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I bought my dress 7 months before my wedding (which is in January) and even borught it home immediately (it was an off-the-rack Maggie). I'm guessing some of the others will be better help to you, but I kinda think I agree with 1 and 2, so some extent. Once you have bought your dress there is no point in looking anymore. You found your guy, but you aren't still looking, right? Trust that the one you choose is the right one. And if you think it will help, wait until the last possible minute to shop.
Good luck! I hope somebody else chimes in with some better suggestions on how late/early is too late/early!
hhaahaha I love how you used the analogy of finding my guy. Makes me think about things in a whole new light now! Thank you!
I started looking 9 months before, and have looked at hundreds of dresses, tried on over 100, and havent found my dress. Its now 6 months til my wedding and Im starting to feel a bit pressured and wish I had started looking sooner.
I found my dress very randomly over a year before my wedding. I was just shopping with my mom for fun and came across it. It was very discounted as we bought it off the rack. I couldn't say no.
I have the link on my computer and I click it every day to make sure I still like it ;o) But definitely stop looking once you find it. You'll find a way to keep changing your mind. Also, don't look at it as SUCH a big decision. Like there's only one dress in the whole wide world for you. Find a beautiful dress that you love and you'll look great on your wedding day :o)
i found my dress about a year before...being so picky I started to look online early to get an idea and see what was out there...haven't found anything better and dont think I will...its perfect.
I think it's smart to allow yourself more than 6 months. It might take several trips to different shops to find "the one."
I was dress shopping today (for my September wedding). The shop girl said they will get new dresses in during February, but that is probably cutting it too close for a September date. I'm trying to get something ordered before the holidays just to play it safe, that way I should have time to get anything I like, and not have my choices limited by the manufacturer's lengthy shipping times, etc.
I started looking for my dress in August for my June wedding and it took all of three days to find the perfect dress. However, like you I have a hard time committing to things so even though I have found "the dress" I have not ordered it yet. Maybe you could do something similar, go try and find your dress, but wait to order it until it's really time!
I say start search as early as possible. Because you don't want to have to find the one and then pay rush shipping. plus, you want to not be rushed. also, you want to be able to look as much as possible.
If you don't feel like shopping all that much, I would try to just hit one store a week. You'll be surprise how "into" it you'll get once you try on pretty dresses. :)
I am getting married September 4th. I did one shopping trip in June, one in July, one in August, and 2 in October. It took me FOREVER because I too have issues commiting. I tried on every dress with no beading or lace in the Cleveland area and photographed them (not all dress photograph equally) and studied them. I order my dress October 30.
I was the same way you were - I put off even going to look at dresses and trying them on until 8 months after I was engaged. I knew if I thought I found a dress, I wouldnt be able to stop looking and then I would have second thoughts. I got my dress in November for my June wedding, so about 7 months before. It came in in March which left plenty of time for alterations. I think if you order your dress by February/early March you will be fine. Have fun planning and looking around. If you find THE dress you will know. Try looking online first to find styles you like and then have fun trying them on.
I bought my dress a year ahead of time and I have no regrets! I think whatever you want to do and are comfortable with is okay as long as you are careful to give yourself time to find the right dress and then time to get that altered.
I started looking more than a year before my wedding. I know that I am soooo picky, and definitly not the type of girl to buy her dress on the first dress shopping visit. It took me quite awhile to find " the one". I finally purchased my gown a little over a month ago. My dress takes 6 months to be made and then i need time for alterations. I would suggest looking a little before the six month mark.
I'm the first of my friends and family to get engaged, so *everybody* wanted to go dress shopping with me, even though our wedding won't be until 2011! I think I found it too... I keep a photo of me in the dress in my email (so FI doesn't see it!), and whenever I find myself tempted by other dresses, I look at the photo and other dresses just don't compare.
That said, I'm not planning on actually buying the thing until next year. I just feel like it's too early, when we don't even have a venue yet (but that's another story :P ) One of 2 things will happen if you keep looking after you find it: either you will get terribly confused, and not know which one you like best, or it will reinforce the fact that you've found a dress you love, and no others will change your mind. If you feel like you're more likely to be in the first scenario, I would wait a little bit.
My wedding date is May 1, 2010 and I only shopped at three stores. I had a dress that I picked out from a picture online. I tried on about a dozen other dresses but each one made me want the one I picked out more. As soon as I had it on, I felt relief. I ordered it in late July and it came in Oct. 22nd. Then after I got it home, I started having second thoughts. I thin mostly because I kept looking. I am now happy with my dress again and glad I chose it, but I wish I would have let myself go on a few more appts. to try some more on, so I wouldn't have put myself through all the second guessing. I would say that you should pick out several dresses you like and also let the consultant pick some as well. Then sleep on it before ordering. THen stop looking!
Thanks so much for all the great advice ladies! I'm going to start looking in January which would be the 9 month mark :) Hope I find it and don't keep looking lol
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I posted this on my lookbook where I'm documenting my wedding plans but I wanted to get the opinions of all you fabulous bees so here goes :)
how early or how late do you think one should go wedding dress shopping?
For some reason I have no desire to go shopping for a wedding dress right now. I feel like I just have so many other things to do (both wedding and non wedding related) at the moment that a wedding dress is the last thing on my mind right now especially when our wedding is several months away. I've looked at dresses online but not seriously or at anything I would see my self wearing.
I know I'll definitely look for it by the 6 month mark as I know how long it takes to order and alter but I have friends who got their dresses as early as a year before their wedding! How did they not fall out of love with the dress?
I have serious commitment issues when it comes to clothing and accessories. I love something until my next new must have comes along.....I mean there are exceptions to this scenario but a dress.....that's a major commitment...I mean.....for instance purses are long term commitments, possibly even lifetime commenitments but with the wedding dress we are talking about a one day relationship here....I find it really hard to commit to a dress a WHOLE YEAR before a wedding, even 6 months is pushing it. I feel like this is a whole trap set up by the wedding industry to make us buy dresses months and months in advance :(
Advice I've recieved about my wedding dress commitment issues -
1. Buy a dress and then stop looking (Is this really possible?)
2. Buy a dress as late as possible then you won't have time to order a new one (this could be disastrous)
3. Wear something off the rack that you can return in a heart beat i.e. J Crew or Target (ummm ok....J Crew does have some pretty wedding dresses but not my style ...or vision hahaha)
So what does everyone think?