I've only been dress shopping once and I made a post about it probably a week ago (it wasn't the experience I was expecting, oh well!) I'm a little concerned that whenever I tried on a dress, it seemed to swallow me whole. I literally felt like a little girl trying on my mom's clothes. The picture may be too small to see, but there is a pretty big gap around the bust area; here is an example:
I'm 5'3", 117lbs and we're pretty sure I'm a size 4 or 6 at Davids (they had one size 6 and one size 4 and I can't remember how well they fit.) I've been going back and forth looking at this dress, and if it could be altered, I might be sold on it. I'm just wondering if it's possible and once it's altered would it still look like it's swallowing me? I would have asked my consultant about that, but she was nowhere to be found.
I would absolutely loooooove to see other people's before and after pictures, not only to help me understand alterations, but also because I just really like looking at wedding dresses.