I’ve only gone and bought a wedding dress!!
I was never going to be the bride who couldn’t find the ‘right’ dress. Every time I’ve gone shopping there’s been one dress I’d have been happy with. The problem, so I thought, would be choosing between the ones I liked.
There are two that I’ve always liked best – Mori Lee style 4704 and Mark Lesley style 2057.
Last week, I was having a little nosy on pre-loved, having heard so much about it on here and saw an advert for the Mori Lee 4704, never worn as the bride had changed her mind and bought a different dress. She only wanted a third of the normal price for it, as the shop was asking her to take it away. At first I thought it was too good to be true and ignored it but then I figured there was no harm in making enquiries, which I did and long-story-short, the dress is now at my parents’ house!!
True to the advert, it’s brand-new, unworn and as gorgeous as I remember it. BUUUUUT (and there always has to be a but), it’s too big for me. The thing was, at the time I thought there’s no real risk, I’ll take it to a seamstress and have her tell me if it can be altered and if so, bob’s-your-uncle, and if not, it’s no big deal as the price was so low I can still get myself a dress ‘the normal way’ and sell this one on.
Today, now the excitement has worn off, I’m more worried. The dress is at least one size too big for me, particularly on the bust (not gifted in the boobage department unfortunately) and waist. Trying it on at my mum’s house made me feel a little deflated as though it’s a gorgeous dress and I love love LOVE it, it looked a bit frumpy on me. It’s got a lot of pleating on the bodice and I’m worried it won’t be able to be altered. Or if it is, it won’t look as good as one that had fitted me more closely to start with.
I know nothing about sewing/alterations, so it seems an almost impossible task to me. So I’m wondering what your experience of having your dresses altered has been? Can a dress be ‘shrunk’ and still look really good? Whilst on the subject, any recommendations for a seamstress in Chester/Wirral/Merseyside?
Here’s a pic of the dress (no pics of me in it just yet I’m afraid, as I was not happy with how it looked – I’ll get a pic when I take it to the seamstress for a consultation, I promise!).
I so so want this to work out (I love a good bargain) but equally I want my dress to be perfect on the day. So whilst I'd love to think that alterations will make this into a well-fitting dress, I'd appreciate a reality-ckeck from anyone who knows about this sort of thing!
