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David's bridal dresses run huge! Im a size 3 but my dress is a casablanca and its a size 8!!!
David's is a lot closer to street size (I'm usually a 4-6ish and wear a 2 there... vanity sizing galore!), but most dress sizes will run way too small--they are sized on a different scale then we usually see. You should always ask to see the sizing chart.
IDK.. I think it depends on the designer. My gown in a size 8, but I'm a size 4 or 6.. depending on the cut. I was told by different bridal places that wedding gowns are usually 2 sizes up from what you normally wear. But again, I think it depends on the designer. I tried on a 12 with one designer and it fit, but an 8 with another desinger and that fit.. it's crazy!
I feel like so many bridal shops tell you that so that you order a bigger size so that they can make money on alterations. There was a bridal store who told me I needed a size 10 bridesmaid dress (I'm normally a 4). I insited on the 4, and I'm so glad I did b/c it fit me perfectly.
Who knows how the sizes work? It changes with every store and every designer. The one place where you can't lie is measurements, and any bridal store should be taking those and matching it to a size chart before they order your dress for you.
As I said in another post, wedding dresses end up being "Custom sized" anyway, as 99% of us have to get them altered in some fashion in order to fit us perfectly!
My advice is to not look at the size, not care about the size, not worry about the size. The dress and how it looks on YOU is most important, not what it says on a little tiny tag on the inside!
Yeah, it depends on the designer. Many designers' sizes run small, but I think David's Bridal runs pretty equal or a little larger than street size.
Bridal sizing is bizarre. I think DB is a little closer to street size -- I'm a dress street size 8 and I fit into a 10 at DB.
But my wedding gown (Mon Cheri) is a 12. I don't pay any attention to the sizes.
It's really about the measurements and how they correspond to the designers' different sizes. Biggest measurement out of chest, waist and hips wins.
If you're a busty sized 8, you might find yourself in a size 14 or 16 dress that needs alteration if it doesn't have a corset.
I never shopped at David's Bridal, but I ordered a Casablanca gown.
I am a 0 in street size, and was measured to fit between a 2 and a 4, so ordered the 4.
2PEASINAPOD- OMG!! I feel the SAME way! I feel like they purposly order it to big. its quite annoying....
I guess I honestly REALLY dont care about the size as much as i was trying to understand the nonsense. I think way to much about little details haha
I had an Alfred Angelo dress, size 4. I normally wear size 4 in street clothes so the sizing didn't seem off to me.
I didn't go to DB so I can't weigh in there, but I have a Pronovias gown, and I think their sizing is crazy!! It's totally anti-"vanity" sizing!
I am a 2-4 street size, and although I'm somewhat curvy, I'm not *that* curvy (at all!), and my dress is a size 10. Another dress I liked (also a Pronovias) was a size 12. My dress will need to be hemmed, but not altered in any other way to fit. It fits like a glove.
I agree with others who don't care about the size - as long as I love the way I look in it, I don't care that it says "10" vs. "2".
:)
It's crazy and totally unexplainable, really! Like, a conspiracy to make you try on even more dresses than necessary!!
I have always heard that dress sizes are always bigger than what you are! But, they should have them marked the other way so that you feel super skinny! :)
I am also a size 4-6 street, but my dress is a 10 and it fits pretty comfortably. I don't know WHAT the deal with their sizing is!!
I had always heard that the sizing ran small but in my experience, I was the same as street clothes.
I think wedding dress sizes seem so much bigger than usual because they can increase in smaller increments than normal clothing does. That said, I wear a size 8 dress and my wedding dress was a 10, not too far off.
I'm a 12 street size and my DB dress is a 16, but that was mostly to get some extra length. Here in the US sizes aren't unified like they are elsewhere in the world. That means that size 2 for designer A could be a size 0 or a size 4 for designer B. And the sizes all vary on all types of things. Haven't you ever bought a pair of jeans that was a size bigger or a size smaller than what you "normally" wear? I know I have! So don't worry about the sizes!
It really seems to have more to do with your waist/hips/bust measurement than anything else. I'm a street size 0/2 - not because I'm so tiny but because I have absolutely no hips/bust/waist. So for me that translated to a bridal size 4 (Amsale). But I agree with the other posters - it largely depends on your "largest" measurement. One of my `maids is a street size 6 but had to order a 10-12 for her DD bust.
I'm a street 4 and my Kenneth Pool is a size 8. Sigh. Although I am going to have to have the entire bodice taken in since its too large in my stomach area. I hate looking at bigger sizes though. It's depressing.
