How much did you alter you dress?
How much did you alter you dress?
How much did you alter you dress?
When I finally got the email from Bliss letting me know that my dress had arrived at the bridal salon, I was so happy I actually squealed. Mr. P came running into the room and asked, "Good news or bad?" When I told him my dress had arrived, he gave me a hug and said, "I am so proud of you!" (Is it possible to over-train a man?? wedding invitations cheap.)
Back to the news at hand. I immediately emailed my seamstress Susan to set up an alteration date. Susan is a-MAZing! She was not only able to travel to my house for the fitting, which was so crucial since I was right in the middle of finals, but she also volunteered to store my dress for me while I'm in Amsterdam. Did I mention she is a-MAZing!?!
Within hours of receiving the email, I was plagued with second thoughts! They washed over me and consumed my every thought. I couldn't study. I could barely even think straight. What if it wasn't THE dress!?!?
My three doubts about the dress were:
The neckline isn't a true sweetheart neckline, which I knew when I bought the dress, so I was just hoping it would be a pretty easy alteration.
I wanted an all-lace dress, but Mr. P and Momma P hated all-lace dresses. (No, Mr. P did not go wedding-dress shopping with me, but we did look at a few dresses in magazines together so I could get an idea of what he liked.)
Most importantly, the bottom of the dress isn't very full. The reality is, I don't really remember how full it is and it was like five sizes too big, so I can't really get a sense from the pictures of how the bottom will sit.
Once I bought the dress I tried really really really really hard to stop actively looking for dresses, but now that the dress is here all bets are off! I immediately started Googling mermaid dresses to figure out what I really wanted.
However, it just didn't seem practical to try and get a dress that size to Costa Rica. Also, I am not sure I'm tall enough to carry it off, so I decided to focus on a more modest skirt.
However,vintage wedding invitations I think that it's also really important to look at real brides to get a sense of the way different shapes photograph and move throughout the day. Here are three of my very favorite real brides.
1. The fullestI love this tiered skirt. My dress isn't tiered, but I love the shape this dress gives the bride. I think this skirt has the most crinoline, and I kind of the love that it doesn't need to be messed with in order to get that great shape. However, my train is a little longer than this one, so I have to figure out how that would look.
2. Medium fullnessI think this dress is the closest to my own dress shape, and if it isn't then I think it's the shape that I want the most!
3. No fullnessThis dress doesn't seem to have any crinoline and still has an amazing shape. I think this has a lot to do with the bride's natural shape and the tiers of the skirt.
At the end of the day, I think its gonna come down to my budget versus my obsession with having the "perfect" dress. I haven't even met Susan,cheap wedding invites but I get a great vibe from her (AKA she answered my emails while on a Caribbean cruise and even apologized for taking 48 hours to respond!), and I think she'll be really helpful in deciding which of these looks will be best for me. I hope that this process of looking at dresses has helped me collect my thoughts so that I can both articulate my feelings and be at peace with whatever decision I make.
*I am obviously also trying to keep open the possibility that I will just love her once I get her on and perhaps I did pick the "perfect" dress.
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