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It matters to me mostly because I'm very sensitive to how things "feel" on my skin.
I'm like a five year old when it comes to "itchy" or "pokey" fabric and I HAVE to take it off or I itch myself red.
If you love your dress then that is all that matters. If you loved the dress/fabric when you tried it on, I'm sure you will still love it at the wedding.
Fabric doesn't matter when it comes to the difference between my BMs and I actually. I wanted lace but now it seems I won't be getting it because I've fallen in love with other kinds of fabrics and styles that fit so much better. I would say though, I think I love silk. I might get my bms silk chiffon dresses or something like that from JCrew. No cotton cady though, they wrinkle easily.
I personally have a "satin" kind of material for my gown. I hate tafetta...that is just me. But oddly enough, my BM's dresses are tafetta, go figure. Material matters to me, and I just found some bridal gowns to feel "cheap" on my body. I hated the feeling that I was wearing a "comforter" with some dresses. Some fabric is cheap, looks cheap and can feel cheap. It is all what you like and feels good on you.
For me all that matters is how it feels and looks. What it is called and how much it costs doesn't matter in the end.
it totally mattered to me because i'm having a summer wedding and an outdoor ceremony (hopefully!) and if i have to trek around and dance in this thing, it could most certainly NOT be satin (even though i do actually like satin otherwise). but on the other hand, i wanted something substanstial enough to give me some shape. the dress i ended up with is silk (i believe shantung), and is super lightweight, which is great. i would have also gone for tafetta, but my mom seemed to think she could tell the difference in the grade/quality of various tafettas (even though I most times couldn't tell).
I don't think it matters to me- as long as I'm in love with the look of the dress, I don't really care what it's made from. In your case, I'd probably rationalize that the idea is that the BM wear their dresses again when you won't be- so they need the better fabric! :)
I'm really obsessive about fabrics in general. No lie, about 90% of my wardrobe is silk, and my wedding dress will DEFINITELY not be an exception. It's going to be the most beautiful, rich, thick silk satin, since I get to hand-pick it as my dress will be custom made for me. The fabric is the most important detail of it to me. I'm also insisting that the bridal party be outfitted in silk as well (I'm helping to pay for the costs). I just love the way it looks, moves, feels, and breathes so, so much.
Hi, my name is veganglam, and I'm a full-time decadent.
Fabric is the one reason that I am a three dress bride. The second dress was ok, but the fabric really was a let down for me and didn't feel special. So I bought a third dress.
I felt that if I was paying a substantial amount of money for a dress, I wanted the fabric to feel and look high quality. I'm sure I didn't get the highest quality, as I went with a more reasonably-priced designer, but I was picking between two dresses and went with the one I felt had a better fabric, a satin rather than one that felt more "plastic-ky" (a taffeta--it just reminded me of a table cloth for some reason).
For the bridesmaid dresses I tried to find a dress that was lightweight and breathable and wouldn't be too hot for them for a June, outdoor wedding. We ended up with a satin that was not double-lined, making it more lightweight. I wasn't looking for the fabrics to match, just to be comfortable (I love chiffon! but I couldn't find it in a color I wanted)
synthetic doesn't bother me but I absolutely hate some types of fabric like taffetta. I hate HATE HATE taffeta!
@amariem25: Same here! First thing I said in all my dress appointments was "No taffeta!". I don't care if it's silk taffeta, I just hate the look of it.
I also don't like heavy fabrics like satin, my dress had to be made of something flowy and transparant (of course not in a way the dress itself is see through). I only looked at lace, tulle and organza.
Honestly, I think I would have avoided silk, because it pretty much has to be professionally cleaned, unlike satin which you can clean yourself.
Yes, I am a fabric snob. I can tell the difference between the look and feel of "real" vs. "synthetic".
All that matters is that you love the look of it and that it suits you. I personally don't like the look of satin. I did try on a satin dress and it didn't suit me because i'm pale and satin is quite shiny it just looks wrong on me. I like tafetta, one dress that was a contender was a silk tafetta mix. The dress i've gone for is silk, which I didn't think would suit me but it does.
I do not think it's weird if you have "cheaper" fabric than your bridesmaids. To be honest, I don't think that many people even notice the fabric beyond "oh it was satin" or "oh it was eyelet." Not many people have the same eye for quality--and even if they do, I still think that they're going to focus on your face and the silhouette first.
Don't change the fabric without extensive consultation, though--I think you realize that if you change the fabric, it can change everything about the dress because of the way certain fabrics behave.
Ha! I'm like veganglam, but about paper, ie, my invites have to be on creamy, cotton-laid, rich, luxurious, blah blah blah...paper. And that's not even something that has much of a function unlike fabric!