Insecure brides can be talked into spending more money more easily? That's the only reason I can see keeping sizes at the old sizing, above street sizes.
Ok I am sorry, but wedding dress sizes don't run small. They are the correct size, and street clothing is marked down a size or four so that the companies can sell more.
I wear a size 4 at express and limited, but my wedding dress was a size 8. My measurements also say I am a size 8. My true size is an 8 but stores like limited and express tell me I am smaller so that I will feel better about myself and buy all my clothes there.
I often wonder what women who are legitimately a size 2 buy? Do they have to get a size -2 from the stores??
I went to M&B Bride and picked a dress out from there at first. I am a size 1, and my dress size there was an 8! When she told me that, I about died! lol When I went to Davids and bought my dress, I got a size 4. I think it all depends on the designer. Honestly, I think the size 8 thing really freaked me out and that's why I never went back there!
I agree that wedding dress sizes are actually more correct in terms of sizes than street clothes. And I think its horrible that dept stores change their sizes to make people feel better about themselves. I get that it will sell more clothes. But it also means people gain more weight, more people become obese, and the national bmi rate goes up. With all of that comes health problems. I also love feeling like I am a size 2 like dept stores tell me...but maybe Europe and mens clothing has it right. Measure by actual measurements rather than random numbers.
My wedding dress is sized corectly based on the size pants I wear. I say that b/c my pants size is bigger than my shirt size. I got my dress at DB.
Well, my starter wedding dress was rented and it was as size 8. At the time I was between a size 4 and 6. They did have to do some alterations (waist area). I do think it all depends on your bust, waist and hips. After giving birth to three children, after the 3rd, I moved from my typical 4 or 6 to a size 10 and have come down to an 8 and doubt I'll go down any more. My stomach is flat, but I'm hippy and busty. So, I must get an 8. As long as the dress looks good, the size shouldn't matter. The problem we women have is we focus so much on the size instead of how the clothing fits. It's the fit that makes you look good; not the size.
well i wear a street size 6/8 and had to order a size 16 in my Marisa gown! :-o but that was to accomidate my boobies. i am a 32GG on top. If it werent for the girls i could have ordered a size 10 and have it fit perfectly. so now i have to have the bottom of the dress whittled down to a 10. boo.
I don't pay attention to the size. My bridal store took my measurements and checked that against their charts. I think just like anything, different designers use different guides. I'm not concerned with the size, as the dress will be altered to fit my individual body anyway.
When dress shopping, I had some size 2's that were too big and some size 6's I could not even zip up. It seemed like every designer had their own sizing.
@mskalinin - So. True. I'm a tiny tiny human, and it can be really frustrating when I shop at stores like Express, etc. Their size 0 is too large for me a lot of times. So, I wear a lot of dresses (pants make me crazy), otherwise I'd have to shop in the kids section sometimes.
I agree with everyone else mostly in that it really depends on the designer to determine what size you'll be. My dress is a size 2, which was the smallest size my designer made...and we have to take it in everywhere (grrr) because it is still too big. Frustration!
I ranged from a size 8 to a size 12 in 99% of the dresses that I tired on, but I ended up ordering a size 6 b/c the one I bought had a size 6 sample that fit like a glove. And it was a mermaid gown! Ridiculous!
@Msbuttons and @mskalinin...I have argued this exact point with my friends for years! they never really believed me but I so believe that designers have done this. When I was in highschool I was a size 5/6 which would have been around a 4 in womens clothing...I remember even freshman year in college a group of friends were playing around in (I think the Gap) or something like it and everyone thought I was super skinny and had me try on the size 0 pants and it couldn't even fit up one leg...Years (and several added pounds later) I can barely fit a size 0 because i'm "too small" yeah right...how about the size 6 womens skirt that my aunt gave me 10 years prior still fits...so why is this new pair of size 0 jeans i'm about to buy too big for me...
I found david's bridal dresses run a little bigger than the size that is on the tag. My dress is the size I would normally wear in a regular dress but I'm having to get it taken in to fit me. They might run like a size bigger than what the tag actually says.
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I was just wondering....what the heck do wedding dress sizes mean?? When I went to davids bridal they told be wedding dress sizes run small! Is this true? I felt like this was a ploy to make the bride kind of feel better about herself 0-o (DONT KILL ME!) So I went to Davids and bought my dress. its a size 2....buuuut it still is a little big on me....it needs to be altered in a little. BUT i dont feel like im THAT skinny! That number sounds awfully low 0-o