QoTD 11/4

[MyLittlePiglet]

inspired by Queenie

How did you find your wedding dress?

How many did you try on?

 

[MyLittlePiglet]

I tried on one and bought that one.

I was working as a historical interpreter in a city (dress in 18th century clothes to boot). We had to walk pass thedress shop everyday and one day there was this goregous dress in the window I loved. I passed it for about a week before my coworkers convinved me I should inquire about it. So one day I got back to our dressing room and called over.... what size is the dress in the window..... correct size sooooo I ask can I come over to try it on. Yep. So like 3 or 4 of my co-workers and I tramp over to the store. Try on the dress Perfect!!! It is like Cinderella, the dress had been made for someone else and she decided she didn't want it so the measurements were pretty set. I got a $1200 boutique made made dress for $500. Of course there is more to the story than that I waited a week before I went and put a deposit etc cause I could justify spending 500 on a dress (I'm cheap), but I have to say in the end it truely made me happy so not too horrible.

 

[rlovew]

I only tried on one dress. I had seen my mother's wedding pictures all of my life and had fallen in love with her dress (although not her veil). I knew it had been made by my great grandmother and could be altered so that we could wear it if we wanted, my mother had made sure of that when it was made as had my great grandmother (she was a seamstress). So when I got engaged we pulled the dress out of the attic (it had been preseved) and the box and I tried it on. It fit perfectly. I didn't need any adjustments. I loved having something that had been made by a family member with so much love.

I also wore a garter that my great grandmother on my dad's side had tatted. She had made one for each great grandaughter before she was unable to tat.

Rebecca

 

[brightspark]

I remember getting stressed that I would never find the right dress! I went to 3 different stores and tried on about 20 dresses and with each one I got more confused... I liked them, but wasn't swept away by any of them... most of them looked lovely..

People kept saying that when I found the right one I would know... but I worried that maybe I wouldn't, maybe there wasn't 'one dress for me'.

Then I went to a wedding fayre, and there was a rack of sale dresses - they were ex-display ones and I saw one that caught my eye. It was nothing like anything I had tried on. I tried it on and it brought tears to my eyes, dispite the fact it was rather big and would need taking in a couple of inches! I bought it on the spot and took it home that day.

Because it was ex-display it meant I could afford it - it was reduced by $1000 to less than half price! I loved it, and never regretted buying it!

 

[Mickeyteacher]

I went to 5 different stores and tryed on about 20 dresses. Then one afternoon, I was driving home from college and I saw a sign that said 'Wedding Dress sale' I called my mom and she came right over. None of the dresses that I had tryed on before has made me feel like this was the one. The first one I put on in this store was it- When I walked out my mom started to cry. I had not even seen it in the mirror until after I saw her reaction.
Needless to say, I had to have that dress. I did not even know what the cost was. As I went to put the deposit down, I asked how much the dress was- and almost fell over- it was $300 and that included my alteration! Mom and I where thrilled! Now it was almost 10 years ago- but still that was a great deal.
S

 

[Lisa]

Great stories!

Rebecca, how wonderful you wore your Mom's dress made by your great grandmother. Sentimental values on so many levels!

MickeyTeacher, after a long search sounds like you found the perfect dress.

My wedding dress story was a nightmare that fortunately ended well. I had picked out a dress with very classic straight lines, no beading, no lace, just lots and lots of satin. The bridal shop measured me and ordered the dress, it would take 12 weeks, okay, enough time for the wedding with four weeks to spare for alterations. The dress came in around 11 weeks and I went in for my fitting. The dress went on, I asked my mother to finish zipping it, she said she couldn't. WHAT?! The steamstress implied I must have gained weight in my bust area, um, no, in fact I had lost weight, but my bust hadn't changed, and I said typically a person doesn't go up several dress sizes in that area unless she is pregnant. Her response "well, are you?". The manager of the store came in because it was obvious there was a problem with the dress. Turns out the dress was made in different sizes, the bodice a size 10, (like that would ever fit my big boussoms), the skirt was a size 14, and the sleeves were a size 12. There was no way a new dress could be obtained in time of the wedding. At this point I was sooo upset with the bridal shop and their handling of the problem, we left and went to another bridal shop. I ended up picking a dress off the rack that was soooo much cheaper. This one had tons of lace. Complete opposite of the first.

 

[Mickster]

My mom and I had a falling out right after I got engaged. So I didn't take her shopping for my dress. I don't think I had anyone with me when I found my dress, to be honest. I did have her come back to see it before I bought it though. I just loved it. Simple elegant. All of those things.

