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@jaguar: I wore Lillian for my wedding! I love the way she looked...I will try to find a good picture.

I have melissa brooch as well.  Don't have any pics though.  The good thing about Maggie Sottero for plus size brides is the corset, they are forgiving if you lose/gain a few pounds and they really create that hourglass shape.  Very happy with my dress.

Here she is, Lillian!

Yeah, we had a LOT of fun cutting the cake. hehe :)

I found Maggie dresses to be more flattering.  The corset helps a lot.

I'm wearing a size 16 Maggie in this picture.  It's the day my dress arrived, so I had to try it on... it's not the finished put-together look.  I also found that Maggie dresses run much closer to street size, which helped mentally.  I wear a street 16 and needed a size 16 Maggie.
 

@marieta: You look great in your dress!! How tall are you? I think we have a similar build and I ordered a 16 so I am hoping mine fits as well as yours. I was a 16 when I bought it but I have lost 15 pounds so I'm more of a heavy 14 I think at this point? I don't know anymore because everything I try on fits differently. I'm only 5'3" though. Your waist looks tiny! I love that dress!

@thelovecats: Thank you! :)  I'm 5'6" and I cannot for the life of me remember if I was wearing heels that day (I think I probably was, but if so they're low heels).  I ordered the dress in the short length because I know I won't wear much in the way of heels on the wedding day.  I'm pretty big in the chest, so that's always the defining measurement.  (That and hips, but with an A-line dress I usually managed fine with that.)  I might have been able to fit a 14, but I felt safer ordering the 16... from what I can tell, alterations can usually go up to 2 sizes down without too much trouble.

I looove what the corsets do for the waist.  And even with my huge chest, the corset helps support it so much.

Everyone looks so beautiful!!! I'm in love with so many of Maggie Sottero's dresses lol! It's going to be hard to decide!

I'm a size 18 in wedding dresses, and this is what Maggie did for me:

VIENNA:

ADELAIDE:

...and I think this one was called AD330:

I chose Vienna :)

@mousegirl: I didnt' think it would work on mine either, but I was surprised how flattering it was, actually. :) I'm so in love with my dress... I honestly don't thin the pictures do it justice! Just curious... which dress did you end up with?

@mousegirl: I totally didn't realize that you were in NM,t oo, until you said that "Darlene was helpful" and from there recognized the background. I also tried on the Lillian, and actually, that was my 3rd or 4th choice! How weird is that? lol.

@mousegirl: I actually didn't think I really wanted a lace dress until i found Vienna. I thoughht i wanted wither satin or organza. Everyone else seemed to really like Adelaide, but it just didn't feel "right" to me. I kinda of felt like it didn't fit my personality very well. Not only that, but a girl I know got married in the Alfred Andelo (the one you're talking about!) and when I was trying on Adelaide, everyone kept refering to it as "the Nicole dress"... which I wasn't crazy about (It was supposed to be MY dress! lol).

Anyway, yeah, I'm pretty confident about my decision except for the fact that the Vienna cost a little less than twice the amount of the Adelaide. It does have a lot more intricate detail, so that makes sense. Like I said, Lillian was in the running, too! That one just didn't seem to fit as well, though.

Just curious... what do you think made the difference between the Alfren Angelo and the Maggie as far as fit? It the corset different on the Alfred Angelo somehow?

I bought Adelaide after falling in love with how I looked in it. 

Here's a pic from when I was getting ready - I love what it did for my figure. (I'm a 16/18 street, my maggie was an 18)

@mousegirl: Thank you! :)

@phedre: I agree, you look perfect in that dress. :) 

@ mousegirl: As much as I love the Maggie's Adelaide (and yeah, I'm pretty sure the sample was an 18), I think you made the right choice... that dress is GORGEOUS, and it does seem to fit you very well. I never tried on any AA's... I've kind of always known that I wanted a Maggie so I never really looked at any other designers.

@missbiscuit: That dress makes you look soooooo slim!!!

@mousegirl: Yay! That really makes me feel better about my choice. To be honest, it was a hard one because I felt like I probabaly should have bought the Adelaide because it was less expensive and I really liked the way it fit. Like I said, though... it just didn't really match my personal style. I can't WAIT for it to come in! Thanks for making me feel better about my decision! :)