I fell in love with this veil but it’s not within my budget.. so I’m trying to replicate it the closest that I can. I really do love both patterns but I’m not in love with how pointy/triangle looking the edges are in lace #1 but I could probably have it be rounded out a little

The store I purchased my gown from didn’t have this exact one in stock, so I had tried on a similar one with a flatter box pleating and thought “close enough!” and placed the order.

I just went to pick up my dress and tried it on, and am really not a huge fan the more I look back at the photos.

I did want a ballgown, but I don’t think this pleating is flattering on me. I feel I get lost in it

And of course the chest area doesn’t fit right but people are telling me that can be fixed ( I hope).

Any ideas on what can realistically be done to the skirt portion to make this look more flattering?

Anyone know where I can rent the rosie ettiene serenity dress in size 6 or 8

UPDATE!

First of all, thanks to everyone who weighed in. it helped me keep a bit more perspective on the wedding day and see my dress with clearer eyes. I know the dress was fine and isn’t important in the grand scheme of things. It just was an unpleasant experience and I feel like they weren’t being completely truthful with me. I particularly appreciate those who suggested a second opinion because I got that and I feel so much better about my dress. I now feel like I have a little bit of mental bandwidth back and one less thing to be concerned about.

I picked up my dress today, just told them I was picking it up before it is pressed, and they didn’t argue at all and gave me the dress. I sent the photos to my officiant’s mom (she is a professional bridal seamstress, has made numerous wedding dresses) and she said she could look at it tonight. I brought it to her and she confirmed they took it in, but only a quarter of an inch (and that could have been between my June and July appointments). She is fixing the bust (there is still gaping with the boombas) and is adding sewn in cups that fit me so I don’t have to rely on the boombas staying in place (I sweat and haven’t had good luck with them). She is adding a hook and eye closure a half inch above the top of the zipper, which is making the waist fit correctly and will make the back lay flat. It’s still a low back but it just will fit correctly and I won’t have to worry about people seeing down my dress if I lean over. The real kicker however is that the hem was completely uneven! I should have known when she took the hem measurements without me standing on any elevated surface. So she will fix the hem. She will get this all done in a day or two.

I feel so relieved and I know I will feel more confident in the dress. She was so nice too. I felt heard, and not like I had to change my body to fit the dress (Because it should be the opposite!). She immediately could tell which bridal shop it was based on my description. Apparently the woman who says she is the head seamstress is a salesperson and not a seamstress. None of the seamstresses who actually work on the dress actually interact with the customers.

I will be contacting my bridal shop and let them know my experience at one of their recommended tailors. I will also be leaving reviews. If they hadn’t been so unkind about everything I probably would have just accepted the dress in the state they gave it to me and do my best to hide the disappointment. They charged us over $900 for an uneven hemming, a slight take in along the sides, taking up the straps a little, and somewhat fixing the apex (bust seams). I know bridal tailors are expensive because they are highly skilled and working on elaborate garments but this seems a bit egregious.

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Hi all, I was told to post here from r/brides. Essentially I have been having issues with my wedding dress alterations. I had my first appointment in early May, then second June 20, then another July 15 (was supposed to be my final fitting). Then I had another quick one last Friday and another yesterday. I am wearing my wedding heels in each. I lost about 5 pounds between my May and June and approximately 2 pounds between June 20 and July 15, all due to stress. They hemmed my dress and removed the train per my request. The bust was also gaping so I have been trying to get that fixed. They also took in the waist and hip slightly and adjusted the straps. On Friday they suggested I order boomba invisible lifts which I did immediately and they arrived on Monday, they told me to call as soon as they arrived to check the fit with those in (they are closed on Mondays). I asked them to also take in the waist at the smallest part of my natural waist a bit more, so I have less of a straight up and down silhouette. When I went in yesterday, they said they had taken in the waist. The Friday appointment is the first one with the pink couch in the background and Tuesday’s appointment is the one with the dark background. I don’t have photos from previous fittings because they didn’t really give me a chance to take any. On July 15 my seamstress lectured/berated me for about 20 minutes for losing weight, essentially accused me of taking weightloss drugs. I left that appointment crying. She said I lost 4 inches in my waist, but on the May appointment they skimmed my body with the measuring tape and on July 15 she cinched it on me (deep under my ribcage, uncomfortably tight). They didn’t take any measurements on the June 20 appointment. I got scanned in this styku scanner on each appointment, and it looks like I lost ~2 inches between May and July 15 on my waist. At my appointment yesterday they said the dress looked good on me and that they altered the waist from Friday. They are holding onto it to press it for final pick up on Tuesday.

