How long did it take you to find your dress - kinda long

Re: How long did it take you to find your dress - kinda long

• Vanessa A member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  Sorry so long a response.....
  Happe2gether, I'll be honest and say, I'm not sure my ceremony gown is the one, but my mother fell in love with it the moment she say it on me. This was our first day shopping together (I'd gone alone before) and this gown was hanging outside the room I was assigned to. It was not one of the gowns I wanted to try but my mom asked the consultant and she just knew it was the one. We ordered that day. After a few months, I decided it wasn't the dress for me but the price tag stopped me from purchasing another.
  
  Oddly enough, there is a dress maker in my hometown that has sewn for us lots of times before so I talked with my parents who purchased the "ceremony" dress and we compromised. I will change into a different dress for my reception and I have to pay for it. With that said, the dress maker and I have put several designs together and have made changes, I'm super excited about it!! To me, this dress is "the one".
  
  I'm ok with wearing the first dress for the ceremony; that's 30 mins long and will please my parents. I'll change for the reception (after the father/daughter dance), which will has about 4 hours. It's a great compromise, and the added plus, FI doesn't know about the second dress so I'll surprise him with it!!
  
  So what i'm saying is, i knew when we designed the second gown, it was "the one" and knew almost immediately that the ceremony gown was not. If you know you've found it, then congrats!!

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• berrytr

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  Not long.  I went to a local bridal store to find out what kind of dress would look well on me about a week after I was officially engaged then went online to purchse a similar dress.  In short, I'm not in love with it but it was inexpensive and I'm on a tight budget.

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• Panda16 member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  It didn't take me too long either... I would say after visiting several shops including DB. I just went to David's to get an idea on the type of dress that would suit me and I found my dress at a boutique.
  
  Honestly I can just tell you that when you know, you just know. Even if you're not dress shopping just yet. I didn't want to spend a whole lot of time and energy on this part of the process but I knew I wanted to just share it with my mom and FMIL. I think what truly helped me make my pick was also the service I received at the boutique.

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• tamtam7 member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  It took me no time at all, but now I don't really like my dress.  I picked something that was affordable, and I ordered it online so I didn't get a chance to see it on until I purchased it.  I'm contemplating taking it back.  I'm going to that Brides for Breast Cancer event next year.  So, if I see something affordable that I just fall in love with, I'm taking my dress back.  Otherwise I'll keep my dress.  There's nothing really wrong with it, it's just boring.  I can accesorize it to glam it up a bit.

  MY WEDDING BIO

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• pinkpanther_truck member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  i'm with berrytr... it didn't take me long, but I was on a budget so while it's not my DREAM dress, it fits very well and incorporates some of the elements I was looking for... not to mention it was 60% off. All in all I looked for about a month before I purchased--> a total of 6 dress shop visits, 2 of which we to the same store where I finally purchased my dress. I also did a ton of online browsing... GL

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• BlutifulScorpion

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  It's true what they say... When you find it...you'll just know.
  
  I found THE dress at the 3rd shop I visited. And it was probably #13 out of 17. Even my consultant said, "Try it on again just so we can see how flattering it is on you! Don't lose ONE pound! It's perfect!" Yeah right! LOL!
  
  But what's funny is just the day before (Christmas Day), I was watching 'Say Yes to the Dress' with FMIL and she asked, "Do you think you'll cry when you find THE dress?" I laughed and said, "No! I don't know why these silly women cry when they find the dress. That's silly to me!" I didn't call and tell her but... I cried when I saw myself in the dress. And so did my consultant. LOL!

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• ladylum member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  I went to 2 boutiques and at the second one I found my dress. I had the opposite problem of the other brides, my dress was PRICEY!!! I searched and searched for the dress to be under $1000 but couldn't so I did a search on red wedding dresses because I knew I wanted a red wedding dress but I was not paying $1000 for one. Found my dress on weddingdressfantasy.com for $399 (it looked a lot like my dress but some of the details were different and that was great with me). After asking for a couple of different alterations to the original design, I paid $595 for the dress. I arrived a couple of weeks ago, I tried it on and cried at home because I look THE BOMB in my dress. I tried white wedding dresses but didn't particularly like them, especially David's Bridal. I wanted couture and that's what I got.

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• happe2gether member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  Thanks for the comments.  I always had the idea that I wanted to go with my mom, FMIL (she has no daughters of her own), my sister and my daughter.  The dress is still in my head and it wasn't that much ($850) compared to some dresses a few friends have gotten but I'm thinking I can wait since it will be "out of season" in the fall.  So if I do it right, I might catch a great sale.  But I LOVE it  and it is not white, it's actually light gold but does not clash at all with my skin tone.  I was just hoping to find a dress in any other color except white - white.  But I'm going to just keep it on the back burner for now

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• Deidra123

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  It's kinda like finding your future hubby.  You just know when you know.  I knew when I tried on my dress in the fitting room as soon as I looked in the mirror.  It just felt like me and I think it flattered me.  I was about to burst from excitement inside but played it lowkey b/c I didn't want to act like a weirdo in front of the consultant, who was in the fitting room with me.  I walked out and my Mother and sister, and another bride-to-be and her Mother reacted immediately.  They loved it on me.  But only what I thought mattered.  It's your dress and YOU'LL know when you've found the one for you (just like YOU knew the man for you).  My Mother and sister liking it was just the icing on the cake but I wanted to know for myself.  In fact, the dress that my Mother initially wanted me to get, I had to find a nice way to say that I wasn't getting it.  I just said that it was too hot or something like that. LOL.
  
  It was a blessing that I found it my second time out and actually my consultant recommended that I try it b/c it was different from all the A-line gowns that I selected to try on.  She was right.  Trumpet style was so much more me. 
  
  So I think you've hit the jackpot.  Yes, look for a trunk sale if you're not afraid that they'll sale the last one and then you have to order it from the designer at full price.
  
  Light gold?  They are doing lots of dresses in that color now.  Lots of Maggie Sottero dresses are in that color now so that's not all that rare (in case you were concerned).  My sister wants to wear a champagne colored gown and have her bridesmaids in burgundy or red and it sounds like you are doing a fall wedding.  Light gold would be really pretty in the fall (especially with a red or burgundy or something like that  as the BM dress color or accent color in general)

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