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When did you order your wedding dress?

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Thers · 18/03/2025 19:32

My wedding is 5 months away and I have had 3 appointments and not found anything. I’m so worried.

Looking for reassurance.

Im not looking for anything super custom/over the top. Happy either way off the shelf

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EdnaTheWitch · 18/03/2025 21:22

We decided to get married and picked a date 6 months later. I think I chose my dress about 4-5 months before wedding. I went to one shop with the intention of trying on something I’d seen in a photo and ended up with something completely different that I wouldn’t have glanced at on hanger or picked myself. My best advice is to let the person in shop pick you a dress, they absolutely know what they’re doing.

ETA: once my dress was ordered, it arrived within a few weeks and only really needed length adjusted. Please don’t panic 😊

ChinaChina · 18/03/2025 21:22

6 weeks and I collected it a week later as I had to have it shortened.

Leeds157 · 18/03/2025 21:18

have you looked on Vinted? I tried dresses on in 2 shops, one local and one wed2be, and they assumed I’d want to chose a dress which they’d then make to order i my measurements, which does take time, however you can also chose any dress ‘off the peg’ that people try on, and get a seamstress to alter it to fit you in height etc. Vinted and eBay are worth looking at, just make sure you have found a good seamstress with availability

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Thers · 18/03/2025 20:56

Are most wedding dresses not off rack?

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Amba1998 · 18/03/2025 20:48

www.wed2b.com/reid

User79853257976 · 18/03/2025 20:26

About 11 months before. You could go to Wed2Be as they are off the rack.

Tangled123 · 18/03/2025 20:21

I got my dress off the rack in August for an October wedding. Pretty last minute but we weren’t sure if we would even be able to get married because it was during Covid times.

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Thers · 18/03/2025 20:14

thanks making notes of all the suggestions. So ridiculously appreciated

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mlc0 · 18/03/2025 20:04

got mine in April got married in October

2chocolateoranges · 18/03/2025 20:03

We got engaged and married within 5 months! We decided there was no need to wait, I ordered my dress at the end of Jan and got married end of April.

however it was nothing extravagant but perfect for me.

Readeatcake · 18/03/2025 20:01

About 5 months before, I went to wed2be.
You take the dress on the day you buy it, off the rack and most are less than 1k

Sunshineat5pm · 18/03/2025 19:59

If you’re London / South East based I’d thoroughly recommend Brides Do Good - off the rack but designer gowns with a % going to charity (mission to reduce childhood marriage).

I bought my Pronovias dress there. It was far superior in quality than I could have afforded from a ‘standard’ boutique, no wait time and a great social impact model.

All new / sample higher end designer dresses. Huge number of options too for size 10/12.

Rumpapapum · 18/03/2025 19:58

Book your alterations now. There will be waiting lists for summer weddings. It’s better to have it booked and not need it than find your dream dress and no slots to alter it before.

2025willbemytime · 18/03/2025 19:57

It's short sleeved, straight with a very slight train. Trying to see if I can upload a photo.

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Thers · 18/03/2025 19:56

Does anyone a bit more in the know know a better way to describe the style of dress I have shared - a line?

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Thers · 18/03/2025 19:55

2025willbemytime · 18/03/2025 19:54

No pressure. Bit cheeky. But mines a 12 and I could do with it going to a new home so I don't have to take it when I move house.

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haha no worrries, a it anything like the images I shared above?

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2025willbemytime · 18/03/2025 19:54

Thers · 18/03/2025 19:43

12 but hoping to drop a size

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No pressure. Bit cheeky. But mines a 12 and I could do with it going to a new home so I don't have to take it when I move house.

ikeatime · 18/03/2025 19:53

I ordered my dress 6 weeks before my wedding. The shop commented that it was “cutting things fine” but it was ok. Collected the dress 2 weeks before the big day. Also those 6 weeks included Christmas/new year so it probably was cutting it fine on reflection. Go and try on dresses and try not to add pressure on yourself. Charity shops also often have wedding events on so can be worth a look as they’ll be bargain prices for dresses that have often never been worn!

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Thers · 18/03/2025 19:49

Einszwei · 18/03/2025 19:44

Cees Bridal in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Thanks!

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Thers · 18/03/2025 19:49

I know I want to keep it simple and not puffy/stiff/formal. No cinderella dress for me. I like a column dress with a slight train I have realised (I think). I want a romantic, not too try hard look. If that makes sense. I have big boobs so a style which flatters ie no high necks. I don’t mind lace as long as it is more of a detail ie a trim and not the main feature. I want to feel very natural. Probably not strapless.

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Einszwei · 18/03/2025 19:44

Thers · 18/03/2025 19:38

Pls can you post a link to the company you used?

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Cees Bridal in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Thers · 18/03/2025 19:43

2025willbemytime · 18/03/2025 19:40

What size are you?

12 but hoping to drop a size

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strangerontheinternet · 18/03/2025 19:41

9 months before. It took 2 months to arrive then my alterations are starting 12 weeks before.

Cnidarian · 18/03/2025 19:40

Do you have a vision in mind that you can't find, or do you not know what you want? The answers are going to differ depending on the reason n9thing has not the bill so far.

2025willbemytime · 18/03/2025 19:40

What size are you?