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@Gia: I am so sorry, that must have been very painful to experience such disappointment. Hang in there. I wonder if perhaps the super stiff boning can be removed and replaced with a kind that is a little more pliable? That way you'll still have support but a little more give to the structure? I don't know. :( But it is worth asking. Can you post a photo of your dress please? Maybe that will help us all come up with ideas.
I had my first fitting yesterday and followed this guideline which helped things go more smoothly:
I hope this helps you, too.
Boning can be removed as easily as it was added. Just ask if your seamstress can take out 2 strips on the sides and see if that helps.
@Ginger123: Thanks for the suggestion! I've also decided to change the zipper for a corst, so I am hoping that will make a difference.
@Cornflakegirl: Thank you for the suggestion and article.
Here is my dress. In the first picture I am in a size 14. I think the body of the dress here fits my perfectly and is very slenderizing. The second shot, taken at my fitting is a size 16. I ordered the bigger size because I am very large chested, and the 14 was small around the boobs. I have also lost weight since ordering my dress (when they first fitted me, they wanted me to get an 18, but I insisted on the 16).
I welcome any of your suggestions!!
First of all, I looooove your dress! I have been through something similar and posted about it not too long ago. My dress has lots of boning too but it was easily a size larger than I needed but I too was worried about having enough chest coverage. The dress had to be taken in twice. The first time she took the dress in it fit better, but it was still rather loose. The second time she had to take it in another 1 3/4"! It fit me like a glove after that, and the top was almost taken in too much although the rest of the dress fits perfectly. Have some faith that she can take it in as much as you want her to and it will fit like the size 14. If there is a language barrier, get someone in the store to translate for you and push your issue with management. We spent too much money on these dresses to not be 100% happy.
Have faith. I think they will be able to make the dress fit how you want it to. I honestly do!
Try not to worry; people who alter wedding dresses deal with these issues all the time and know how to work around them. My dress, which also had some serious boning and needed to be taken in several inches all over, was completely transformed by my second fitting. You'd never have known that it started off way too big.
I think the issue is that the bodice looks a wee bit longer in the bigger size than the sample...perhaps they can pull up the bodice an inch or two?
@Ginger123: I think you are right! I didnt notice that before. Hopefully when they make the dress tighter, it wont hang as low. I had asking them about raising the part where the tulle emerged out , and they told me that they couldnt because the dress was all one peice. But you have a great idea about raising the bodice up. I dont know . . . I know everyone tells me that this is part of the process, but I am not happy at all about the way the dress is currently hitting me. I am really hoping to be shocked into a peace of mind at my next fitting.
Yeah, I think if you shorten the torso of the dress somehow it will make a huge difference.
@Ginger123: I see what you are saying. I think the dress also hung a little low on me because it was big, so when the bodice is tighter, hopefully it will fall at the right length.
For me, the other difference is the sash. In the first pic, it defines the waist line beautifully, and will be even more slimming now that you've shed the lbs. Are you planning on wearing the dress with a sash? Also, with corsetry, ideally you wear a corset for a several hours a day for a couple days to break in the boning and let it conform to your shape; you likely won't get this chance with your dress, so it's going to be a bit stiff. Adding the corset strings in the back should help a ton with this, and maybe the seamstress can replace the stiff boning with a more pliable one. There are MANY types of boning, so that should make a huge difference.
@inspiredcreationsbyhaley: I am going to wear the sash. I didnt have a good picture with it from the fitting, but I agree, it makes a huge difference. I am going to wear the sash, but since I am changing the zipper to a corset, I may just have the sash sewn into the dress. I had originally planned on wearing a black sash for the reception, and the white one for the ceremony, but that is somethign I will decide once the corset is complete.
I had no idea of all of the options . . . thanks for the tip on the boning. You are right, i wont have a chance to break it in, but if the dress hugs me closer, it should remedy the problem. When I go to my next fitting though, I will ask about the boning options.
I was also going to say that part of it is the sash! Make sure you where that because those always give me a more defined waistline.
Here's a site that gives a crash course on corset boning options:
http://www.corsetmaking.com/CMSpages/CMSboneinfo.html
Looks like plastic boning or rigilene boning will be the best options... the plastic has less cinching ability but is more flexible; both types come in various widths which would add/lessen the tension.
Your dress is lovely by the way!!! You are going to make a beautiful bride :)
@Gia: Im so sorry that you have to go through that but I do hope it gets better for you as the days come closer. Im sure you will be a beautiful bride.
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Bees,
I had my first fitting today, and I was so surprised at how I looked in my dress. I ordered my dress 3 months ago, and have been dieting. I've done pretty well. I've lost about 30 pounds since last summer, and about 12 since ordering the dress. The dress came in and is big, but the boning is so stiff, that you cant see me smaller underneath it. I all but had a meltdown in the salon. I feel a little bad about the seamstress, who didnt speak alot of english, and told my consultant that the dress was fitted to my body yet, and that she didnt think I knew what she was doing. I was there with my MIL to be, stepmother, father and my future aunts. Big crowd to witness my meltdown and fear that the dress made me look wider than I actually am. i was a little mad that I didnt order a size down (the sample size looks much better on me), but the sample size was a bit small in the boobs, and I wanted to make sure the girls were adequately covered.
Sorry about the ramble, but I am just curious, has anyone else had this experience? I seriously am now afraid the boning, which was once my slenderizing best friend, has turned into a terrible curse that is going to make me look wider than I am on my wedding day.