Jodi,
Are you buying the dress at David's? They talked me into buying a dress that was way too big for me as well! I was about a size 8 at the time and since I am well endowed they told me I needed to buy a size 16 dress! This thing was huge on me but they insisted it would be easier to alter the huge one to smaller than to make a smaller one bigger on top. Well, bottom line is they were wrong! I ended up going to another bridal salon to have the alterations done and they told me that the people at David's(the sales people) are not professional seamstresses and don't really no what they are talking about. I would order your dress in a size 8 if that's what you have your heart set on. If it is only a tiny bit too small they can work with that and I'm sure you must need alterations on the length since you are short anyway. My size nightmare cost me $300 to fix. Yes, it cost me $300 to alter my $250 dress .
Good luck today. I'm not trying to scare you. I'm just trying to let you know that they don't always know what is best .
Are you buying the dress at David's? They talked me into buying a dress that was way too big for me as well! I was about a size 8 at the time and since I am well endowed they told me I needed to buy a size 16 dress! This thing was huge on me but they insisted it would be easier to alter the huge one to smaller than to make a smaller one bigger on top. Well, bottom line is they were wrong! I ended up going to another bridal salon to have the alterations done and they told me that the people at David's(the sales people) are not professional seamstresses and don't really no what they are talking about. I would order your dress in a size 8 if that's what you have your heart set on. If it is only a tiny bit too small they can work with that and I'm sure you must need alterations on the length since you are short anyway. My size nightmare cost me $300 to fix. Yes, it cost me $300 to alter my $250 dress .
Good luck today. I'm not trying to scare you. I'm just trying to let you know that they don't always know what is best .