Weddingbee boards

My sister had her gown custom-made and it was gorgeous and fit her to a tee! everyone loved it and she loved it too. I am also going to have my gown custom-made but made sure to look at and try on other gowns that she had already made. I think it should be good because she has promised me as many custom fitting sessions that I want or need. That's my favorite part! I gave her a deadline for a few months befoer the actual date so I can have her make changes that might come up. good luck!

I too went the custom route.  I know it will turn out exactly how I want, because my super-fab dressmaker will do anything in his power to make it right!  (cough, cough, Kiko Couture in Seattle!)  I gave him my budget and he creates a masterpiece in that price range.

The other thing I love about the custom dress (as pancy mentioned above) is the fit.  I have a hard-to-fit body, especially when it comes to dresses.  I'm an extreme pear shape - very big hips/booty and very tiny waist.  Even if I found a dress I liked off the rack, I would've either spent a fortune on alterations, or worse, the rebuild of the bodice could ruin the dress! 

Besides all that, I think there's something so glamorous and special about a custom dress - no one else in the whole world will have my dress.  Just my two cents.  :) 

I am also having my dress custom made. I tried on some dresses, but they were SO heavy, and I just didn't like them.  I saw a dress from a designer that I liked, but it's an exclusive to Kleinfeld's and not only do I live in L.A. and not NY, but I can't afford a designer dress. So, I took a picture of the dress to a seamstress (after I'd finally found one). I was SO nervous that the dress wouldn't come out anything like the picture and it would be a disaster and I would be pissed.  But when I went into the shop and saw her work and talked to her (for like an hour) she was very knowledgable and even noticed some things about the dress that I hadn't seen, and I've been looking at this dress for months! I mean, I've made copy after copy of this dress, looked at it at least 250 times, and e-mailed it to several people, and still didn't see all of the detailing. Now I feel pretty confident that she will be able to make the dress with no problem, and after the first fitting, if it doesn't look the way I want, she will make the necessary changes. I totally understand your apprehension, but if you find someone who knows what they're doing, they should be able to make WHATEVER you want with no problem.

i'm kinda having mine custom made - my mom is making my dress. :) she made all my prom/ball dresses in high school, so i know she can do it, and this way, i get exactly what i want... we're putting two patterns together and lengthening the dress. :)

i was slightly worried about it coming out exactly like i wanted, but i figure, who knows me better? 

Mine is ready made but I'm having a seamstress (friend of my moms) make some tweeks to it so it will be custom made in the end.  Mostly I just want the skirt to be more of a trumpet fit than the fit and flare that it already is.  Which is odd because when I went looking I was sure I was going to buy an A-line.