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Would you be happy with the other dress? I would go more for comfort than for the brand name, especially since your wedding is in 6 or 7 weeks from now... If you can order it and try it to see if you like it, I would go that route. What a nightmare, so sorry.
Would the tailor be able to put in a small panel in a matching fabric in the area that's tight? It would likely be hidden by your arms anyways.
ETA - Would a corset back help the problem??
I think a corset should work too. If its only an inch or two of space that is needed it should work well.
Hope things work out!
Hmm, well, I'd get the price on the corset back, if it ends up costing another $100, you might want to look at JCrew or White House Black Market (there are more, but they are not coming to mind) so that you can get something that is comfier.
Plus you can probably sell the designer dress online and totally cover the cost of the new dress.
I agree with everyone else-- get a corset back put in, that will give you the extra space. You can have a modesty panel added in different fabric.
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What started out as seeming like I won the dress lottery has turned into a total nightmare.
In February, I went to an amazing boutique in Austin, TX that sells dresses I'd normally never be able to afford. It happened to be their biannual sample sale, and I found a Stephanie James Couture dress IN MY SIZE. This is a $2500 dress that I paid $100 for. Unbelievable luck, I know. So even though it was just eversoslightly too tight in the bodice, knowing that I was going to be toning up and slimming down in the months leading up to the big day, I bought it.
We took the dress to be professionally cleaned, ($125) and left it hanging in the bag until this weekend, and even though I've dropped a waist size in the last few months, the dress is now TOO TIGHT in the ribs! We've taken it to the tailor to be let out as much as can be inched out of it, but the he doesn't anticipate he'll be able to squeeze more than a half inch out of it.
I thought I was the ultimate bargain bride! But now my dress savings is getting less and less with all it is costing us to make this dress work, and it might not even work out!
What should I do? I've been considering canceling the tailoring (saving the expected $100) and ordering a JCrew dress? I hear they come very fast, and some of them are just a few hundred dollars. But I don't know if I'll then have to have THAT one tailored!
This is a nightmare. I'm having dreams that I'm walking down the aisle naked! Help me, bees!