 

[Kim1964]

There was a lot of family controversy around my wedding, so things were not very traditional. My BFF was out shopping one day and saw 2 dresses that she thought would be nice wedding dresses, so she put them both on her dad's Amex card and brought them to me. I tried them both on, chose one, and wrote her a check for her dad.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

No wedding dress story here.
We eloped and I just wore my mom's mother of the bride dress she wore at my Sister's wedding five years earlier.
Good thing I have only boys and don't have to fret about not having a dress to hand down.

 

[aroyer]

My mom and drove to 3 stores before we found one. It was different than all the dresses I had tried on and was not the hottest fashion at the time (as in there weren't going to be tons of other brides wearing my dress). It was silk with a beaded bodice and just beautiful. My mom and I both knew it was the dress for me when I tried it on. Over the years as I was helping all my friends pick out their dresses I have often wished I had found something different. But today as I sit here and type this I wouldn't wish for any other dress.

 

[ddavis860]

I had a non-traditional engagnment/wedding. I got engaged when I was pregnant (6months), and married when my DS was 18mo. When I finally had had enough of "waiting" to get to the actual ceremony, I had 3 months to plan. Times were tight, so I made everything. I was lucky enough to have been a bridesmaid for a friend that had an all ivory wedding. I remade that dress into my wedding dress. I bought yards of bridal lace to overlay. I made the headpiece and veil too...so many beads to sew....

I also had to do the cake, decos, and made the little suits for DSS and DS. But, looking back, I see now that I liked having control of everything. And the dress got tons of compliments and my new DH loved to tell everyone that I did it all

So, I was non-traditional, but everything else in my life is too, so why should that be different?

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I wore a suit type dress that I bought for Valentine's Day. I'll have to find pics. We had an el-cheapo wedding, $1000 and planned it in a week. DH was getting shipped out to Pearl Harbor so it was a now or never deal.

I'll try to scan a pic tonight.

 

[hopemax]

I tried on a lot. There were two bridal stores in our town. One everyone goes to because the other one is staffed by snotty people. I thought I knew what I wanted; something simple, A-line with maybe a little beading on the trim. But I tried on those dresses and didn't like them. The ladies did their best to show me other styles and just couldn't find anything. We went 3 times, and I was starting to get frustrated.

We went to the other bridal store for some reason, I can't remember what, but it wasn't to look at dresses. While we were in there, I saw a dress on display, and I kept staring at it. My Mom saw me staring and told me, "Just go try it on already!" It was perfect. But since we were at the snotty store, they don't tell you who makes it, or the style because they knew if they did everyone would just run over to the other store and order it. So we went home, tore through all the bridal magazines until we found it, and rushed out to the nice shop and said, "Do you have this?" They did have it, and even though I must have tried on 40 dresses, I hadn't tried on that one.

I have a pic on my photobucket account, that we took for fun. I still love the dress, but my glasses were horrible.

 

[eeyore74]

Tried on - 0. I'm too freakishly sized to try anything on.

So I had mine made. It worked out anyway since I didn't want a traditional wedding dress and I wanted color.

 

[PrincessNancy96]

I wore a suit type dress that I bought for Valentine's Day. I'll have to find pics. We had an el-cheapo wedding, $1000 and planned it in a week. DH was getting shipped out to Pearl Harbor so it was a now or never deal.

I'll try to scan a pic tonight.

I have a photo from the reception in my CJ..

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I have a pic on my photobucket account, that we took for fun. I still love the dress, but my glasses were horrible.

I hated my glasses too!!!!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I have a photo from the reception in my CJ..

The beauty and the beast one right??? Post it if you want. I was hot lookin' then so I don't mind!

 

[Lisa]

The beauty and the beast one right??? Post it if you want. I was hot lookin' then so I don't mind!

You ruked MARVELOUS, darling! (i've seen the pic)

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

You ruked MARVELOUS, darling! (i've seen the pic)

Why thank you my dear!!

 

[mommy2mrb]

we had been engaged for 1 1/2 years when DH finally "agreed" to get married the end of July 97, but we had to fit it around his work schedule, so we picked oct 4 97, we had a very small wedding (28 people) so I didn't want a traditional dress. Since I was short on time went to the mall, found a dress at a dress shop for $100.00, was a perfect fit. straight long skirt, sleeveless top with a lacy trim below the bust area. had a wrap made to match and didn't wear a veil. I did however have the garter my mom wore and a handkercheif my grandma had made for her wedding.

I planned my entire wedding over the phone with the place we got married at in about two weeks, but did fly up three weeks before to finalize everything.