PIP: The Dress

Diamond_Doll

Let's see your dress. Would you choose something different now?

Diamond_Doll

I still love my dress. If I were going to change anything I might look for something with a little sleeve. I have sleeve envy.

I also still really like lace, although I tried on a bunch of lace dresses.

And I wish I had a cathedral length veil. It didn't look right with my dress.

sarges05girl

I loved my dress. I hated my boobs though. I think if my chest was smaller I would have totally rocked it out. But, I can't change my boobs (not yet anyway). So I would definitely have picked the same dress.I thought long and hard if I wanted all white or if I wanted the color (MB's dress). My biggest factor in that is that the red would have photographed so much better. I do have some nice detail shots of my dress, but I wish we would have taken some better ones. And if I had to do it again, I'd still pick white.

 

 

 

Kristin1380

I loved my dress, but if I had to do it over again, I think I might've gone with something else.  This dress came out right after the wedding and I love it.

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Short-Strapless-Tafffeta-Sheath-Dress-N9781_Bridal-Gowns-Shop-By-Silhouette-Short

I could have rocked a cute little fascinator, splurged on great shoes...oh well.  maybe in 8 years when we renew in Vegas.  

lilswimmer

Nope. I absolutely loved my dress. I tried on 3 total and this was the first one. It was also the only dress that I cried while wearing. I knew it was the one and my mom & MIL both said the same thing as soon as they saw me in it. Love, Love, Love it.

MBMcC421

I had such a love/hate relationship with my dress... part of it was gaining the weight I lost and having it taken out, and I think the other part of it is just looking back at the photography of it, and because I hated my photography, I hated the dress... vicious cycle.  But then I look at my RTD pictures and I love them... so who knows.

What would I have changed?  Well, I loved the color, so I would have definitely kept that in one way or the other.  I had no issues with the train length or the veil I wore.  I think I would have prefered more of a sweetheart neckline.  And if I had to go back and do it all over again, I would have liked to try on more dresses, and not feel pressured to jump the gun on the one I did choose because of a) the price, and b) everyone else liking it.

ETA:  I also think I would have preferred a corset back... I love corsets, I know they flatter well, and in my case, it would have made things a helluva lot easier when I had to let the dress out.  *sigh*

maryandkirk0909

I liked my dress. I think I looked fairly good in it, and the detailing was beautiful.

Front

Back

Now that I did this, I realize the best pictures of my dress aren't even of one of my favorite things- the color- "white gold": 

If I were to do it again, I'd do a mermaid silhouette, but I couldn't, because I was on evil, terrible medication for the 3 years prior to my wedding and I was as skinny as I could get on it for the wedding but still about 25lbs heavier than I am on a day to day basis.

I love the romantic, vintage glam look of this one:

mrs pH

I like my dress now, but I remember wanting a different dress befor ethe day.  I'm glad I stuck with my choice... I thought my dress photographed well and looked so much better once i had it altered. The best part was the skirt of it.  It had a top layer of chiffon, the second layer was a sparkly tulle, and the rest was just tulle. I wish I had a full-length picture of me, by myself, in my dress but my sucky photographer never took any besides silhouette poses.....

I wouldn't change my dress because it was the best dress I could have chose for myself at the time.   Of course, I see dresses now that I would love... if i were to get married again!  But this was the other dress I was pining over after I chose my dress. I loved the mermaid silhouette with the bow at the top of skirt.  

 

 

michelle142

My Dress:

By the time the wedding arrived, I didn't even like my dress that much anymore. Looking at it now though, I loved the embroidery detail and I'm glad I didn't change it.

Although I lost weight in the week between my final fitting and the wedding, so the top of my dress was really loose and looks like crap in a lot of the pics.

If I were choosing a dress now, I would choose something like this: http://www.maggiesottero.com/dress.aspx?line=m&page=13&style=A3398

kelklump

Picture of the front - I loved how it cinched me in and still had boob room

Picture of the back- the buttons were nice and the pleating on the back. I liked the dropped waist.

 

Another view of the dress-

 

Dont get me wrong, I loved the dress- however, I had my eye and heart set on the Enzoani dress below- they told me my boobs wouldnt fit in it and I found out after the wedding they would have extended the cups for 200 bucks. I was mad, but this was still a good dress. I just wished I would have had someone else alter it... the waist was huge and needed to be taken in about 3 inches... it would have made me look thinner.

 

rach83

I loved my dress. Before I found it, I thought I wanted something that wasn't strapless and maybe with lace.

I ended up not looking great in certain necklines with straps and sleeves, so I gave up on that. I loved the look of lace, but I felt too vintage-y in the lace gowns I tried on. 

If I had to pick today, I might look for something like this:

 

 

pennstated912

 

 

 

I loved my dress!

It had blue detail all throughout the bodice and I was determined to find a dress that contained blue in it What I would have changed was the fit. It was taken in too much and in a couple of the pictures, the bodice looks crinkled and like it doesn't fit. I still love it though.

law67

I wouldn't change my dress at all. It was exactly what I wanted and I still think it is the most beautiful thing I've ever worn. I've never felt any kind of dress envy or second guessed my choices in putting that dress together. The only thing I should have insisted on was having the dressmaker make the rouching on the front of the dress tighter. It looked fine from the front but from the side it made my stomach look much bigger than it is because it was kind of fluffy. Oh well, love it anyways!

 

lneuner09

I really liked my dress.  No frills, no lace, no fuss.  Did I absolutely LOVE my dress, I'm not sure.  But I'm not sure I would have loved ANY dress.  But after like 4 days of looking and crying about how much I hated everything I tried on, this dress was just fine.  I'm not sure I could have gone through the pain of trying to find a better one.  I'm pretty sure I tried on every dress in STL and Denver.  This was as good as it was going to get. 

D74LeadinLady

I liked my dress - but I never had that emotional "OMG!" moment with it that everyone seems to talk about. I had tried on an Alfred Angelo dress when I was dress shopping and a few days later I had a dream about that being my wedding dress. I really wish I stuck with my instincts and got that one....

 

YouandMe912

I loved my dress soooo much. I see lots of other dresses that I think are gorgeous but I think this dress was made for me.

amelianguy

Eh, I didn't like my dress that much. I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now. (and I'm sorry Lizz, I know we're dress twins and I DO love that!)

 

In retrospect the dress just wasn't what I wanted. I think maybe I would've liked it better had I had the back made into a corset.

 

This is the dress I REALLY wanted, but my mother said it was too expensive, and threw a fit when I said I would buy it myself:

 

lneuner09

amelianguy:

Eh, I didn't like my dress that much. I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now. (and I'm sorry Lizz, I know we're dress twins and I DO love that!)

 

In retrospect the dress just wasn't what I wanted. I think maybe I would've liked it better had I had the back made into a corset.

 

This is the dress I REALLY wanted, but my mother said it was too expensive, and threw a fit when I said I would buy it myself:

 

I think I tried on this dress.  Or one VERY similar to it! I didn't dig the big bow though.

kass09

I loved my dress.  I don't think I'd really change anything about it, except I kind of wanted more of a v-neck line (kind of like Nooner's) but I couldn't find the whole package.....

I love my dress so much I can't decide which pics to post!

yes, these were real buttons (my sister wanted to kill me!) 

The back was my favorite!

Yeah, the front kind of rode up on me, because I have no bewbs to hold it up (sewn in cups were my friend) so that was annoying

Mrs. Mo

 

 My dress:

 

If I were to get married today, I'd want something more form fitting, like this: