Ive picked out 3 sub £100 wedding dresses - help me pls!

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I get married in 4 months. Bought a gorgeous dress when I was still losing baby weight and Ive got as far as I can go and my ribcage just wont fit the dress.

I dont have much money left in the wedding budget for a replacement dress (the other dress has been up for sale since January and haven't had any luck selling it)/

These are the 3 I think might be ok.

Im 5ft 4, suit skater styles since having a baby as tummy not great, im a size 12/14 pear shape.

Ive always wanted a bit of lace which is part of the reason Ive chosen these.
I didnt want anything low cut or too revealing up top.

Id always fancied a pink dress (its my second wedding), so the long white one is a bit of a wildcard for me.

Please help!

I'm not sure if anyone has asked (long thread, impatient me!) but are you absolutely sure you can't get your original dress altered? I'm in a similar situation with my dress and I'm having a ribbon lace back put in to accommodate my massive breast feeding tits! A good seamstress can do wonders!

all lovely

1st one is best. The long white one might show up your tummy. Can’t you get the original dress altered?

I haven't visited a seamstress yet.

My boobs (which I didn't think were massive) seem to just overflow the original dress.

No idea what kind of magic they would have to pull off for it to work.

I haven't tried it on in months.

Il try it on again this weekend with a second pair of eyes to help

And I've just ordered 5 more chi chi dresses.
Thank goodness for pay after delivery 😆

I really like the 1st and 3rd. I think the middle one looks like a suitable dress for a guest rather than a bride.

Oh the first one is gorgeous.

One of the pink ones definitely, the skirts material on the second one is lovely.

Pink is very chic and on trend for weddings dresses now, as are those lengths. You'd look more fancy and classy to me n those styles that traditional, I think guests will love seeing something a little less same. They definitely don't look inexpensive!

Oh also the last one in the latest set, that's really lovely!

Dreamy bride chic

Loving the pink/blush choices:)

Number 2 is a bit more sophisticated whereas number 1 is quite young & girly ... number 3 I don’t think suits your needs from what you have said

Post a pic of you in the original dress. A seamstress might have some good ideas to help you get a good fit. Good luck

I love the third one. It is so elegant. It also looks expensive. The other two are lovely but quite honestly I think they look much cheaper.

Sorry, the third one in the first set. In the other set the first one. Not keen at all on the other two.

Hi op , you and o are a similar shape. I find empire line is really flattering. Have you given it a go?

Chi Chi are very hit and miss - my DD tried them for bridesmaid dresses and they varied inconsistency- from one style that was utterly unlike the photo in colour and very cheap and nasty looking through to another style that was elegant and in nice fabric- a real bargain if it had suited all the bridesmaids. She went with ASOS, with a discount code, in the end. .

One one one!!!! 👌🏻👍🏻

I tried on my old dress again today.

It's very close to doing up but the zip is about a cm apart up the top.

Here's a photo to show the back.

Do you think anything could be done?

Yes! They can put a panel in the back and change the zip to a better fastening. If the rest fits well and you still love it (looks gorgeous in that pic) then find a decent local seamstress.

It's such beautiful fabric. It's so lacy and beaded with crystals and pearls. It seems special, but I can imagine what fastening that they could replace it with?
I don't like the idea of a corset back

I like the first one the most. It's a gorgeous dress

That should have been the first one in the first set of photos.

I don't like any of the last 3. The first one looks like a nightie

I like the first one best, although like all three

I bought a wedding dress off the rack but it wouldn’t do up at the back (zip) but a seamstress made a triangle panel and turned it into a corset back so it fitted perfectly and meant that I didn’t have to worry about fluctuations in boob size leading up to big day.

I've just popped it into the local alterations place and they don't think it can be done 🤔

Have you tried an independent seamstress? I've just had sleeves made bigger on a dress with gauze and sequin overdress and she did an amazing job, beautiful French seams and v reasonable.

Have you tried some really serious shape wear underneath?
I wear a lot of what Katie did vintage style shape wear which is not onky very effective at shape but very pretty and sexy if you like tgat kind of look.
It would certainly sort out your issue