Overweight and Scared of trying on dresses

Well done on quitting smoking too!

It is crazy but believable!

I always say to my Mum and to any critics that as much as I know I need to loose weight for my health as much as anything else that I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, food is my only weakness and if I've had a bad day at work whereas some people would chain smoke their way through the day or grab a bottle of wine at the end of it, then I reach for the chocolate or the ice cream. Sad but true.

I'm not proud of it though and I am not making excuses!

x

Charliebird i think I tried that dress on yesterday. Its lovely and flattering and looks fantastic on you! I love the strap you've added and demonstrates my point perfectly that you can add stuff to the dresses.

VixJ, well done on quitting smoking. And sometimes dieting, zumba etc is needed but you shouldn't feel the need to be a size 0 on your wedding day, you should be curvy and beautiful if thats how you've always been.

I really hope you find something now, can't wait to see flashes!

VixJ, well done on the weight loss.

I'm a M&S size 20-22, and my Roland Joyce dress has a 24 label in it.... no-one except me and my MOH are going to see it. It fits lovely. Its the Bridesmaid dress style 29638. I've got it in the passion purple and I feel like a princess in it. I can't wait to wear it on the day. Only 48 days to go!

Aww that dress is beautiful karen, i just had a wee google. i can imagine a purple being absolutely stunning! not long to go you lucky thing!!

Ha I've just been told I might be too small for the sale rail dresses! The email literally came through this morning.

I'd emailed the Castleford shop a couple of you lovely ladies have recommended (good to know) and asked if a curvy 16 might be likely to find things on the sale rail (as opposed to the 10s and 12s elsewhere). But after your comments I now feel I need to go and check it out.

Having said that, when I tried on my favourite dress in a 12 (the back looked hideous as it was a long way from meeting), the front looked amazing and definitely showed me whet it could look like. And with a bit of a veil draped on my shoulders to see the effect of added straps, I was hooked - shame about the price tag at £1600, hence I'm still looking.

Great advice on here though, and yes I too will be having a bodice top laced in at the back, otherwise the dress will go out for my bust then fall straight down like a rectangle. Gotta celebrate the hourglass ?

In case the 'too small' didn't make sense - they said they have a wide range of dresses and many might be too big rather than too small like at other shops.

Why on earth doesn't some designer buck the trend and resize their dresses, so that we either order the true size, or even a smaller number than normal. Phychologically so many people would feel so much better for it!

Thank you. ? I've had a small modification made on the cleavage. We've put a piece of the wrap in as a modesty panel, as I don't want to be giving my dad and uncles too much to look at!

Why don't dress designers realise that you cant just expand a pattern up from a 10 to a 24 without changing the cut of the outfit?

6 weeks today I'll be married... eek!