I got my dress a week ago from a consignment store. David's Bridal was seriously disappointing for me. Everyone who saw me in the dress I purchased said it was very flattering...and it is... it's just not what I pictured myself in. It's very much a princess dress and I saw myself in something with at least a drop waist. The dress fits me like a glove...it has the lace I wanted...but for some reason I keep feeling kind of disappointed. I didn't cry, or have that OH MY GOD moment.
I guess I just need someone to tell me I'm not the only one.
Re: I think I love my dress?
When my daughter, who had a bigger budget, found hers, she just looked frightened. (It was expensive, but at the upper end of our budget.)
Neither of us cried. Neither of us had a "revelation" experience. We ate some cheesecake, and made the decision.
Please post a picture of you wearing the dress. We will give you honest opinions.
PS. Please consider changing your screen name. Lots of people don't have money, and they don't ask for help because of it.
LOL it's a quote from the movie bridesmaids. Just a joke. I'm not actually asking for help.
It has a lot of tulle in it, with lace trimming at the bottom. It is kind of shorter in the front, I'm not sure if that's how it's made to look or if the previous owner had it altered because she was shorter. Does anyone know if it's possible to alter tulle to make a dress longer? It still reaches the ground, but if I were to wear heels you would be able to see my feet.
I wish I would have taken a picture with the train behind me from the front.
But the back is gorgeous.
does this dress make your cry and teary eyed?
can you see yourself wearing this dress on your big day walking down the aisle to your fi?
when you put the dress on do you want to take it off right away or do you want to keep it on forever?
you need to ask yourself these questions
can you go back to the consignment shop and maybe exchange the dress for something else
or try to sell it on a preowned wedding website
I didn't have a teary moment when I tried my dress on either - I think that's a lot of pressure because it doesn't always happen. I got my dress for pretty cheap, and since we booked our venue after walking around it - I know the bottom of my dress and train are going to get wrecked because it's a lot of pavement/sidewalk to get down to the gazebo - so I'm glad I didn't spend tons and the dress is going to be just fine for my wedding.
Your dress is very pretty.
I agonized over cost. Called my (then)FI and asked him if he was okay with the price. Went to the fabric store and looked at some general costs of fabric, spoke with my MOH, BM and my mom. I agonized over it for a good 2 hours (during which we ate lunch and talked about it).
I finally went for it. Because I didn't want to take the dress off. Because I knew once MY dress was sent to me, I'd love it even more (and I did). Because it had elements I wanted. Because it was so perfectly 'me' that I couldn't picture anything else even comparing.
Once I put the deposit down, I stopped agonizing and moved on through the bridal process and never looked at another dress.
I think women get this notion that we should cry or sob or have hysterics when we try on "our" gown. I think there's more to the process than that (I didn't feel like a bride until I went back a month later and tried on veils, that was MY personal 'moment'). I blame "SYTTD" and all those other bridal shows for this.
Of course, I also think we put a lot of stress on ourselves about this. "Back in the day" women just wore their nicest dress and called it good. Now, dress shopping is such a stressful event, that I find it kind of sad. The process should be FUN, not stressful.
Good luck, no matter what you decide to do!!
I guess I got caught up in looking at tons of gorgeous gowns on models. My mother also wanted to buy the dress because she was upset that she's not paying for the wedding. I don't feel right having her pay for everything because 1. She can't afford it and 2. I've been grown and on my own for 6 years now. So after her buying it, I don't feel like I can just say "oh nevermind, I would like something different"
It's hardly the most important part.
When I first saw my dress online, I hated it. Thought it looked terrible. When I picked a few to try on when I went to the store, I added it last just so I would have another one to try on. When I put it on, I was amazed and shocked at how much I liked it. It made me feel petty. I didn't cry, I didn't get emotional, I just stood there speechless. Once I made up my mind on that day, I tried to not look anymore online. But I did. I went through second guessing my decision. Then a month or two later when I went to purchase my dress, I tried it on to make sure it was the one I wanted and that was when I fell in love with it.
I love your dress. You look great in it. I would just put it away for a couple weeks and try not to think about it. Try it on again and see if you are still have second thoughts.
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I told the salon I needed to sleep on it i went to a place that had maggies and allures, and a few other designers, they had only one gown in the allure womens line i could try on that I liked they had other plus size options but nothing felt right.
i knew when the sales lady was asking me what my dream dress was taffeta lace one shoulder straps pick ups that i was describing the morilee
luckily the salon was able to squeeze me in to retry the Morilee on the way there i was crying because i knew this was my dress
It's a pretty dress, it fits, it was basically a steal, no alterations needed.
When I think about ditching it I get kinda sad, so...
I'm just going to avoid looking at other dresses with envy now! The grass is always greener..
I f you found it comfortable and fits into your personality perfectly then it’s perfectly great. And congrats I think you will have many such more moments to come during your wedding.
I can totally understand about not overspending when you are having a budget, but instead of not spending on linen table cloth what you could do is rent them, as a while ago it was my cousins wedding where she rented table cover & chair cover from sculptware which had a reasonable rent rates and got along with the budget pretty fairly.