I'm torn between choices. I tried on a very simple ballerina-length gown that looked too plain on the hanger but felt amazing on. My best friend and chief bridesmaid thought it was perfect for me, but my mum thought it was too ordinary and I should go for something fancier. This is the dress (the one I tried on was slightly longer): www.fairygothmother.co.uk/collections/tea-length-collection/products/fb-wren-wren-wedding-dress-by-freda-bennet
The fancier option was this: www.justinalexander.com/justin-alexander/collection/wedding-dresses/88040/
It suits my body type and I do love the style, but I felt self-conscious in it. I'm not normally a gown-with-train sort of woman. I'm a dance-with-all-the-elegance-of-Tigger woman. My friend commented, "The first one looks like something you'd wear. This is more of a stylistic stretch." Then again, a wedding is a chance to wear a dress that you'll never wear again, so maybe I should go out of my comfort zone? The other issue was that the sample dress in the shop was miles too big, but the saleswoman insisted it could be taken in to look perfect. She wouldn't tell me the size and whisked the dress away when I tried to check the label! I found her a bit pushy and I don't know if she was telling the truth about how easy it would be to alter or just trying to make a sale.
Thoughts?