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It can’t be as hard as this to buy a wedding dress

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ElephantGrey101 · 26/05/2025 10:31

I am getting married this time next year. I thought a whole year would be loads of time to choose a dress but apparently not. I want to lose a bit of weight before the wedding not too much but I have put on a bit of weight since having a baby ( who is now a toddler).

The wedding dress shop I spoke to said I need to order a dress about a year in advance because it takes time to order the dress in. They will order a standard dress size then I need to find my own seamstress to take the drsss up and that will take weeks.

Is this normal? It must be easier than this. I am going to end up with the wrong size. I looked at high street wedding dresses but you need to order them online.

Can you go into a shop and try on a wedding dress and take it home without any drama?

I have a really big bust so lots of things don’t fit me well.

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WtafIsThat · 26/05/2025 10:36

Have you only been to one shop? They should order you the correct size but you would either need to then find yourself someone to alter it or some shops have their own staff that do alterations. Which you then have to pay for.

You can’t just walk in and out with a dress unless they’re willing to sell you a sample. Unless I’m reading wrong I don’t quite understand your expectations about that.

Make an appointment, go to more than one shop and try various styles on.

pizzaandchips123 · 26/05/2025 10:36

Online?

CurbsideProphet · 26/05/2025 10:34

A lot of wedding dress shops have their own seamstress so I would look at somewhere you can have the alterations done in house. I think it's more unusual that a wedding dress shop would tell you to sort out your own alterations.