When did you try on dresses?

lindsayzeleznik · March 2011

When did you guys start trying on dresses? I can't wait to go but I'm trying to wait closer to the 1 year mark - I have one a absolutely LOVE and can't wait to try but wondering what you guys did? TIA!

pantherRN · March 2011

I've been trying dresses on for a while now...I don't plan to buy until the year mark or after.

I think I went to DB to just play back in October. And then Bridal Beginnings in February. Maybe I'll decide on a dress at some point...

amy727 · March 2011

I started trying on dresses at the year mark and bought it about 10 1/2 months before.

cgyvhu · March 2011

I'm a weirdo and bought my dress 18 months out.

BUT it was a sample on sale, so it was sorta a now or never opportunity, and I loved it.

sarilynnep · March 2011

I went a week before my year mark and bought my dress. I loved the dress, and it was part of a traveling trunk show so I would never see it again. Go when you want to go. Don't worry about it being too early.

gmc22 · March 2011

hmmm... I went almost immediately! haha! I ended up purchasing it in late December of '09, but changed the order last summer

MRads · March 2011

I went in November, so about 10 months out. It was a sample sale...I wasn't going to go until January or February, but I couldn't pass up a sample sale. I tried on five dresses and walked out with one.

Then again, I've been worried my entire engagement that I'm doing things too early and being ridiculous, but now I really gotta get my butt in gear.

dbpsu18 · March 2011

I went a little over a year out and took my dress home with me that day!

Ash2985 · March 2011

I'm abnormal, I waited until a little more than 6 months out. Tried them on in one day, ordered the first dress I tried on.

jlbaxter33 · March 2011

I tried dresses on 9 months out, and ordered 6 months... however, I ordered too late and had to do a rush on mine.

sarilynnep · March 2011

I asked my bridal shop if I went in for dresses too earlier, and they told me that at the latest it's best to order a gown 9 months before so you can avoid the rush fee. However, if you buy a sample you don't have to worry about ordering.

Flowerstar1023 · March 2011

We ordered my dress two weeks ago (14 months out almost to the day). I was shopping for it with family in my hometown and wasn't sure when I'd have a dedicated week to go down there again before say next Christmas (which would be too late).

But, I think as long as you're ready to pull the trigger (recognizing that a lot of bridal salons won't give you a refund once the dress is ordered and you'll lose at least a deposit - in my case 50% of the cost of the dress - if you change your mind), you should feel free to go shopping whenever!

dalecnar · March 2011

I tried on dresses for the first time in February which was about 8 months before my October wedding. It took a few but the fifth dress was the one I loved and ordered. I can't wait to wear it!!

lindsayzeleznik · March 2011

Thanks everyone - I feel like I need to hang tight until May. I'm afraid I'd have second thoughts, etc. But now I know not to wait past summer!

pantherRN · March 2011

The key is to stop looking when you do find it!

carlyanne05 · March 2011

I looked and bought mine a year and several weeks out (Labor Day wkend) but we didn't actually have our date set at that time. I was just so excited to go and fell in love with the 4th dress I tried so we bought it that day. It actually just came in this week but I won't be home until next weekend to go see it. If you're nervous about actually going to look too soon, you can spend a lot of time compiling pictures online or in magazines that you really like. This was very helpful for my appointment!

lilkim444 · March 2011

I started trying dresses on immediately. I found one that I loved about a year and a half ahead of time and ordered it. It took a good 8 months to come in. Bridal Beginnings said they would hold it at the shop until my last fitting. I was afraid if I waited, then the dress I loved would be discontinued or that the price would go up. I stopped looking after I purchased it. Even when I've seen other dresses, I have never found one I loved as much as the one I purchased.

katie88f · March 2011

I am going to start looking about 13 months out. However, I have spent countless hours looking at dresses online. I feel like I have a pretty good idea of the type of dress I want.

hj1479 · March 2011

I think I tried on and actually ordered mine right around a year out. The bridal shop said it usually took 6 months to get in...but my dress came in a little less than a month.

HoneySpider · March 2011

5 months before - and yes, it was ordered

MrsDydek · March 2011

Typically you should order your dress at least 6 months in advance, and usually I've heard a year. And as far as I'm considered you should spend as much time as possible dress shoping until you've found the one, just because it can be the most fun part of planning your day.

That being said, my wedding is August 2012, he proposed on Dec 1, 2010. I made an appointment to try on dresses that weekend. I found and bought my dress in January.

I just didn't see the point in waiting..

Nightowl32 · March 2011

I bought mine last monday,so about 17 months before my wedding. Althought I dont really have a date set. Yes my profile says june 30th 2012, but I dont have a venue yet. Already stressing about that.

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