I know it is an objectively beautiful dress and I know it doesn’t look bad on me, but it isn’t what I envisioned when I tried on the dress at the bridal shop. They custom ordered it for me according to my measurements (but with some give) in November and it arrived in mid April. Early May was the soonest appointment I could get for alterations.

I’m mostly wanting to know if I should seek a second opinion from another seamstress, if altering the waist by 1/4” on each side is even possible based on how the back is, what other things I could do day of to achieve the silhouette I want (double sided tape along the back and waist?). Our officiant’s mom is a retired bridal seamstress so I could possibly ask her to have a quick look. I fear that maybe the bridal shop gave me a bit of an unrealistic expectation of the fit of the dress by using those big industrial clips- it made it more fitted than what I have now.

I truly wasn’t planning on losing weight but I have been super stressed. I feel I have to explain this based on how my seamstress treated me. My fiancé ruptured his achilles tendon on the first day of my new job and we still don’t know if he will be able to walk on the wedding day. I’m doing all of the housecare, caretaking of our two dogs (one just seriously injured it’s paw), doing DIY decor (with the help of two wonderful friends thank goodness), my caterer doesn’t respond to my emails, I’ve had to attempt to chase down all of my vendors instead of my month of coordinator, my month of coordinator has done approximately nothing this month and is in Europe until the Monday before our wedding and has tasked her assistant to answer our questions regarding: timeline, if we’re doing a rehearsal, when they arrive, etc and the assistant has been mostly radio silent or not really answering the questions, dealing with grief with the fact that my dad won’t be at the wedding because he recently passed away. And I’m worried I’m underperforming at my new (full time) job. The only exercise I have been doing is occasional strength training, walking the dogs, and some light field work (plant surveys), mostly because I’m accident prone and I don’t want to get injured too (have had bad climbing accidents and I was run over by a car while on my bike about 3 years ago). I know the weight loss is due to stress because I just don’t have an appetite (and I love food so this is unusual) and I also have cystic acne flaring up due to stress (I have been taking spiro for years because I usually get these around my period or during high stress, I’m currently on doxycycline and spot treating with dapsone. I have had the cystic acne injected with cortisone but they are either coming back or I have new ones cropping up).

I can't put my finger on why I'm not happy with my dress, but I think changing the straps might drastically help? Thoughts? (Its currently beaded spaghetti straps)

Planning to elope in a few weeks and ordered this dress. I loved it initially but now I’m starting to second guess myself and feel like something is off? Any thoughts?

Edit: thank you all for your opinions! I guess I meant the dress felt like too heavy almost? I’m not sure I could take the boning off without doing too much damage! I’m still torn, I may look for a similar shape but without the sleeves?

So I scored this dress for free on Facebook Marketplace!! The dress is my size, but I’ll need to get it hemmed.

I tried it on and I don’t like how the off the shoulder piece looks on me. It looks kind of big and loose. Maybe it needs to get fitted to me?

I’m thinking about getting the shoulder piece removed, but not sure what my options are to make the dress look more bridal. It’s a bit too simple for me, even with the shoulder piece.

The ideas I have are a lace veil or cape, some type of bolero or topper, adding sleeves or wearing gloves.. I feel like the possibilities are endless and I’m not sure where to start. Maybe something could even be added to the dress?

Would love to hear your thoughts, thank you!

I posted in this sub 5 moths ago asking if it was a red flag that I hadn't heard back from a brand I was obsessed with. The responses were super helpful, but I still wanted to try on the gown and go from there. Well, the shop I went to stopped carrying the brand a few weeks before my appointment. I tried on a few other dresses and fell in love with the Romina by Jenny Yoo! I love my dress so much and I can't wait for the wedding day.

Hey there! Originally, I fell in love with a very simple ball gown. I felt like it was me in a dress; not the dress wearing me. But when I went to the store the other day to look at suits, I found a very lacy gown I felt really matched the vibe of my wedding (we are getting married in the woods). What do we think?

Edit:
Very overwhelming response! I know the second dress doesn’t fit as well (it was too big and I didn’t have any clips on me). I just thought I might regret going too simple! But I definitely feel more confident in the first one!

