Thoughts on this wedding dress?

I think it's utterly gorgeous. My concern would be if I put it on and the gathers minimised my boobs and hugged my tummy. But I've got a mum tum! And probably smaller boobs than you!

Love the dress!

My doubts would be about the dress makers skills - this is going to be hard to replicate. Have you seen other examples of their work and tailoring, have they done this style before? Just make sure you do your due diligence before paying the deposit.

It hangs almost like it’s dripping wet, it’s hard to explain.

Personally I think that much boob is a bit much for a wedding but if you’re comfortable.

I would be wary of a dressmaker being able to replicate a wedding dress for much less than a bridal shop would sell the actual dress for though. Wedding dresses are a feat of engineering, they are designed to make you look your best with corsets and honing and support. If you’re big boobed a dress from an actual shop made by the designer will do so much for you.

I don't like the boob area on the dress in that picture, think it draws them down if that makes sense. Unsure how that would work with big boobs.

@pertea, if you’ve tried it on, how did you feel in it? Not just boob security wise, but generally? You obviously liked it enough for it to be a serious option, but you’ve clearly got doubts, hence the post!

It’s difficult for a bunch of strangers on the internet to advise without seeing a picture of you in the dress, but it would be helpful to know what specifically is making you hesitate.

I think it’s a gorgeous dress and would look much better on someone with curves. You’d just need to be careful with your boobs if they are on the larger side, could look amazing but could also look ‘saloon wench’. The dress doesn’t look to fit the person wearing it in the picture very well at all

I don't dislike that style of dress, I do dislike that particular dress though! Obviously it's just one picture but they have managed to make it look ill fitting and cheap.

I'm also not keen on how it drapes across the stomach - it makes that very slim model look like she has a belly pouch! But I do love the style and don't think it matters that you aren't tall. To me, your figure is more important and I think that style will suit a woman with curves in the right places.
I would definitely try one on and get photos for the dressmaker, rather than relying on that one picture.

Too much boob for a wedding dress for me. It needs altering a fair bit

I think the ruching will make both your breasts and hips look bigger.

It’s a beautiful dress though

Difficult to tell as that model is so painfully thin. And it doesn’t show how it would look with curves.

I think it’s beautiful! You’ll look amazing if you have curves in this. I am very thin and it would look awful on me, so very jealous.

Looks like a Westwood copy. I normally love that style of draped over structured corset but this isn't looking great tbh. I don't like how you can see the boning- the fabric is wrong and the drapes look a bit messy.

Sorry I think it'll swamp you and be overly fussy at 5ft 3 unless you're very slim and in proportion. I'm 5ft myself and this is something I'd only try on at my absolute skinniest or there would just be too much fabric for my frame.

I think, forgetting everything else, I'd want to be happy that the level of corsetting the dress would require wouldn't be so restrictive that I'd spend my wedding day uncomfortable.

Certainly for me, with relatively, but not enormously, big boobs, I'd need a lot of structure not to be risking falling out of something like that. So I am not sure I'd be confident enough that I wouldn't be so tightly laced into a dress that I'd be annoyed by it all day.

It's beautiful 😍

I love it

Oh my that is gorgeous!
I love plain dresses and its a really nice shape cut. I hate lace and beading etc so that is the definite fabric type i would go for.

I think you probably need to be taller than 5”3 to carry off the fussy styling, and for the dress to fall properly. On someone shorter, it will just look messy and scrunched up IYSWIM.

I also don’t like the Bardot shoulders for big boobs - ironically, I think it’s a matronly look (as a big-boobed lass myself!)

The photo of the corset you uploaded is completely different to the wedding dress though. I don’t like strapless wedding dresses for big boobs as they always look a bit heaved up and unflattering. My boobs are my favourite feature but I tend to think a wedding dress with straps or a V-neck looks better if you’ve got a top-heavy figure.

As you’re shorter and curvy I’d go for something that hugs your figure and doesn’t swamp you - you’d look amazing by the sounds of things.

Yes to this.

It's very nice. I hope the dressmaker can avoid the pouch effect in the lower abdomen.

I think it’s a really beautiful dress. So many wedding dresses are over fussy and awful, but thst one is lovely. O

I think it is absolutely stunning.
Personally I would probably do on the shoulder straps vs bardot style. I think it helps create a better balance with big boobs, but either way you will look gorgeous!

It's a great dress, and given OP has an hourglass figure and comfortable with showing a little cleavage, it will be perfect for her. The dress will have a inbuilt corset along with other rigging, and will be laced as tightly as possible to ensure everything is kept in place and no breasts will be falling out.

OP, ignore the naysayers. If you love the dress, go for it. If you are nervous about the neckline, use tit tape as an extra precaution but tbh, I doubt you will need it. FWIW, a friend got married in the Vivienne Westwood version of this dress. Similar figure and height as you. She looked stunning. It's been one of the few times I've had wedding dress envy.

Congratulations, wishing you much happiness for your big day.

I am sorry but that looks awful. Very ill fitting.

As a big boob lady myself that would not be a pick for me. A v neck would be much more flattering as you can still show cleavage but in a classier way