Wedding dress shopping **with flashes**

The dress is lovely!

I know its more expensive but looking at the other two you like they are all different So you need to decide if that is "the one" keep looking and if you cant stop thinking about dress 1 then thats the one

Is that dress Olga?

I do really love the first lacy one and i think i do have my heart set on it, if not that particular one it would have to be very similar. As when i went to the other shops all i wanted to try on was lacy styles.

No, it's by White Rose Bridal R552

The dress is beautiful! Socks are cute too ?

Ok, well I tried one on really similar to that one! I love it, I think it is gorgeous and I have a dress very similar and the dress lady didnt advice me it was anymore tricky to do alterations to it than another material.

HTH

What dress have you got, if you don't mind me asking? I might phone up the dress shop and ask them in their opinion would the alterations cost more because of the lace, i only think it maybe as i'm rather short at 5ft and may need quite a lot chopped off!!

This is mine.

Yeah, call the shop they will know better than anyone.

Ooh thats very pretty is it one of Amanda Wyatts?

Yep, i think i'll add call wedding shop to my to-do list for this week ?

Sophia Tolli.

I have a lacy dress and having it altered quite dramatically. My dress is a size 16 and I am a 6/8, so there's lots for her to do and it also has a lacy jacket/bolero that needs to be made smaller as well (see flash - any excuse!). In total my alterations will be £150. Now I think this is quite a lot, but my dress was in the sale, so half price, and even with the £150 alterations the whole lot was under my £700 budget, so it didn't really matter to me.

I would enquire with the dress shop or whoever as to how much the alterations would be before you made a decision.

I wore the bottom left one (Mark Lesley 2080) I had a bolero Jacket made with the same material which was £300 and alterations cost me £280 to have it taken up a few inches and taken in twice around the bust and once around the hips. I love all of the dresses you've flashed - good luck x

That dress looks lovely on you, it really suits your figure.

I've just spoken to the wedding dress shop and she said to shorten the dress would not cost any more than £100, if i would need any other parts of the dress to be altered the cost would depend on how long the seamstress takes to do the alterations. I also checked if this dress would still be available in February which is the latest i can order the dress and she said it definately won't be discontinued as it is a very popular dress. That led on to be second cheeky question and i asked if it would by any chance go down in the sale between now and february and she said no as it is still in high demand. Oh well, worth a try!! She also mentioned that the shop do a payment scheme so after the deposit i wouldn't have to pay the rest of the amount in another lump sum and could spread the cost over a few months.

I think i'll keep my eyes out for similar styles and save a little bit extra just in case ?

Aww the dress looks lovely on you, i especially like the lace bolero jacket as well.

I did like this dress on, it made me feel very princessy ?

My dress shop does a standard alteration price of £150 regardless of the material. Mine is a sample dress though and only needs hemmed so they're doing it for £60. Ask around a few local seamstresses as well, you might find there's a huge difference in what you get quoted. As for the dress itself, keep an eye out for similar styles at other shops, my dress shop has very similar dresses to another shop I was booked into, but for £800 cheaper would you believe?! If there's a wedding fayre on locally you might find something similar there discounted. Good luck, and beautiful dress! (And socks!!)