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Is it true that when choosing a wedding dress you always end up choosing the first one you tried on?

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LoveMyGirls · 02/06/2008 08:33

Because I think I've fallen in love and i'm starting to wonder how much point there is to keep looking?

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PortAndLemon · 02/06/2008 08:37

I don't think you always end up choosing the first one you tried on, but IME you know when you have the Right Dress, so you may well have found it first time...

Wheelybug · 02/06/2008 08:39

Agree with P&L - you just know when you find the right one. Mine wasn't the first (it was the last !) and it was nothing like I had been planning on but it was just right.

Maybe try on a couple more just so you're not always wondering but I wouldn't worry too much if you love it !

Whats it like ???

Beetroot · 02/06/2008 08:40

no

CantSleepWontSleep · 02/06/2008 08:44

No.

posieflump · 02/06/2008 08:46

no

but if you think you've found the pefect one I wouldn't bother to keep looking

I tried on loads before I found my perfect one

MrsBadger · 02/06/2008 08:52

No

often because the fist one you try on is the one you imagine will look great, and they rarely do.

tallbirduk · 02/06/2008 11:50

haha, I did - so I would say "yes" it is true

NotABanana · 02/06/2008 11:58

I did, but I also felt I should try more on.

The second shop we went in the staff were so unfriendly I couldn't wait to get out and go back and buy my dress.

Flamesparrow · 02/06/2008 12:08

For me the second - I insisted on trying on this one I loved and it looked hideous.

The one I hated on the hanger and the sales woman pleaded with me to just try was perfect.

ELR · 02/06/2008 12:08

yes

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LoveMyGirls · 02/06/2008 12:15

I've been out looking again this morning and I feel so disheartened and upset tbh the shops we went to wouldn't even let me try anything on because i hadn't booked the church (i will be booking it but I'm waiting for dp to definaitely agree with the date and then for pil to get back off hols so we can talk to them first)

I'm so fustrated, I just want to be out trying dresses on plus they are all so expensive my dad isn't keen on paying a lot of money and thinks £450 is too steep and seems to think I can just hire one worth a couple of thousand for next to nothing, most shops don't hire them out and if they do it starts from about £300

I really wanted my family to be so excited and they're not, I don't want to be a bridezilla but fgs they could just be a bit more supportive.

The Dress - is gorgeous, it's designer, it's got crystals which give it something other dresses havent got but its still simple and not too ott. It ticks all the boxes but it is the only one and if it goes I won't get another one like it, i've looked online and there is only 2 for sale and one isn't quite the same and the other is in america.

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buttercreamfrosting · 02/06/2008 12:27

No, but I do think that when you know, you know and it sounds like you do....

TillyScoutsmum · 02/06/2008 12:31

Definately try some on first - just fib to the dress shops about your date if you want (cheeky buggers !)

Show us a link

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LoveMyGirls · 02/06/2008 13:00

Tilly, its discontinued and theres only 1 available hence me being so worried. Its very similar to this

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LoveMyGirls · 02/06/2008 13:04

Do you think you can get married in a plain church with an extravagant dress?

The church I wanted (is beautiful, high ceilings, stained glass windows etc) but it's £500 I can't afford £1000 on the dress and church alone.

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TillyScoutsmum · 02/06/2008 13:14

Its lovely. I think you can get married in anything you want wherever you want (within reason)..

Have a look at maggie sottero website as well - they have similar style dresses and you may find something you like the look of on there as well

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LoveMyGirls · 02/06/2008 13:16

If i look on the proper website i'll be paying a lot more than £450 for a maggie dress though and my dad is already saying it's too expensive.

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DUSTIN · 02/06/2008 13:19

Gorgeous dress.

I couldn't find anything I liked so I designed one myself and had it made- worked out much cheaper and I got just what I wanted .

flamingtoaster · 02/06/2008 13:21

When I bought my wedding dress I went into the shop and explained exactly what I wanted. They started bringing out dresses - I explained what was wrong with the first three and they brought out a fourth which I immediately felt was "the one". Tried it on and it was. The staff then pleaded with me to try more on to be absolutely sure - so I had a great time trying lots of different styles I wouldn't have even considered. However, the first one I tried on was definitely "me" and I bought it.

If the dress is similar to the link it's absolutely lovely - and will look great whatever the church is like.

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LoveMyGirls · 02/06/2008 13:44

Dp says he definitely wants the nicer church so I guess that's good even if it is expensive.

I've looked on the maggie site and there are no search results for the dress i like.

I'm going to Oxfam bridal shop this afternoon to have a good look if I can find anything nice and save money I'm sure my dad will be very happy.

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PortAndLemon · 02/06/2008 16:21

If you can't buy that dress for whatever reason I can recommend my SIL who is a corsetiere and dressmaker and could probably custom-make you something very similar

StealthPolarBear · 02/06/2008 16:29

I did!

RiojaLover75 · 02/06/2008 16:31

Oh my God, I did too! Tried on about 10 others but kept going back to the same one. It was just perfect and hardly needed any adjustment. I think sometimes you 'just know'.

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LoveMyGirls · 02/06/2008 17:30

I've been to oxfam and none of those were right and not that cheap either ranging from £150 to £350.

I think i've made up my mind now how do i tell my dad?
Am i being too demanding, insisting on having a dress for £450?
Should I offer to pay for half or something? (not that we can afford it on top of paying for the everything else)
If I wait and I never find anything I like as much I'm going to be kicking myself, at least if i buy it i can sell it if i really don't like it later on the worst that can happen if i buy it is that I end up wearing a dress I used to like but don't like as much on the day.

I don't know what to do.

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CarrieLH · 03/06/2008 23:28

Is the shop you've seen your dress in likely to be having a sale towards the end of the summer? I found my dress (shop sample and 1st and only one I tried on!) in the April and they actually held it for me when they reduced the price in the August sale so I got it for £250 instead the £500-ish full price. They even held the shoes I liked at half price too so I only paid full whack for my veil and headdress. I was v. v. lucky but it's worth an ask...Good Luck!

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