Help with dress sizing

[29apr00]

I always thought wedding dress sizes ran small, so if you normally wear a size 8 in street clothes, you'd be getting a 10 or 12 possibly depending on style and designer. Well my dress is a size 4! I laughed and told the coordinator i wanted to wear a wedding dress everyday if it means wearing a size 4! Anyway, so the 4 fits perfectly!! It's not too tight, not too loose, the pefect lenght (which is pretty funny as i'm 5'9"!). I just need the chest taken in/cups added and we'll be good.

Now for the hard part. I have an unexplained weight loss issue 8 months ago. Somehow, over the course of 3-4 months, I lost 10 lbs. Dr checked my thryoid and it was fine. eating habits haven't changed, and I'm certainly not excersing, other than chasing 2 kids around. And it wasn't baby weight, as I had already lost all my 57 lbs i gained with Joey! Yeah for BF'ing!!

So anyway, I lost this weight, and for now, it has stayed off. But what happenes if I order the 4 and then the weight comes back? How would I loose weight that came back after not intending to lose it in the 1st place?? I'm afraid to ask the dress shop, becauase i'm sure they would say to order the bigger one, then just pay $300 in alterations to make it smaller.

Help!


jennifer

 

[IndyBride]

I too am worried about gaining weight! Although I haven't had any unexplained weight loss. You are in a tough situation! You only have two choices: chance it and possibily have to have it taken out/loose weight in some made dash or order it larger and possibly have to have it taken in. Either way you might end up paying for alterations.

 

[pink_tink8i8]

Yikes!! that's a tough one. This happened to my sil and oddly enough she had to pay $300 to make the dress bigger. My other sil went on a diet 2 weeks before and lost 10 lbs and she bought a corset and the dress fit her after that. I wouldn't worry too much about the weight gain though. Like you said, you're running after your kids. We all know that IS a lot of exercise. I'm sure you'll be fine

 

[Skylarr29]

I think you should just order the dress as a size 4.

My dress measurements were fine in the hips and bust but for some reason the waist was too small. I do plan on losing some weight but I bought a corset and have measured myself in it and I am way smaller than the inches my dress size is so even if I don't it will fit and I won't have to take it in a ton.