

MarieSD

That's a pretty dress! There is a chance that it could look a bit low-cut on a fuller figure, so you probably should go with her and try on the dress and see it on her. (On that page you liked, click "Contact a Retailer" and type in your ZIp -- it gave me 3 stores near me and their phone numbers. You can call the store and ask if they have a sample of that style and, if so, what size.)

Several of my bridesmaids were well-endowed, and they actually asked for me to pick a dress style with straps. Would you be willing to let this bridesmaid pick a different style or add straps to her dress? Becky Fowler did my alterations, and has done a bunch of other ladies's alterations on the board. She can even make dresses. She added optional straps to my wedding dress so I know she can do this for a BM dress, and make it look beautiful (not tacked on).

If you're picking the dress for your BMs, then you should just go shop with her and find a dress that looks great on her. If you're open to letting her pick a dress herself, just let her know you'd like to make sure it's not low-cut. (Are you getting married in a church? That would be a good reason.)

akitty81

I am actually very open about the dress.  The reason I love this dress is because I was with my other 2 girls and it looked amazing.  My maid of honor asked to raise the hem to knee level, which I am completely ok with.  It does come with spaghetti straps that can attach to the dress which I loved because I prefer straps to strapless.  However my maid of honor loves strapless.  My other maid has no preference at all.  She is totally just going with the flow.

The bridal shop I found the dress at told me that each girl has to have their measurements taken.  The shop then sends to the dress manfacture and they custom make the dress.  Once it comes in, each girl comes in to try it on and confirm the fit is good.  If it is not, the shop has an on-site tailor to fix any flaws from the manfacture.

FYI, my neice is a 36", Triple H cup!!

ejheart

This isn't really answering your question, but if the girls are wanting to make it knee-length this is a really similar dress I found that is already shorter. I'm not sure though, may be TOO short for your tastes, especially with what you're saying about the niece. It would save on alterations though:

http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/adrianna-papell-strapless-lace-sheath-dress/3134187?origin=category&resultback=4205

I agree though that it would be hard to make that dress too showy, as long as it fits her correctly, and she doesn't have it altered to be too tight/short/etc. This may be overkill, but if you're worried about it, maybe you could mention it to the tailor? You could just let them know that you're wanting a very conservative look and would appreciate her to keep it that way no matter what your niece's requests might be. Maybe you could even offer to pay for alterations so that you could have complete control.

downbey

I think that is a beautiful dress! And the sash will give her the waistline she likes, like a belt. Hopefully she will see how nice it looks. I also like idea of adding straps.

Jen6862

Haha... she's very close to my measurements, and I could pull off that dress with a good hemming, since I'm only 5'2. Since it's cut straight across (and not a sweetheart) boob spillage shouldn't be a problem.

You probably just need to take her in to try it on. Does it have any boning? I really need that with a strapless dress. And spanx might be a good option too. I agree a good tailor can add better straps to the dress, maybe even halter straps, which would look good with that design (and can go with a halter bra). You could take what's cut off from the bottom to make the straps to match.

Not a good representation of the dress--but just to get an idea of halter straps:
http://www.alfredangelo.com/collections/productdisplay.aspx?productID=c0f22ed2-a7de-4c88-aae0-a54ca440e096&categoryID=772f03c9-de43-4942-bfa0-da77e21ebd65&pg=5&colorId1=

Good luck!