Wedding Related: Bridesmaid Dresses

CarolinaCutie · #1 11-26-2006, 08:30 PM

I was re-reading this thread and felt like I should update on the stupidity of the bridesmaid dress that I wore to this wedding this summer. The dress came on time, so that wasn't a problem, but the sizing on the dress was absolutely ridiculous.

I float between a size 14 and a size 16 normally, with a thick waist and narrow hips... I'm also almost 6 ft tall, so I knew I would have to pay extra money to get extra inches at the bottom of the dress. The dresses went up to a size 20... the bridal shop recommended that I order the size 20

AND order an extra yard of the fabric in case more panels needed to be added. I thought this was stupid but, really, I didn't care if the dress was a size 99 as long as it fit me and I could spend as little time as possible thinking about it.

I'm sure you can all guess what happened. The dress came and it wouldn't even stay up on my body, it was so huge! When the dress was being altered, I got entire inches taken off of the sides. The dress had to be completely rebuilt, including the boning in the bodice... thank God for wonderfully talented seamstresses. In the end, the seamstress (who was not employed by the same bridal store who ordered the dress) told me that she had altered the dress down to be an average size 16 dress- so why the HELL did I have to order the wrong size and pay so much damn money for the alteration?

Thank God that wedding is over and done with

adpiucf · #2 11-27-2006, 01:15 PM

my friend told me about the lovely dresses she ordered for us-- floor length halter dress with a "mesh netting front" and "ruffles" in the back. We get to wear silver and the MOH is in blue. I haven't seen the dress yet and I already don't like it. But whatever.

AUDeltaGam · #3 11-27-2006, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CarolinaCutie

I was re-reading this thread and felt like I should update on the stupidity of the bridesmaid dress that I wore to this wedding this summer. The dress came on time, so that wasn't a problem, but the sizing on the dress was absolutely ridiculous.

I float between a size 14 and a size 16 normally, with a thick waist and narrow hips... I'm also almost 6 ft tall, so I knew I would have to pay extra money to get extra inches at the bottom of the dress. The dresses went up to a size 20... the bridal shop recommended that I order the size 20

AND order an extra yard of the fabric in case more panels needed to be added. I thought this was stupid but, really, I didn't care if the dress was a size 99 as long as it fit me and I could spend as little time as possible thinking about it.

I'm sure you can all guess what happened. The dress came and it wouldn't even stay up on my body, it was so huge! When the dress was being altered, I got entire inches taken off of the sides. The dress had to be completely rebuilt, including the boning in the bodice... thank God for wonderfully talented seamstresses. In the end, the seamstress (who was not employed by the same bridal store who ordered the dress) told me that she had altered the dress down to be an average size 16 dress- so why the HELL did I have to order the wrong size and pay so much damn money for the alteration?

Thank God that wedding is over and done with

This reminds me of what happened in a wedding I was in. One of the bridesmaids was about a size 6, and the bride ordered all the dresses and ordered this bridesmaid a size 12! The seamstress has to basically recreate the dress and it cost that bridesmaid over $300 in alteration costs! The bride also ordered me a dress 2 sizes too big, so I had to pay to have it majorally taken in

honeychile · #4 11-27-2006, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by AUDeltaGam

This reminds me of what happened in a wedding I was in. One of the bridesmaids was about a size 6, and the bride ordered all the dresses and ordered this bridesmaid a size 12! The seamstress has to basically recreate the dress and it cost that bridesmaid over $300 in alteration costs! The bride also ordered me a dress 2 sizes too big, so I had to pay to have it majorally taken in

Same thing happened to me - order a larger size than normal, become absolutely hysterical at the very thought of needing "that size!", dieting like a maniac prior to the wedding, then needing to have it taken in - or as CarolinaCutie said, rebuilt - days before the wedding!

I think these idiots should pay for any therapy needed by this scam!

I was the MOH in one wedding where I couldn't make the "deciding of the dress". They picked a dress that could only nicely be called a "Purple Carmen Miranda Without the Fruit Hat" dress! I went to the store the next day, saw it, and said, no. There was absolutely no possible way I was going to spend $400 (plus shoes, handbag, gloves, hat, etc) for that monstrosity. I had a seamstress friend check it out, and make me one that blended in, but without the gazillion ruffles. Funny how I blocked that whole wedding out of my mind...

ADqtPiMel · #5 11-27-2006, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CarolinaCutie

I was re-reading this thread and felt like I should update on the stupidity of the bridesmaid dress that I wore to this wedding this summer. The dress came on time, so that wasn't a problem, but the sizing on the dress was absolutely ridiculous.

I float between a size 14 and a size 16 normally, with a thick waist and narrow hips... I'm also almost 6 ft tall, so I knew I would have to pay extra money to get extra inches at the bottom of the dress. The dresses went up to a size 20... the bridal shop recommended that I order the size 20

AND order an extra yard of the fabric in case more panels needed to be added. I thought this was stupid but, really, I didn't care if the dress was a size 99 as long as it fit me and I could spend as little time as possible thinking about it.

I'm sure you can all guess what happened. The dress came and it wouldn't even stay up on my body, it was so huge! When the dress was being altered, I got entire inches taken off of the sides. The dress had to be completely rebuilt, including the boning in the bodice... thank God for wonderfully talented seamstresses. In the end, the seamstress (who was not employed by the same bridal store who ordered the dress) told me that she had altered the dress down to be an average size 16 dress- so why the HELL did I have to order the wrong size and pay so much damn money for the alteration?

Thank God that wedding is over and done with

This has me panicking - I bought my wedding dress after trying on the store sample, which was a size 8 and had to be clipped in the back to keep it from falling off. After taking the measurements, the woman at the shop advised me to order a 12 in the SAME DRESS. I objected, but she told me that the measurements don't lie. Yikes.