Wow so many people hate taffeta! I wanted a taffeta dress because I cant stand the satin. It makes me feel like im wearing a prom dress!
It's hilarious that I chose a satin tafetta dress and I absolutely hate the material. I love the feel of the silky satin down comforter type dresses... But budget trumps all ;)
Yes, it did matter. I certainly could tell the "cheap" fabrics when I was trying the dresses on and it really, really bugged me.
The funny thing it, I ended up with taffeta... but it's not like any other taffeta I've ever seen. It's super thick and doesn't rustle all loud, but it's still lightweight. I couldn't stand the really heavy dresses. It's pretty awesome.
Honestly, fabrics really don't matter to me very much. I think I paid attention to them a little bit when I was dress shopping, but I actually don't even remember what fabric exactly my dress is.
As for my bridesmaids, I don't care about the fabric as long as they are comfortable. :)
i think the quality of the fabric can make or break a dress. if the style & cut are excellent, but the fabric is cheap, it's not going to matter how well the seams & details make up for it - the dress will not look as good.
i also think choosing fabrics depends on the time of year too - i'm having a winter wedding in the upper midwest, so i wanted a dress that was a little heavier, so i picked silk satin. the fabric is rich & buttery & super luxurious looking! but, if i were getting married in the summer, this might have been the last dress i picked because i know i would be so hot in it!
@neeliaush: It does matter to me. As I am trying to be an Eco Friendly Bride I was looking for sustainable fabrics that feel and look great too. Like silk, or coton or something like that. I was able to find a wonderful silk dress that is both eco friendly and beautiful!
Yes, I'm picky with fabrics. Not so much for everyday wear (can't always afford to be) but for my wedding dress I was.
Thanks everyone for giving their input. It doesn't bother me that my bm's have better fabrics--I just thought it was funny. It was important to me that they have a beautiful stylish dress that they would really want to wear again. When I was looking for dresses, I was specifically not wanting anything too heavy or too shiny. It is really interesting to hear your thoughts. It totally ranges from unimportant to very important--a very personal choice for yoruself I suppose, and not something other people (including the bees) are going to notice/pick up on--who knew so many people disliked taffeta--haha!
I care about the look of fabric--such as if it has a satin finish or a more matte finish. I don't care about what the actual fabric is, though. My dress was satin, but definitely a polyester satin. I'm sure I could tell the difference between it and silk satin if I compared them, but without doing that the polyester satin looked and felt fine to me!
I care very much about the fabric and I've always liked silk shantung, dupioni or taffeta, There are different types of taffeta and some are more crisp than others or more crinkled than others.. So not all taffeta dresses look the same
@JennyW1: That's funny because I'm just the opposite about paper. It's one of the few things I can't convince myself to care about. I might just have FI do our invites entirely. :P
Like some other pps I don't know what's up with all the taffeta hate either...maybe it's just that so much taffeta on the market is polyester, and when they try to give it the stiffness of a stiffer silk taffeta it just comes out feeling like a plastic sheet? Imo taffeta is awesome because that stiffness allows it to do really cool architectural stuff like this: http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress_evening_madame_gres_alix_barton/objectview.aspx?page=1&sort=6&sortdir=asc&keyword=taffeta&fp=1&dd1=8&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=8&OID=80093558&vT=1&hi=0&ov=0 much easier than with other natural fabrics, but retains the soft feeling and sheen of silk. I like taffeta. I also like the swish-swish it makes when it rubs up together as someone walks in it. 
It mattered to me because I wanted lace, and some laces are poor quality, or itchy, or too ornate, etc. Also, I noticed that a lot of cheaper non-lace fabrics looked really shiny in pictures, which scared me away from them. That said, "real" fabrics vs. synthetic makes a HUGE difference in price, so if you come across a good synthetic that feels nice and looks good in pictures, it's a good find.
I made my final desicion on my dress based on the material. My top 2 dresses were silk and the other satin. Someone made a comment about how the satin looked so I went with the silk. I am happy I did.
I think fabric matters because it plays into the overall feel of the dress... When I put on my dress, I thought it looked stunning and I was excited. But on top of that, the fabric surprised me. It was way lighter than I thought it would be and felt so airy! I just loved it (and still do)!
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Hey Bees!
I ordered by bridesmaid dresses last weekend--yay! They are shantung silk and silk chiffon. I ordered my own dress very early on and wasn't really paying enough attention to fabric quality, etc. I love my dress, but it's made out of polyester organza, namely "Paris Garza." I think it's kind of funny my bm's will have nicer fabric than me. I'm just wondering...does fabric (real or synethetic) matter? Is it important to you guys? Is it something you think is very noticeable in the way it moves, how it feels, etc? I'd love to hear your thoughts!