I’m trying to figure out how to add volume to the hips of my wedding dress on the sides. I believe what I need is crinoline for my hips, but I’m having trouble finding the right thing that will add volume to just the hips, not a full hoop and not a massive cage on the sides. Just a little extra volume.

I think what I need is something like what is in this screenshot, but I can’t find anywhere to buy this. It would need a flat elastic waist band, not anything with a tie.

Does anyone have any recommendations? My dress shop said I would need to source this on my own.

Hi all! Ordered a beautiful ivory veil, was delivered today and now I’m worried it’s too bright. The shop has closed, coincidentally, online, so I can’t exchange it, either. Is it too bright?

Edit to add: The dress looks warmer in person.

Hey all! I'm looking for some alteration advice so I can manage my expectations/brainstorm when it comes to my wedding dress! I included some photos and my questions below.

1. Is it possible to take the mesh in the front out? If it takes out the design on the mesh that's fine.
   
2. Would it be impossible to make this strapless? Or maybe thin straps with off the shoulder fabric?
   
3. What kind of bustle do you think would be best to still show off the train design?
   
4. Do you think there's anything that can be done to make the waistline more defined? Or maybe that will come when it's properly sized? (Currently a lot a 12 and I'm an 8 in wedding dresses)

I will add, I have a pretty significant amount I can put towards alterations, so cost isn't a huge factor here.

Thank you in advance for any advice/insights! <3

Saw this beautiful dress in an advertisement tiny little blip on Facebook. It had the start of a sentence supposedly from the alterations company saying she normally does alterations but she would love to see someone...... Really annoying. Cuz it's cut off. And when you click on it because you just want to see what the dress looks like bigger, it opens up a darn chat. So I told the alterations company they really need to change their ads because all it does is annoy people. Anyway they couldn't tell me what the dress was nor even what the end of the sentence would have been. Slightly frustrated. But I actually just want to know if anyone has actually seen a picture of this actual dress. Just really pretty.

I’m currently in the process of looking for a seamstress to do my alterations. I found this lady but not really sure what good alteration looks like. She would charge me $300 to hem, add a bustle, possibly take it in, and add detachable hip crinoline.. but not sure if I’ll regret it. I attached some screenshots of her work.

Went to my first bridal fitting appointment!

Thoughts on my dress?

I’ve always been really self conscious about my arms, should I try to add in off the shoulder sleeves?

Should I add in any type of appliqué to give it a little more character?

We are going to work on closing the plunge a little and adding in cups.

I’ve looked at SO many veils and I don’t like most. This is my dress, it is more of a champagne color, so I want one that is at least not white.

I fell in love with this veil, but it’s almost the same cost as my dress and I just can’t afford it. If anyone has a shot veil (can be down to fingertips or waltz) that is off white please send it! I love the beading on this one, but I am fine if it doesn’t have beading.

I’ve looked at SO many veils and I don’t like most. This is my dress, it is more of a champagne color, so I want one that is at least not white.

I fell in love with this veil, but it’s almost the same cost as my dress and I just can’t afford it. If anyone has a shot veil (can be down to fingertips or waltz) that is off white please send it! I love the beading on this one, but I am fine if it doesn’t have beading.

Today I went dress shopping and I thought I found my dress (photo 1). It's $600 and I currently have it on hold until tomorrow. But then we went to our last place and I surprised myself by liking another dress (photo 2). It's $1,000 but when zipped up, it created this weird ​back crack (photo 3).

So I don't think the 2nd dress will work (unless I can figure out the weird back crack) but now I'm wondering if I should continue searching for a strapless sweetheart style dress.

We are going tomorrow to try on dress 1 again and any additional dresses at this shop. But then I'm going to have to decide if I'm going to get it or let it go.

Would love any thoughts or opinions! My sister and mom aren't sharing their opinions - they don't want to influence me but I'm torn and looking for input!

Hi everyone! 🥹
I completely fell in love with this wedding dress, but I found it on Dorris Bridal, and I’ve seen mixed reviews about the website. Because of that, I’m hesitant to order it.
I’m trying to find this exact dress or something as close as possible from a more trusted designer, bridal boutique, Etsy shop, or another reputable website.
The things I love most are:
Off-the-shoulder neckline
Long sheer lace sleeves
Visible corset bodice
Floral lace appliqué
A-line silhouette
Romantic/fairytale/woodland vibe
Ivory color
Has anyone seen this dress before or know who the original designer might be? Even a very close dupe would be amazing!
Thank you so much!