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Thoughts on this wedding dress?

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Pertea · 20/03/2025 22:57

I am about to put down a non refundable deposit on a wedding dress maker who will be making a wedding dress to replicate the image attached.

I will go for a long veil possibly with heavier embroidery a la a mantilla.

Please be honest.

I have an hourglass figure (ie big boobs and wider hips). And my waist is defined (for now). I need a dress which doesn’t make my boobs look matronly basically.

Thoughts on this wedding dress?
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StrawberryDream24 · 20/03/2025 23:08

Pertea · 20/03/2025 23:06

I’m only 5 ft 3. I thought a sleeker silhouette would suit my shorter figure.

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If you'd like to look taller, a lowish, on the shoulder neckline is probably not going to do that.

It's shortening the illusion of length.

More of a V neck line would be good for a bigger bust and elongate (the length is going up to the neck).

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Pertea · 20/03/2025 23:08

xWren · 20/03/2025 23:01

The dress is beautiful.
But I have larger boobs and that would be my idea of a nightmare dress (boobs spilling out, in people’s face leaning over, constantly pulling the dress up all night etc.)
However, I’m not a confident big-boobed person so that sways my opinion.
If you’re a confident big-boobed person, go for it!

I tried one on and I felt extremely secure. It was tied within an inch of its life tbf

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ThreeMagicNumber · 20/03/2025 23:08

I love it apart from the bit at the stomach, it just doesn't sit/look right. If the dress maker can make it drape better so it's not so messy looking I think itl look lovely.

DragonBalls · 20/03/2025 23:07

I think it looks lovely but would be worried about boobs falling out!

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Pertea · 20/03/2025 23:06

BatchCookBabe · 20/03/2025 23:04

I like it. You do have to have a slim-ish figure with curves in the right places to carry it off though - and you need to be a bit tall.

I’m only 5 ft 3. I thought a sleeker silhouette would suit my shorter figure.

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PensionMention · 20/03/2025 23:05

I love the neckline but I do not like the gathers across the stomach. I don’t know how good the dressmaker is but it’s the sort pf dress that to look good messy needs a very skilled hand.

SkaneTos · 20/03/2025 23:05

Not a style of dress that I would choose, but if you like it and feel comfortable in it, then that is the dress for you!
You will get it made for you, so you know that it will fit you perfectly.

Congratulations!

BatchCookBabe · 20/03/2025 23:04

I like it. You do have to have a slim-ish figure with curves in the right places to carry it off though - and you need to be a bit tall.

tsmainsqueeze · 20/03/2025 23:03

I think its beautiful 'vivienne westwood ish' .
Needs a curvaceous figure to carry it off ,doesn't suit the model wearing it.
Go for it !

xWren · 20/03/2025 23:01

The dress is beautiful.
But I have larger boobs and that would be my idea of a nightmare dress (boobs spilling out, in people’s face leaning over, constantly pulling the dress up all night etc.)
However, I’m not a confident big-boobed person so that sways my opinion.
If you’re a confident big-boobed person, go for it!

2chocolateoranges · 20/03/2025 23:00

I do love a Bardot style dress but for me it’s a bit ruffley at the front.

however I’m sure plenty people would have hated my wedding dress , but if you love the dress then that’s what matters. I loved mine and didn’t care what anyone else thought of it.

RosesAndHellebores · 20/03/2025 22:58

Picture?