To all of the brides out there planning a wedding from home, do not get discouraged! Catherine found her dress online and it was picture perfect. Read on for her tips about finding the right dress <3
While choosing your wedding dress is the most fun part of wedding planning, it can be one task that the bride (YOU!) doesn’t prepare properly for to maximize your wedding dress dreams potential!! Here are our 6 tips on how to choose your wedding dress!
- Gather inspiration and create a vision board or a Pinterest board. See my wedding Pinterest board here. Side note: do this before consulting anyone else, after all – you are the one walking down the aisle and you want your inspiration to be untouched from your inner circle’s influence, at least to start.
- Get clarity on what style wedding dress you want and how you want to feelin that dress on your wedding day. (and everyday ) For me, I wanted to feel like a rock-star fairy-tale queen. Hence the sequin Jenny Packham gown, cathedral veil, and black nail polish. See my wedding details and blog post here.
- Do your research before buying. Check out which wedding gowns are available online – my go-tos for this were Net-a-Porter, Shopbop, Revolve, ASOS, and YOOX. This will give you great information in terms of what is currently out there (sizing, styles) and how far your wedding dress budget can get you. I know, I know – wedding budgets suck but the more information you have – the farther your budget can take you. I had a wedding budget and these steps got me my dream dress!
- Decide if you want to go into brick and mortar stores to try dresses on or if you want to do it in the comfort of your own home. I had plans to go wedding dress shopping but ended up falling in love with the first sequin wedding gown I ordered online.
- If you decide to try on wedding dresses in stores, keep your bride entourage for this endeavor on the smaller side. There is nothing worse than a huge peanut gallery full of opinions muffling out the brides opinion – AKA yours!!! Another tip for buying in store: don’t confuse what the sales person wants you to buy and your vision for your wedding dress. Nobody wants the bride to have buyers remorse!
- When in doubt, wait to purchase your dress until you find the one. You will know when you find it. Just keep in mind the length of time that alterations may take if you are going that route. The process can take anywhere between 6 and 10 months!
Happy wedding dress shopping, beautiful! I wish you your dream dress and your dream wedding.
Stay tuned for Reb’s story on how she restored her grandmother’s vintage wedding dress!
XO, C
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Sarah Lindner
September 12, 2019 at 11:16 am (5 years ago)Love all of these tips for soon to be brides! You should never settle on your special day and agree it’s so important to take your time with finding your dress. Great post! xoxo sarah
Oh to Be a Muse
September 12, 2019 at 12:30 pm (5 years ago)The wedding and bridesmaids dresses are so unconventional and rad. That photo of everyone is just too amazing for words. I love it!
Cathy
September 12, 2019 at 2:04 pm (5 years ago)Your dress is stunning, and I love how the bridesmaids are in the same color with different styles. Beautiful wedding! Congrats on your marriage!
XOXO
Cathy
Stephanie
September 12, 2019 at 8:24 pm (5 years ago)I definitely took these tips into account when I was shopping for my wedding gown. It was so fun to try on all my favorite picks and then choose “the one”!
Amanda
September 12, 2019 at 11:19 pm (5 years ago)Beautiful photos, love the vintage style of this dress! These tips were so spot on and definitely ones a bride-to-be needs to keep in mind.
Kileen
September 13, 2019 at 12:43 am (5 years ago)These are really awesome tips babe!! So important to decide on a dress that you envisioned and a dress that will make you feel amazing!! Your dress is gorgeous!!
Kileen
cute & little
Laura S
September 13, 2019 at 10:15 am (5 years ago)choosing a dress is so hard! These are great tips. I wish I had these when I was picking my own dress!
Lydia
September 13, 2019 at 8:16 pm (5 years ago)I imagine wedding dress shopping must be as magical as it is overwhelming. It’s such a good idea to go into it knowing what you want!
Caitlin
September 16, 2019 at 8:37 am (5 years ago)So many amazing tips. YOUR DRESS is absolutely stunning!
Laura Leigh
September 16, 2019 at 9:48 am (5 years ago)These are really great tips! And you look absolutely stunning in yours!
xo Laura Leigh
http://www.louellareese.com
Kristina
September 17, 2019 at 8:05 am (5 years ago)Wedding dress shopping was definitely one of the best parts of the engagement season!!
Amanda
April 10, 2020 at 11:40 am (4 years ago)Pinterest was seriously such a life saver while planning my wedding!
Lizzie
April 10, 2020 at 11:59 am (4 years ago)Aw I love this post! I wish it would’ve been around before I got married. Absolutely love your dress too!
Lizzie
http://www.lizzieinlace.com
Rach
April 10, 2020 at 2:08 pm (4 years ago)These are incredible tips! Definitely using Pinterest helps so much!
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Kileen
April 11, 2020 at 3:32 am (4 years ago)These tips are so awesome! I can only imagine how stressful dress shopping would be at a time like this!!
Kileen
cute & little
Sarah Lindner
April 13, 2020 at 7:50 am (4 years ago)Love the twists on the classic! They look stunning and great tips! xoxo, Sarah
Laura Leigh
April 13, 2020 at 10:09 am (4 years ago)Such great tips and I absolutely LOVE these photos – styled to perfection!
xo Laura Leigh
http://louellareese.com
Ashley Hargrove
April 13, 2020 at 11:02 am (4 years ago)LOVE this post!! Such great tips too. I felt so overwhelmed when I picked my wedding dress to my first husband and didn’t even really like it. With my second wedding I just wore a cheap white dress and eloped! ha!
Greta
April 13, 2020 at 10:34 pm (4 years ago)Your wedding dress is absolutely beautiful! It makes me want to get married again so I can pick out a different wedding dress.
Caitlin
April 14, 2020 at 8:13 am (4 years ago)That dress is absolutely stunning!
Mollie
April 14, 2020 at 10:46 am (4 years ago)I can’t imagine being a bride right now – that’s amazing that you found your dress online!
xx Mollie
Em
April 15, 2020 at 8:58 am (4 years ago)your dress is so gorgeous! these are great tips – I implemented these when I purchased my dress a few years asgo